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- "Metropolitan Andrey -- the precursor of the Second Vatican Council and the current ecumenical movement..." UGCC Head 28 December 2014 14:59 Metropolitan Andrey talks to people through his whole life. For us he is a pastor, a theologian, an educator, a preacher, one who blesses, a builder, a philantropist, a diplomat, and a holy teacher of faith. The list of all he has done, will never be exhausted. ...
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- His Beatitude Sviatoslav took part in the annual meeting of the UGCC canonists 27 December 2014 12:36 On 26 December, 2014 and the Head and the Father of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav attended the annual meeting of the UGCC canonists, held in the premises of Philosophy and Theology Faculty of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. The participator of the meeting was, in particular, Bishop...
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- Christmas Epistle of His Beatitude Sviatoslav 25 December 2014 11:30 Archbishops and Metropolitans, God-loving bishops, dear brothers and sisters in Ukraine and in settlements aound the world. Fear not, for I bring you great joy today in the City of David was born the Savior -- Christ the Lord (Luke 2, 10-11) ...
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- Head of the Church visited the Parish of St.John the Baptist in Zhytomyr region 23 December 2014 16:08 Those who know how to thank, know how to grow and receive even more gifts from God. Often we do not know how to deservedly thank God for everything that He gives us. The Evangelist Luke teaches that the prayer of thanksgiving is the mightiest prayer. That one, who knows how to thank, will receive even...
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- UGCC Head on the Feast Day of St. Mykolay: "Only love of God and the Motherland can make a person a hero." 20 December 2014 17:19 The Archierarch asked people to contemplate about the figure of the Saint whose Feast Day we commemorate today. After all, states the preacher, Mykolay is known in Christ's Church today because he was the full and valid personification of God's love. He was a Christian, a teacher of the Church, a...
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- In a Riga UGCC parish for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Latvia, for the first time, pre-Christmas recollections were held 15 December 2014 12:44 In a Riga UGCC parish for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Latvia, for the first time, pre-Christmas recollections were held through the initiative of its pastor, Rev. Roman Sapuzhak. They were held for he first time in the history of this young Latvian parish, recollections on "The Holy Family as an...
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- UGCC Head: "Let us not expect a miracle from the government, it does not save. Only God the Lord can save" 15 December 2014 10:07 Perhaps today we are crossing a moment of awaiting, maybe for not so long. A little more than twelve months we have been fighting for freedom. Let us know how to be patient. Let us know how to wait. Let us not wait for a miracle from a person, from the president, from our government, because their...
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- The Head of the UGCC on St. Andrew’s day: "Hasten to introduce the true Messiah to people!" 14 December 2014 12:40 The Holy Apostle Andrew was the one who first was called to follow Jesus. The Christian tradition says that he was the apostle who came to our lands. He put the cross at the holy hills of Kiev and predicted that the great God's glory will shine. That is why our people specially honor him....
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- "Let us open our hearts to the dwellers of Donbas, and their hearts" UGCC Head on Radio Maria 14 December 2014 12:30 I appeal to all of you not to divide Ukrainians! May God protect us from the temptation to distrust the Donbas residents or to ignore them. Right now, we have the unique opportunity to open our hearts to these our brothers and sisters, and their hearts -- to a free and independent Ukraine. It is respect...
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- Permanent Synod Meeting in Kyiv 11 December 2014 16:48 The Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church held it's scheduled meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine 6-9 December. In the context of the monumental challenges our people are facing we discussed with hope the future of a Church that has been blessed by trials and triumphs, great crosses and a...
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- UGCC Head during a prayer vigil for peace in Ukraine: "The Pope is on the side of Ukraine and its people" 10 December 2014 16:40 Freedom of the Church invariably means the pronouncement of the freedom of the person. It is that freedom to which God calls us, arousing the wish to be oneself, to be a person, created in the image and likeness of God. We should once more hear the words of God, said to every Ukrainian in Mariupol,...
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- Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn met with the Prime Minister of Ukraine 10 December 2014 12:54 On Wednesday, December 10, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Papal Legate, who came to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from the underground, met with Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
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- The Papal Legate will come to Ukraine to mark the 25th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC (its exit from the underground) 07 December 2014 14:35 The Holy Father Francis is sending His Legate to Ukraine - the Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, on 10 December to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC.
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