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- From the Head of the UGCC on Day 45 of the war: Every day, Russia commits unjustifiable, heinous crimes in Ukraine, which the world must condemn 10 April 2022 20:17 Yesterday we witnessed a heinous crime at the Kramatorsk train station: two Russian missiles targeted this railway junction in a pre-meditated, deliberate strike, killing 53 people and injuring more than a hundred, stated His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek...
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- The Head of the UGCC took part in an interfaith prayer for peace and victory for Ukraine in Kyiv’s St. Sophia 10 April 2022 08:34 On Saturday, April 9, an interfaith service, the "Common Prayer for Ukraine", took place in St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, took part in the prayer.
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- The Head of the UGCC on Day 44 of the war: In Bucha, I understood what it means to love your neighbour 08 April 2022 22:40 To love one’s neighbor means to become aware of your humanity, to experience it, and to express it. Therefore, every Christian, -- whether they are German, Italian, or Australian, -- on seeing the atrocities perpetrated by the occupiers in Bucha, says today: I am a Ukrainian, feeling united with...
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- His Beatitude Sviatoslav in Bucha: praying for the innocent Ukrainians killed 08 April 2022 21:03 On Thursday, April 7, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, travelled to Irpin, Bucha and Hostomel, towns recently liberated from Russian occupation. In Irpin, the Primate visited the UGCC Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin, and in Bucha, he prayed a panaxyda memorial...
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- Head of the UGCC: Today God Himself is telling us–be not afraid! 08 April 2022 08:35 “The enemy comes at us, saying: Be fearful! Be afraid! The enemy’s propaganda and ideology carry a fear factor. But today, God Himself is telling us: Ukraine, don’t be afraid!” This was the emphasis of our Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, during his...
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- From the Head of the UGCC: Russians burn killed civilians in Mariupol, as Nazis did in Auschwitz 07 April 2022 21:07 Yesterday we learned that Russia brought mobile crematorium trucks, -- together with its artillery, missiles and heavy weapons, -- to Mariupol, where throughout the day and night, they burn the innocent civilians killed. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek...
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- From the Head of the UGCC: Let us do everything possible to save human lives in Ukraine 06 April 2022 22:15 We feel that saving human lives in Ukraine is feasible, not only because of the courage of Ukraine’s defenders, but also because of the international community’s stance, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said in his daily address on the 42nd day...
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- His Beatitude Sviatoslav visited UGCC parishes in Kyiv: Askold's Tomb and Voznesensky Descent 06 April 2022 21:06 His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head of the UGCC, visited two parishes in the Ukrainian capital. At St. Nicholas parish, on the site of Askold's grave, the Primate was welcomed by Fr. Ihor Onishkevich and a group of parishioners. At Ascension Descent, or Voznesenky Street in Kyiv, the hegumen (abbot) of...
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- Pope on mass killings of civilians in Ukraine: Innocent blood cries to heaven 06 April 2022 21:03 Children from Ukraine, and a flag from long-suffering Bucha, reminded pilgrims from all over the world of the horrors of war. In a general audience, Pope Francis called for prayer for the innocent victims, and for an end to the war in Ukraine.
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- Head of the UGCC on Day 39: It is horrible to see the Russians smuggling innocent Ukrainian victims’ looted property 05 April 2022 22:40 Just a few dozen kilometers away from Kyiv, in the liberated towns, we see the aftereffects of harrowing war crimes, mass graves with hundreds of lifeless bodies, people shot in the streets, sometimes with their hands tied, naked female bodies that have not yet been burned....