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- 23 January 2013
  03:08
- Obnova students in Kyiv organized an Epiphany Eve Supper for students and presented a contemporary puppet vertep [Nativity Scene] On January 18th the Kyiv branch of Ukrainian Catholic Student Association Obnova organized an Epiphany Eve Supper for students at the Church of St. Mykola Dobryi [the Good] in Kyiv. Some 60 students who study at various higher educational institutions in Kyiv attended. Since the students are away...
- 23 January 2013
  01:27
- In Cherkassy, the third festival "Christmas Carol", was taking place On the 20th of January, in the Drama Theatre of Cherkassy, a gala concert of the third festival "Christmas Carol", was taking place. The Christmas festival, which was taking place at the initiative of Fr. Julian Sheremeta, the administrator of the UGCC Parish of the Intercession of the Most Holy...
- 23 January 2013
  01:25
- In the church of Saint Basil the Great youth performed the Christmas play under the direction of Irma Vitovska On the 20th January 2013, in the church of Saint Basil the Great in Kiev, the Christmas performance of "O Holy Night" based on the same story of Selma Laherlof, was performed by the youth of the parish. The producer of this theatrical performance is Irma Vitovskaya, Ukrainian actress of theater and...
- 23 January 2013
  10:52
- The choirs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Chapel of the Annunciation participated in the iconic Sundays’ events in Madrid Sunday, the 20th of January, turned out to be a memorable event for two choirs that are operating at the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Chapel of the Annunciation in Madrid (Spain). At first, the youth choir, under the guidance the choirmaster Lidia Skalska, were granted with an honorable mission to sing...
- 23 January 2013
  10:50
- "While being abroad parents have to choose between the sport, Church and Ukrainian dances", - Bishop Petro (Stasiuk) Over the past 20 years, Ukraine made considerable progress in the catechetical ministry: catechetical schools have been established; approximately 1,500 teachers, who received the Catechist Diplomas, work officially, the system of textbooks has been elaborated, etc. And abroad there are a...
- 23 January 2013
  10:48
- CF "Caritas-Kyiv", on the eve of the Feast of Epiphany, organized the Holy Supper for 80 children who are in need "On the 18th of January 2013, CF "Caritas Kyiv" once again organized a Holy Supper for children who are in need, including children and young people who live on the streets, children of the crisis and low-income families, disabled children, children who were deprived of parental care and children...
- 23 January 2013
  10:43
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav presented prizes to the winners of the interactive child contest Oy khto, klhto, Mykolaya liubyt [Oh, who, who loves St. Nikolas?] During the Christmas Prosfora [Brunch] in Kyiv, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Primate presented gifts to three winners of the interactive child contest Oh, who, who loves St. Nikolas?
- 23 January 2013
  10:42
- UGCC Head led an ecumenical prayer service in St. Basil the Great Church in Kyiv On January 20th, according to the program of the 46th week of prayers for unity among Christians, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) headed the ecumenical prayer service. Praying with the UGCC Primate were Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, Archbishop...
- 22 January 2013
  01:39
- Pope Benedict XVI elevated the Apostolic Exarchate of Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Great Britain to an eparchy On Friday, January 18, 2012, the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI elevated to the level of an eparchy the existing Exarchate for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite who reside in Great Britain, bestowing it with the title of “Eparchy of the Holy Family” with headquarters in London. Current...
- 22 January 2013
  01:32
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: "Today, the Lord goes into the condition of a people that is seeking salvation and remission of their sins" The primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), on the 19th of January, on the day of Epiphany, led the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, which is situated on the left bank of Kiev. Among the participants in the...
- 22 January 2013
  01:23
- "Christmas Prosfora" was celebrated in Kyiv with the Head of the UGCC On the 19th of January, in Kyiv, the annual "Christmas Prosfora" was celebrated with His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC. Christmas carols were attended by diplomats, cultural figures, politicians, ordinary faithful, numerous clergy, among whom there were Archbishop Thomas Edward...
- 19 January 2013
  11:36
- Pope Benedict XVI elevated the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in France to the level of an eparchy Paris, 19 January 2013 – On the feast of Theophany according to the Julian calendar, Pope Benedict XVI elevated the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics residing in France to the status of an Eparchy, with the title of Saint Volodymyr the Great (Eparchie de Saint-Vladimir le Grand). ...
- 17 January 2013
  11:56
- Day of Judaism will be celebrated in Ukraine for the first time UGCC Commission for Promoting Christian Unity initiated the celebration of a Day of Judaism in Ukraine which will take place on January 17, 2013. The location of this first celebration will be in Odesa – a city in which at the beginning of the 20th century there resided the third largest Jewish...
- 17 January 2013
  11:52
- “Bishop Ivan (Margitych) – a symbol of the unity of the Mukachiv Eparchy of GCC and UGCC,” Head of UGCC in Zakarpattya On January 12, 2013, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, celebrated a Panakhyda [Memorial Service] on the grave of Bishop Ivan (Margitych) , Bishop of GCC Mukhachiv Epachy in the village of Borzhavsk in Zakarpattya.
- 16 January 2013
  06:06
- UGCC Head: “Today there is a crisis in state-church relations” The fact that the President approved the changes to the law “On freedom of conscience and religious organizations” forces the heads of churches to talk about a crisis in state-church relations. UGCC Primate made this statement during his interview with the newspaper The Day....

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