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- 05 March 2016 18:15
- As Pastors We Speak Out on Behalf of Our People Before the Holy Father and Before the World: «Pope Francis heard us.» “We came to reaffirm our communion with the Holy Father and to ask for his help for the suffering people of Ukraine during the Jubilee Year of Mercy,” stated His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevhchuk. “And the Holy Father heard us.”
- 01 March 2016 19:56
- During the ecumenical prayer in Prague the Head of the Church touched on Holodomor, UGCC suppression and deportation of Crimea Tatars The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav participated in the Ecumenical prayer for tortured and perished political prisoners in St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague.
- 25 February 2016 13:13
- What Archbishop Shevchuk saw in the meeting of the Pope and Patriarch Kirill What’s next for ecumenism? After the recent meeting between Pope Francis and the Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church has emphasized that “the first thing is to free religion from politics.”
- 24 February 2016 12:05
- “The whole epoch of our Church goes to eternity together with father Ivan Muzychka”, - the Head of the UGCC Staying with a working visit in Rome His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC brought his consolation in relation to the death of father Ivan Muzychka, one of the most famous priests of UGCC and associate of Patriarch Josyf (Slipyj) for many years.
- 23 February 2016 20:48
- Head of Ukrainian Catholic Church consoled by pope's words The head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church said he was consoled by Pope Francis' words of understanding and tenderness after he expressed the disappointment of Ukrainians with a joint declaration signed by the pope and the Russian Orthodox patriarch.
- 20 February 2016 14:53
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: “Chaplains of the UGCC are at the front for keeping our soldiers from hatred” Ukrainian soldiers, who were captivated, saw things what are, mainly, an instrument of a foreign predatory policy of clergy of those places; who does not stand aloof from a weapon what contradicts a dignity of holy orders and vocation of a priest. It was said by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the...
- 14 February 2016 16:58
- «Two Parallel Worlds» – An Interview with His Beatitude Sviatoslav On February 12, Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill, the leaders of two Churches, met at the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana. The meeting took place in a closed setting. It lasted more than two hours.
- 06 February 2016 11:56
- «I do not expect that much will change» - His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the Meeting of Pope Francis with Patriarch Kirill “I do not expect that the meeting of Pope Francis with Patriarch Kirill, planned for February 12, will bring any particular changes. Although it is good that the meeting will take place and I am happy that finally there is an understanding on the part of the ROC {Russian Orthodox Church} that meetings are necessary,” remarked His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head...
- 05 February 2016 12:06
- An appeal of bishops of the UGCC to the representatives of government, politicians and Ukrainian society We, bishops of the UGCC, having met at our regular Synod cannot stay aside today’s anxieties and hopes of our people, as a common well-being of humans, freedom and dignity what God gave them has always been in the center of Church pastoral care.
- 02 February 2016 15:11
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: “What sea our spirituality is similar to: “lively” sea of Galilee or Dead sea? The righteous are not only those who take from God everything He gives them, but the ones who know how to share the God’s gifts with others. That what it takes – serve out everything and follow the Christ. As the source of all goods, even terrestrial prosperity, are not simply human’s efforts, but the Lord. For those who stay with God there is lack in nothing!...
- 30 January 2016 13:02
- Screws of the machine that was broken. His Beatitude Sviatoslav gives a diagnosis to the Ukrainian people His Beatitude Sviatosalv, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church is viewing the diseases of the Ukrainian nation, indicating on its reasons in comparison with the European diseases.
- 23 January 2016 15:45
- The Head of the UGCC took part in celebrations of Ukrainian Unity Day On Friday, January 22nd on Ukrainian Unity Day, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav took part in the ceremony of laying flowers at the monuments of Taras Shevchenko and Mykhailo Grushevsky in Kyiv.
- 18 January 2016 15:49
- The Head of the UGCC in Boryspil: “Mission of Christians in the world is to be a voice of consciousness of their nations” Sin is the strongest enslaver which keeps us in its captivity. It leaves a person without an ability to be free. External freedom doesn’t mean everything. A person, first of all, must become free in his or her heart. A delivery from a power of sin and death grants the One Who will baptize not only with water but with the Holy Spirit and fire. ...
- 15 January 2016
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- The Head of the UGCC in Vasylkiv: “An Event of Circumcision – a prototype of mystery of baptism, a door to the fountain of Holy Spirit’s grace” January 14th we celebrate three events in one day. First of all, today is the 8th day after the birth of Jesus. And according to the Law of Moses every Jewish boy got his name on the 8th day after his birthday, after a rite of circumcision. Thus, eight-day Jesus is being circumcised and gets a name we know now....
- 13 January 2016 18:00
- “Ukrainian society is similar to a teenager”, - the Head of the UGCC Ukrainian society is similar to a teenager now, who reveals new strengths and skills in their organism, however doesn’t know what to do with it, said the Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav.

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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

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