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- 29 December 2011
  11:50
- Children from a village in the Lviv region give a gift to people with disabilities On December 27, 2011, assistants at the Center for Leisure and Social Rehabilitation for People with Special Needs, which is run by Caritas of the Stryj Eparchy of the UGCC in Stryi, received from school children in the village of Drohovyzh, Lviv region, beads for making various handicrafts, which...
- 27 December 2011
  11:28
- UGCC communities in Italy complete first joint pilgrimage to St. Peter’s tomb On December 26, the second day of Christmas according to the new calendar, a pilgrimage from all over Italy was held to St Peter’s tomb in the Vatican. The celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican began with a Divine Liturgy, headed by Bishop Dionysiy (Liakhovych), Apostolic...
- 27 December 2011
  05:24
- Head of Church attends meeting of UGCC Commission on Matters of Monasticism “In accordance with the decision of the last Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, we call on the entire church to nurture and support those who have a calling to consecrated life. This strategy, adopted by the bishops, is not only the vocation to priesthood but also to monastic life,” His Beatitude...
- 25 December 2011
  10:29
- Patriarch Sviatoslav greets Roman Catholics in Ukraine on Christmas On December 24, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, took part in the Christmas Mass (Pastyrtsi) of the Roman Catholics in Ukraine in the Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin in Lviv. Archbishop of Lviv of the Roman Catholic Church in...
- 25 December 2011
  08:24
- Patriarch Sviatoslav in Drohobych: ‘This enthronement completes a special year in the history of our church’ “This enthronement completes a special year in the history of our Church, which will forever be recognized by the many different introductions to the throne in Ukraine and abroad,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) said during the enthronement of the Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych Jaroslav...
- 24 December 2011
  10:12
- Caritas Kyiv presents a sociological study on HIV/AIDS situation in Ukraine Recently, representatives of Caritas Kyiv participated in a conference held at the news agency Ukrayinski Novyny (Ukrainian News) in Kyiv, which was dedicated to HIV/AIDS. During the conference Caritas Kyiv presented the results of the survey “The current situation in the area of treatment,...
- 24 December 2011
  10:10
- Today UGCC has 1,012 Mothers is Prayer communities On December 21, 2011, in the Metropolitan Palace on St. George’s Hill in Lviv, Bishop Benedict (Aleksiychuk), auxiliary bishop Lviv Archeparchy of the UGCC, met with eparchial coordinators of the movement Mothers in Prayer of Ukraine. Expressing their views on the further development of the...
- 23 December 2011
  09:36
- Patriarch Sviatoslav proclaims Ternopil-Zboriv Metropolitanate On December 22, during the hierarchical liturgy in Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), proclaimed the Ternopil-Zboriv Metropolitanate of UGCC. The first metropolitan of...
- 22 December 2011
  07:06
- Military of Kyivan Archeparchy celebrate St. Nicholas Day St. Nicholas Day was celebrated in the Kyiv garrison. The event was organized by military chaplains Fr. Damian Gabor and Brother Teoktyst Mishchuk, OSBM.
- 20 December 2011
  10:43
- Volleyball tournament dedicated to Christian vocation held in Lviv region A volleyball tournament dedicated to Christian vocation was held in the Pidkamin deanery of the Eparchy of Sokal on December 17-18. Twenty-one teams of boys an girls aged 13-15 from all parishes of the deanery took part in the tournament.
- 20 December 2011
  10:30
- In Siberia, UGCC faithful celebrated St. Nicholas Day St. Nicholas Day was celebrated in the parish of Three Saints, which is in the Megion, Russia on December 18, 2011. After taking part in the Divine Liturgy, children of the parish presented a small play dedicated to St. Nicholas, said Vasyl Melnykovych, pastor of the parish of the Three Saints....
- 20 December 2011
  10:26
- His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar: ‘Cherkasy region is the heart of Ukraine, and if the heart is beating well, then all Ukraine will be fine’ On Sunday, December 18, as part of the fifth Ukrainian Social Days of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, inhabitants of the Cherkasy region had a chance to meet with His Beatitude Archbishop Lubomyr (Husar). In Cherkassy His Beatitude was accompanied by the person responsible for the Social...
- 18 December 2011
  08:58
- Pope Benedict XVI : ‘I assure constant remembrance in prayer for you, for your families, for Ukraine and all Ukrainians’ On Friday, December 16, 2011, at noon, Pope Benedict XVI received the Ukrainian delegation to thank them for the Christmas tree, which this year will decorate St. Peter's Square. The Ukrainian delegation included His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych; Archbishop...
- 14 December 2011
  06:40
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav proclaims formation of Ivano-Frankivsk Metropolitanate On December 13, 2011, the day of St. Andrew, the primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) in Ivano-Frankivsk announced the formation of the Ivano-Frankivsk Metropolitanate of the UGCC and enthroned its first metropolitan – Bishop Volodymyr...
- 11 December 2011
  10:23
- “Allotting a land plot for construction of a Greek Catholic church in Odesa is a testament that in this region of Ukraine a presidential order is being executed on the equal treatment of all faiths by the authorities,” said Patriarch Sviatoslav “In Odesa alone, according to statistics, there are close to 10 thousand Greek Catholics. If they are so numerous, I’m sure they need their own church for common prayer,” Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) said on December 9, 2011, at a press conference in Odesa during his pastoral visit to the Odesa and Crimea...

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