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- The Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma (USA) held a retreat for the clergy The clergy of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma held their annual retreat October 21-24, 2014 at the Bethany Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg in Lutz, Florida (USA).
- In Lviv were presented the Honors of the Blessed Omelian Kovch for the development of ecumenical dialogue, dialogue of cultures and peoples 28 October 2014 15:21 When Christians celebrate an event, they first confess their faith in this celebration. We see that the resurrection of our Church-Martyr was God's deed. Therefore, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC we solemnly profess that God has raised us to a new life, giving us a...
- Message of the Eastern Catholic Bishops Lviv, Ukraine, October 26, 2014 27 October 2014 15:17 We, bishops representing various sui iuris Churches in Europe, have gathered in Lviv (Ukraine) in October 23 through 26, 2014, to reflect and have a dialogue on the mission of the Eastern Catholic Churches fifty years after the promulgation of the Conciliar Decrees Orientalium Ecclesiarum and...
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav greeted Lublin Metropolitan on the occasion of 300th anniversary of the Metropolitan Seminary 26 October 2014 15:16 The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav sent his greetings to Lublin Metropolitan (RCC) Archbishop Stanislaw Budzik on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Metropolitan Seminary of Lublin.
- «We have to be witnesses of Christ's resurrection, preachers of His power and bearers of His faith, which is the foundation of Ukrainian life» - the Head of the Church 26 October 2014 01:30 With the Pontifical Divine Liturgy at St. George's Cathedral in Lviv, was ended the annual meeting of the Eastern Catholic bishops of Europe. We recall that meeting, which this time is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the UGCC's coming out of the underground, began on 24 October. ...
- “UGCC is facing the challenge of liquidating its Crimean Exarchate...” His Beatitude Sviatoslav during a press conference in Lviv 25 October 2014 01:36 For the first time since its exit from the underground, UGCC is facing the challenge of liquidating its Exarchate in Crimea. Crimean authorities have issued a law by which all religious organizations have to undergo a process of re-registering by the end of 2014. There is no guarantee that such a...
- “Someone desires to transfer the existing confrontation to religious grounds, inflaming inter-religious conflict...” Head of the Church 23 October 2014 16:13 As is known, the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is the highest forum of the Catholic Church, to which as speakers are invited so-called brotherly delegations from the Orthodox and the Protestants. This year the Russian Orthodox Church was represented by Metropolitan...
- Bishop Bogdan (Dziurakh): "Guided by love to people, the Church aims at sharing its treasure of faith" 19 October 2014 16:10 The сatechetical efforts of the Church are motivated by a desire of good to everyone. That was said on 17 October by the visitor of the VI session of the Diocesan Cathedral of Sambir-Drogobych Diocese, the Bishop Bogdan (Dziurakh), the Secretary of the Synod of Bishops....
- "To say that the UGCC supports a certain part of Ukrainian society means to assert that there is a civil war in Ukraine" - the Head of the UGCC 18 October 2014 17:41 We, as pastors, definitely sided with only one party - the Ukrainian people, never distinguishing between "easterners" and "westerners", Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking. At the Maidan, as now, we were all together and we are as a society, one nation of Ukraine: Catholics, Orthodox,...
- “The doctrine is not changing but developing to provide answers to vital challenges,” UGCC Head 14 October 2014 17:38 On October 13th in the Vatican, Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Budapest and the main speaker of the Synod, presented a summary of the discussions held during the first week of the work of the Extraordinary General Session of the Synod of Bishops on the topic of the Family. ...
- " Among his small pupils was the future Pope" – His Beatitude Sviatoslav about the Bishop Stepan Chmil’ 13 October 2014 16:53 On 12 October the Ukrainian community of Rome honored the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Bishop Stepan Chmil’ (1914-1978), the first Ukrainian salezian of Byzantine rite, then the rector of the Ukrainian Papal small seminary in Rome. On this occasion, in the cathedral of Saint Sophia in Rome...
- In Rome UGCC Head met with Ukrainian students and urged them to effectively use their time 12 October 2014 16:45 On October 12th in the building of the Ukrainian Pontifical Collegium of the Holy Intercession in Rome, his Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of UGCC, met with Ukrainian students. The meeting happened on the occasion of the beginning of a new academic year in the Pontifical Universities of...
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav about the actuality of the present Synod of Bishops for the life of Catholics in Ukraine 11 October 2014 13:31 On 11 October, 2014, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Head of the UGCC participating in the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, dedicated to the challenges of pastoral care of the family, had the meeting with the juornalists during which He answered the question in English, Italian and...
- UGCC Head gave the Pope a book about children of Ukrainian immigrants 09 October 2014 13:28 This morning at a meeting with His Holy Father Francis, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, UGCC Head, gave him a book, Children of Emigrants about Themselves. The book contains letters of children to their parents who have gone abroad in search of employment. Its pages reflect the children's pain and their...
- “Soviet Ukraine exists no more...” UGCC Head 08 October 2014 13:18 “It will never be the same as before.” These words of His Beatitude Lubomyr, said in Kyiv in November of last year, when the student protests began, are very profound and meaningful. Because they indicate that events which happened right in front of our eyes, testify to the rise of a new Ukraine. It is...

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