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- 28 July 2015 18:03
- The Head of the UGCC: "If we celebrate one spiritual feast after another and do not change ourselves then it becomes one more lost opportunity" Today for all heirs of Volodymyr’s Baptism, in particular for the UGCC it is a great holiday. But we, Christians, are deeply aware that to celebrate the Christian spiritual holiday means to change. If we celebrate the religious holiday one after the other, but do not change, and nothing changes in our personal spiritual life, then it becomes one more lost...
- 25 July 2015 17:48
- "Thanks to monastic feat of Antoniy Pecherskyi Kyivan Rus was filled with God's light" - the Head of the UGCC in Obukhiv On 23 July the Head and the Father of UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav led a Pontifical Divine Liturgy in the monastery of St. Antoniy Pecherskyi of the monks of the Studite rule that is in Obukhiv, Kyiv region, on the occasion of the celebration of the monastery patron saint.
- 21 July 2015 12:37
- The Head of the UGCC to the Spanish edition “Alfayomega”: Our mission – to witness Christian values in Europe” It is not that we want to join Europe, but we are returning to Europe. Ukrainian culture is European but along centuries a part of Ukraine was distinguished from this context.
- 20 July 2015 13:55
- 120 thousand pilgrims in Zarvanytsya prayed for peace in Ukraine All-Ukrainian pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya, which lasted on July 18-19, gathered a record number of pilgrims - 120 thousand people. As noted by the organizers, it is not the largest massive pilgrimage in recent years.
- 20 July 2015 11:47
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: "From today all the Universal Church calls the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky the righteous" Pope Francis signed the decree, which proclaimed the heroic virtues of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky for the whole world. So on the eve of the pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya the most important stage of His praise has been completed. From today the entire Universal Church calls him righteous and urges all to imitate his virtues. ...
- 19 July 2015 13:08
- The Head of the UGCC to the youth in Zarvanytsia: “Our sacred obligation is to visit a wounded soldier at least once” The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav during his meeting with youth in one of the most popular site of pilgrimage Zarvanytsia, encouraged young people to remember our wounded soldiers and pray for them.
- 17 July 2015 15:31
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav spoke in support of marriage as a unity of man and woman in a new version of the Constitution Unfortunately, almost all proposed amendments to the Ukraine Constitution, introduced by All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and religious organizations in their letter to the Chairman of Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from 12/06/2015, presented at the working sessions of a Working group, - were declined.
- 16 July 2015 12:03
- A meeting with the Archbishop of Madrid finished a visit of the Head of the UGCC to Spain On 14th of July in the frame of a pastoral visit to Spain was held a meeting of His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC with the Archbishop of Madrid Carlos Osoro. It is the last official meeting and it was held in the quarters of Madrid Episcopate.
- 14 July 2015 17:23
- The address of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on occasion of a bloodshed in Mukachevo Dear beloved in Christ! With a big anxiety I have accepted the news about bloodshed in a pacific city Mukachevo, Zakarpattya region. I want to remind the representatives of a state authority, as well as volunteers and activists a God’s commandment: “Do not murder!” Violence and death of people in a pacific city cannot, by any circumstances, be justifiable...
- 13 July 2015 15:26
- The Head of the UGCC had a meeting with the President of the Bishops Conference of Spain In the framework of the official pastoral visit His Beatitude Sviatoslav had a meeting with Cardinal Ricardo Blázquez Pérez. The meeing took place on 11 July in the premises of Episcopal Conference.
- 12 July 2015 15:19
- In Madrid the Head of the UGCC visited the Embassy of Ukraine in the Kingdom of Spain and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC in the official pastoral visit to Spain after a visit to the faithful of the Greek Catholic Church in Alicante and Torrevieja, on 9 July, arrived in Madrid. At Atocha station he was met by young people, parishioners and chaplaincy of Madrid Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Buen Suceso)....
- 06 July 2015 17:27
- The Head of the UGCC: "We need to build Ukrainian society not on hatred, but on love" Today we should protect ourselves not only from external enemies but also beware, according to Metropolitan Andrey, of all those who want to build Ukrainian society on the hatred. It was stressed on 5 July, by the Father and the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav during a sermon to the faithful in the Patriarchal Cathedral...
- 05 July 2015 22:40
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with representatives of Community of Sant’Egidio in Italy On 4th of July, at Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC met with Community of Sant’Egidio from Genova (Italy), who arrived in Ukraine for a pilgrimage. Pilgrims (65 persons in alt) are led by Bishop Matteo Zuppi, Auxiliary Bishop of Rome....
- 05 July 2015 22:29
- About the sixty-eighth Session of the Synod of Bishops of the Kyiv-Galician Major Archbishopric of the UGCC 24-25 June 2015 at the Marian Spiritual center in Zarvanytsya under the chairmanship of the Father and the Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav took place the Sixty-eighth Session of the Synod of Bishops of the Kyiv-Galician Major Archbishopric of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
- 02 July 2015 22:18
- The delegation of UCC and RO is staying in Germany with an official visit On 29th of June 2015 started a five-day visit of a delegation of the Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations to Berlin (Germany). The coordinator of the visit became a long-time partner of a Council – Konrad Adenauer Christian Democratic Union of Germany.

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