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- His Beatitude Sviatoslav had a working meeting with the Head of the National Police of Ukraine 16 April 2020 21:09 On April 15, 2020, at the residence of the Head of the Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with the Head of the National Police of Ukraine, Police General of the third rank Ihor Klymenko.
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- UGCC Head on the causes of the coronavirus: We, Christians, believe in a merciful God 16 April 2020 11:24 When we see a horrible trouble ahead, obviously everyone asks “what have I done to deserve this?” Christians are seeking spiritual answers to this question. As Christians we do not believe in a punishing God. We believe in a merciful God.
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- With gratitude and admiration, I gaze today on your pastoral zeal, His Beatitude Sviatoslav in Pastoral Letter to the Clergy of the UGCC 15 April 2020 22:53 With gratitude and admiration, I gaze today on your pastoral zeal for human souls in these circumstances of great universal pain and general anxiety. I was particularly impressed with the words of our brother in Italy, who said: “I do not fear this virus! I am only afraid of becoming a carrier of this...
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- Mechanical ventilation presented by Ivano-Frankivsk cathedral will be connected to a patient today 15 April 2020 22:47 On Wednesday, April 15, archbishop and metropolitan of Ivano-Frankivsk Volodymyr Viytyshyn together with an archpriest Yuriy Novitskyi, a parish priest of the cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ transferred ventilators for the needs of Regional Infectious Diseases Hospital of...
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- The Head of the UGCC met with the commander of the National Guard of Ukraine 15 April 2020 09:44 On April 14, 2020, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met with Lieutenant -General Mykola Balan, Commander of the National Guard of Ukraine. The meeting was held at the residence of the Head of the UGCC. The participant of the conversation was also Fr. Andriy...
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- His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the priests: People are the greatest wealth of our Church, so take care of them! 14 April 2020 12:54 People are our greatest wealth. In today's circumstances, caring for our faithful means communicating with them, and, after learning about their needs, responding as quickly as possible. The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, said this during an...
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- Bidding Farewell to Archbishop and Metropolitan-Emeritus Stephen Sulyk (1924-2020) 13 April 2020 14:54 With natural sadness but also with Paschal hope the Philadelphia Archeparchy bids farewell to Metropolitan-Emeritus Stephen Sulyk. As a priest and bishop, he was a dedicated minister of the Lord in the Archeparchy for 65 years since his priestly ordination in 1955. We thank God for his life and...
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- Head of the UGCC to the youth of Ukraine and world: take in your hands, like green branches, Christian values, and greet Christ with them 13 April 2020 12:27 His Beatitude Sviatoslav stressed that after the great epidemics in the past, people began to look at each other in a new way and to rethink life values. "We see today that we are facing such a 'new time'. We can confidently say that global humanity will be different. However, it will only depend on us.”...
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- His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Palm Sunday: The power of God is an ally of man in the face of sickness, suffering, and death 12 April 2020 16:42 May this feast be the feast of the power of God, who is an ally of man in the face of sickness, suffering and death. May God be an ally of young men who want to change this world for the better. This was stated today by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, during a sermon to the faithful on...
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- May the suffering of people in eastern Ukraine come to an end, Pope Francis in his Easter Urbi et Orbi message 12 April 2020 16:39 Delivering the traditional Easter message "to the city of Rome and the world " (Urbi et Orbi), His Holiness Pope Francis mentioned Ukraine and wished "to end the suffering of the people in eastern regions of Ukraine." Standing before the main altar of St. Peter's Basilica, the Pope called on the...
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- Christ Church has always worked against a pandemic called “sin”, - bishop Yosyf Milyan 11 April 2020 16:37 “Christ’s Church has always worked against a pandemic called “sin”. Everything negative what is happening in this world is caused by a sin anyway. Inappropriate usage of resources, land, approach to science… Examples are numerous”. Said bishop Yosyf Milyan, bishop auxiliary of Kyiv...
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- Our Church will always serve the people who are suffering, Head of the UGCC 10 April 2020 21:49 Thank you for letting your Mother Church be with you. You prayed with us remotely through the livestreaming, but Mother Church has been close to you where you are now: in your homes in different corners of the globe. This was stated today by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, at the...