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- 28 April 2016 23:20
- We serve people regardless of their religious views and nationality, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav about a visit to Dnipropetrovsk On 26th of April, 2016 the Head and Father of the UGCC paid a pastoral visit to Dnipropetrovsk. There the Head of the Church together with bishop Stepan (Menyok), the exarch of Donetsk of the UGCC sanctified a CF “Caritas Donetsk” office and a cornerstone for building a church of St. Nicholas. Priests from the exarchate, employees of CF “Caritas Donetsk” and...
- 17 April 2016 11:58
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav calls to contribute to a special charity collection for Ukraine Most reverend and honorable priests of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church! Glory to Jesus Christ!
- 08 April 2016 22:55
- The Head of the UGCC on the Annunciation Day: “In the event of Annunciation salvation of a mankind appears in two dimensions – eternal and temporary” Today Christ Church is celebrating one of the greatest Christian holidays what is connected with a historical event taken place in Nazareth. Then archangel Gabriel came to the Blessed Virgin Mary with good news.
- 06 April 2016 22:59
- The Head of the UGCC calls to see a suffering Christ in every widow, orphan, forced resettles, wounded and crippled by war In this Holy year the privileged recipients of God’s mercy must become people in need who live nearby us: widows, orphans, ill and lonely ones, forced resettles, those who were wounded and crippled by war, afflicted, abandoned and forgotten. God does console them the most and wishes – with our interference – let them feel our loving and tender presence....
- 04 April 2016 15:22
- The Head of the UGCC: “The key to understanding human sufferings and endurance is a cross of God” Sooner or later all of us will stand before a face of endurance and death. But with a faith in Saviour crucified we can change what ruins us into what forms and enriches us. The Head and Father of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav appealed with this word on the Third Sunday of the Great Fast (Veneration of the Holy Cross) during his...
- 28 March 2016 22:33
- The Head of the UGCC greeted Catholics with a Resurrection of Christ: “An eternal life always has a final respond” The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church took part in celebrating an Easter Divine Liturgy in St. Alexander Catholic Cathedral in Kyiv.
- 23 March 2016 10:27
- Letter of compassion of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on behalf of terrorist attacks in Belgium Letter of compassion of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on behalf of terrorist attacks in Belgium
- 21 March 2016 22:08
- The Head of the UGCC on Sunday of Orthodoxy: “Great Fasting is a time of an open heaven” Gospel words “Come and see” are resounded to all of us today, since Fasting is a period when Church calls us to meeting with God. The Son of God wants to meet us and invites meeting Him!
- 15 March 2016 16:48
- The Head of the UGCC in Gniezno: “Ideology of “The Russian World” is a legitimation of a modern colonialism through a Christian Church” The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav in his report “Ukraine-Poland-Russia: a possibility of peace and union” expressed his beliefs about a non-alternative of Ukrainian-Russian good-neighbourhood relations. This report was delivered during the conference in Gniezno on behalf of 1050th anniversary of...
- 11 March 2016 13:19
- The Head of the UGCC to the students of Lublin University: “The UGCC exists not because someone allows us to, but because of a God’s will” On 9th of March, 2016 the Head and Father His Beatitude Sviatoslav started his official pastoral visit to Poland. This day the Head of the UGCC, at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, met with archbishop Stanislaw Budzik, metropolitan of Lublin RCC. There was also held a raw of meetings with the representatives of a state government: mayor of Lublin,...
- 09 March 2016 14:51
- "The History of the UGCC is a history of courageous endurance and heroic resistance", - President of Ukraine President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko issued a special statement on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Lviv pseudo-synod - the event that liquidated the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- 08 March 2016 14:16
- In Rome Bishops of the Permanent Synod discussed an ecumenical dialogue with UAOC, war on East and beatification of metropolitan Andrey The Permanent Synod of Bishops of the UGCC is an important institute which supports Church in fulfilling its service and govern a Church. Commonly, during such sessions, bishops of the Permanent Synod listen up to the structures’ reports of the Patriarchal level. This time a report was delivered by the Council for Evangelization, in charge with bishop...
- 07 March 2016 15:21
- Letter of Pope Francis to His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych “How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings” (Psalm 36[35]:8).
- 07 March 2016 15:10
- Pope expresses gratitude to Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Pope Francis has written a letter of thanks and gratitude to His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevhchuk, Major Archbishop of Kiev and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
- 07 March 2016 15:05
- The Address of the Permanent Synod of the UGCC after the meeting with the Holy Father Francis, March 5, 2016 As Pastors We Speak Out on Behalf of Our People Before the Holy Father and Before the World “The Holy Father Heard Us.”

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We can imagine what the prayer of the prisoners in the Russian torture centers in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region was like – Head of the UGCC on the 206th day of the war

A vast cemetery, a mass burial, was found near the city of Izyum, in which more than 400 innocently killed and tortured people have already been...

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