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- 02 November 2014 13:09
- The Head of the UGCC arrived to the United States On Sunday, November 2, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) came for a visit to the United States.
- 01 November 2014 15:13
- The Head of the UGCC called Ukrainians to visit the crypt where the Metropolitan Sheptytskyi rests The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) addressed the Ukrainian people, each faithful Christian soul to come to St. George's Cathedral in Lviv and visit the crypt where Metropolitan Sheptytskyi rests
- 01 November 2014 13:02
- UGCC began the Year of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Today, November 1, on the 70th anniversary of the departure into eternity, with the Divine Liturgy in St. George's Cathedral, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church solemnly celebrated the Year of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.
- 28 October 2014 15:21
- In Lviv were presented the Honors of the Blessed Omelian Kovch for the development of ecumenical dialogue, dialogue of cultures and peoples When Christians celebrate an event, they first confess their faith in this celebration. We see that the resurrection of our Church-Martyr was God's deed. Therefore, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC we solemnly profess that God has raised us to a new life, giving us a new task. Today we remember all those who on their shoulders...
- 27 October 2014 15:17
- Message of the Eastern Catholic Bishops Lviv, Ukraine, October 26, 2014 We, bishops representing various sui iuris Churches in Europe, have gathered in Lviv (Ukraine) in October 23 through 26, 2014, to reflect and have a dialogue on the mission of the Eastern Catholic Churches fifty years after the promulgation of the Conciliar Decrees Orientalium Ecclesiarum and Unitatis redintegratio, and on the occasion of the 25th...
- 26 October 2014 15:16
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav greeted Lublin Metropolitan on the occasion of 300th anniversary of the Metropolitan Seminary The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav sent his greetings to Lublin Metropolitan (RCC) Archbishop Stanislaw Budzik on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Metropolitan Seminary of Lublin.
- 26 October 2014 01:30
- «We have to be witnesses of Christ's resurrection, preachers of His power and bearers of His faith, which is the foundation of Ukrainian life» - the Head of the Church With the Pontifical Divine Liturgy at St. George's Cathedral in Lviv, was ended the annual meeting of the Eastern Catholic bishops of Europe. We recall that meeting, which this time is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the UGCC's coming out of the underground, began on 24 October.
- 25 October 2014 01:36
- “UGCC is facing the challenge of liquidating its Crimean Exarchate...” His Beatitude Sviatoslav during a press conference in Lviv For the first time since its exit from the underground, UGCC is facing the challenge of liquidating its Exarchate in Crimea. Crimean authorities have issued a law by which all religious organizations have to undergo a process of re-registering by the end of 2014. There is no guarantee that such a process will confirm the right of UGCC to exist on these...
- 23 October 2014 16:13
- “Someone desires to transfer the existing confrontation to religious grounds, inflaming inter-religious conflict...” Head of the Church As is known, the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is the highest forum of the Catholic Church, to which as speakers are invited so-called brotherly delegations from the Orthodox and the Protestants. This year the Russian Orthodox Church was represented by Metropolitan Ilarion (Alfeiev), who, in my opinion, used abusive words in the...
- 18 October 2014 17:41
- "To say that the UGCC supports a certain part of Ukrainian society means to assert that there is a civil war in Ukraine" - the Head of the UGCC We, as pastors, definitely sided with only one party - the Ukrainian people, never distinguishing between "easterners" and "westerners", Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking. At the Maidan, as now, we were all together and we are as a society, one nation of Ukraine: Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Jews, Muslims. ...
- 14 October 2014 17:38
- “The doctrine is not changing but developing to provide answers to vital challenges,” UGCC Head On October 13th in the Vatican, Cardinal Peter Erdo, Archbishop of Budapest and the main speaker of the Synod, presented a summary of the discussions held during the first week of the work of the Extraordinary General Session of the Synod of Bishops on the topic of the Family.
- 13 October 2014 16:53
- " Among his small pupils was the future Pope" – His Beatitude Sviatoslav about the Bishop Stepan Chmil’ On 12 October the Ukrainian community of Rome honored the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Bishop Stepan Chmil’ (1914-1978), the first Ukrainian salezian of Byzantine rite, then the rector of the Ukrainian Papal small seminary in Rome. On this occasion, in the cathedral of Saint Sophia in Rome the Head of the UGCC lead the Divine Liturgy and the memorial...
- 12 October 2014 16:45
- In Rome UGCC Head met with Ukrainian students and urged them to effectively use their time On October 12th in the building of the Ukrainian Pontifical Collegium of the Holy Intercession in Rome, his Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of UGCC, met with Ukrainian students. The meeting happened on the occasion of the beginning of a new academic year in the Pontifical Universities of Rome. ...
- 11 October 2014 13:31
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav about the actuality of the present Synod of Bishops for the life of Catholics in Ukraine On 11 October, 2014, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Head of the UGCC participating in the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, dedicated to the challenges of pastoral care of the family, had the meeting with the juornalists during which He answered the question in English, Italian and Ukrainian languages, talking about the course of Synod, about the...
- 09 October 2014 13:28
- UGCC Head gave the Pope a book about children of Ukrainian immigrants This morning at a meeting with His Holy Father Francis, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, UGCC Head, gave him a book, Children of Emigrants about Themselves. The book contains letters of children to their parents who have gone abroad in search of employment. Its pages reflect the children's pain and their thoughts. ...

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