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15 March 2014 16:21
- The Head of the UGCC greeted Pope Francis with the first anniversary of the pontificate "The whole people of God with great joy recalls the day when the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, "almost from the end of the world", was called by the Lord to fulfill the ministry of the Apostle Peter," - writes in a letter of greeting to the Holy Father Francis, Pope, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Head of the UGCC. Congratulations are written on the...
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15 March 2014 14:43
- The Head of the UGCC led prayers for Ukraine at the Tomb of St. Peter Saturday morning, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Head of the UGCC, presided at the Divine Liturgy near the Tomb of the Apostle Peter at the Vatican (at the Chapel of Pope St. Clement VIII). Joining the Primate of the UGCC in prayer for a Sovereign Ukraine, were the Ambassadors to the Holy See from Ukraine - Tetiana Izhevska, and Poland - Piotr...
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15 March 2014 12:23
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with the Minister of Defence of Ukraine March 12, 2014, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) met with Minister of Defence of Ukraine Igor Tenyukh. The event was held at the request of the Church. There were also Bishop Mykhaylo (Koltun), the Head of the Pastoral Department of the power structure of the UGCC Patriarchal Curia and Fr. Lubomyr Javorskyi, his deputy....
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13 March 2014 15:19
- UGCC Head on the Maidan urged every Ukrainian this year to read two books: the Scripture and the Kobzar On March 9, 2014, Ukraine and the world are marking the 200th jubilee of the Ukrainian prophet, Taras Shevchenko. The commemoration of the largest scale took place in the center of the capital – on the Maidan – Independence Square.
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10 March 2014 16:42
- Head of the UGCC : "To understand the meaning of what we are experiencing today ... in one hand we should hold the Scriptures, and in the other - Kobzar" It has been said today, Sunday of Orthodoxy, by Father and the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav ( Shevchuk) during the Hierarchical Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.
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07 March 2014 13:25
- John Kerry marked the huge Ukrainian Churches peacekeeping role during the Revolution of dignity U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry today, March 4, during his official visit to Kiev, met with the representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, during which marked a huge Ukrainian peacekeeping role of religious environment during the events on Independence Square....
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04 March 2014 18:27
- Head of the UGCC asks high-ranking officials of the European Union not to allow the destruction of Ukraine “Recently, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their contribution in keeping peace on earth, especially on the European continent, during the last 60 years. That is why we appeal to you with the steadfast request that you not permit the destruction of the centre of the European Continent – Ukraine.” - These words, His Beatitude...
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04 March 2014 16:50
- UGCC Head asks world religious leaders to make their contribution toward a peaceful solution to the situation in Ukraine “We appeal to you to be united with us at this difficult time when the army of the Russian Federation, breaching all treaties, has invaded the sovereign territory of Ukraine. There is no discrimination in our country with regard to language, nationality or religion. Our deep and sincere desire lies in the establishment and amelioration of our fraternal and...
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04 March 2014 16:46
- UGCC Head: “During Great Lent we will especially remember the martyrs of the Heavenly Hundred” In contemplating the pure sacrifice of the Heavenly Hundred and the dedication of hundreds of thousands of people, each one of us should dream in a different way about our life: to search in our consciousness and our essence the sacramental greatness, to open our life to others--God and our neighbor, to cleanse ourselves of all that weighs us down and leads to...
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04 March 2014 16:26
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: “One should be ready for economic sacrifices” The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) in the Pastoral Epistle on the occasion of the beginning of Great Lent, urged Ukrainians to be ready for complex economic times.
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03 March 2014 14:53
- "We must use all the possibilities for the peaceful regulating of the conflict ... but not at the cost of Unification of Ukraine", - the Head of the UGCC The direct intervention of the neighbouring armed forces to Ukraine began. Our country is involved in a military conflict. I think that the entire world community is on the side of Ukraine, as neighbouring Russia is the aggressor.
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03 March 2014 13:33
- UGCC faithful are praying for the Crimean Exarchate and the preservation of unity and sovereignty in Ukraine. During these days we are praying for peace and safety for all residents of the Crimea Peninsula, especially for the clergy and spiritual servants and laity of our Crimean Exarchate. We ask them to remember that behind their shoulders stands a great Church, which right now is together with them.
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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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