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- 05 December 2013 16:34
- UGCC Head greeted the priests and seminarians who arrived to serve people gathered on the Maidan Today, on December 4th, the day of the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Mother at the Temple, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church during the Pontifical Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection greeted all the priests and seminarians who arrived in Kyiv in order to be with their people on the Maidan....
- 03 December 2013 16:27
- “We condemn those acts of violence that were utilized against peaceful citizens,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav In the name of our Church I want to express my sadness about the events which took place on Independence Maidan in Kyiv this night. We condemn those expressions of violence which were utilized by law enforcing authorities towards peaceful citizens,” stated His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, in commenting on the events of the night of November...
- 29 November 2013
  00:35
- Pope Francis greeted Ukrainian pilgrims “Dear Brothers and Sisters! The best way to honor St. Josaphat is to love one another, to love the Church and to serve its unity,” stated the Holy Father in his greeting to the Ukrainian pilgrims who gathered in Saint Peter’s Basilica.
- 28 November 2013 01:00
- “Through his blood, Saint Josaphat sealed the unity of the Kyiv Church with the successors of the Apostle Peter…” UGCC Head in Rome Fifty years ago today in Saint Peter’s Basilica, the historical Second Vatican Council, headed by the now Blessed Pope John XXIII. It was then that the Church Fathers in a moving way were addressed “from beyond the Iron Curtain” by the Ukrainian Greek-Cathokic Church, which was then known as “silent.” ...
- 28 November 2013 00:57
- Message from Cardinal Leonardo Sandri at the end of the Divine Liturgy in Saint Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the placing of the relics of Saint Josaphat At the end of the Divine Liturgy, led by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, on Monday, November 25, 2013, in Saint Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the placing of the relics of Saint Josaphat in this Basilica, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, the Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, addressed those present. He...
- 27 November 2013 15:42
- In Rome His Beatitude Sviatoslav have consecrated the riza of Zhyrovytska icon of the Virgin November 24th, at the eve of a great holiday of Martyr Josaphat ( Kuntsevych ), in the Church of the Holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Rome, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav ( Shevchuk) consecrated the precious riza of Zhyrovytska miraculous icon of the Virgin....
- 25 November 2013 15:13
- Heads of Eastern Catholic Churches met with the Roman Pope “In you, I see your Churches and wish, first of all, to assure you of my closeness and prayers for the flocks that the Lord Jesus entrusted to each one of you,” – with these words Pope Francis greeted the Patriarchs and Major Archbishops of Eastern Catholic Churches during a special audience focused on the state of these Churches. In a meeting, held on Thursday,...
- 25 November 2013 15:05
- “The victims of Holodomor [Great Famine] were not only denied their right to life but also their right to memory,” UGCC Head His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) voiced this in an interview with published in the internet edition of Vatican Insider, a leading informational source for the life of the Catholic Church in the world.
- 24 November 2013 21:57
- “May the flame of the memorial candle in the hearts of our successors never be extinquished!” – His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Holodomor [Great Famine] Memorial Day Christian memory is not a memory of malice or grief, but rather it turns into a prayer. His Beatitude Sviatoslav drew attention to this in his sermon at the overfilled Basilica of Saint Sophia in Rome on Saturday, November 23, 2013, a day in Ukraine and throughout the world, on which victims of the Holodomor of 1932-33 are remembered. Joined in prayer, noted...
- 23 November 2013 10:07
- "The need for unity is a spiritual need of Christian believers in Ukraine " His Beatitude Sviatoslav An exclusive interview with the Head of the UGCC, Major Archbishop of Kiev- Galician His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) to newspaper "The Word of Enlightenment» .
- 23 November 2013 09:48
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) visited Ukrainian students in Rome On November 19th, UGCC Head His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) prayed the Divine Liturgy together with students of the Ukrainian Institute of the Intercession of the Blessed Mother in Rome. Concelebrants were Rev. Louis Kasian, rector of the Institute, clergy and priest-students from various eparchies in Ukraine who study in Rome. ...
- 23 November 2013 09:41
- “Today the voice of the emaciated millions of people invokes the conscience of contemporaries,” UGCC Head The voices of the million of women and men, children and elderly, calls from the Ukrainian lands to invoke the conscience of our contemporaries, begging for memory, appealing for justice, mercy and love.
- 20 November 2013 13:41
- UGCC Head participates in the Plenary Meeting of the Congregation of Eastern Churches His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) , UGCC Head, participates in the Plenary Assembly of the Congregatiopn of Eastern Churches which began in the Vatican today and wil, continue until November 22nd.
- 14 November 2013 16:44
- “The unwavering faith of the 20th century martyrs may inspire Europeans to take the route of a Christian life,” UGCC Head “It is with great joy that I found out that this symposium is dedicated to the 390th anniversary of the passing into eternity of St. Josaphat, one of the greatest saints of the Eastern Catholic Churches. The example of St. Josaphat shows why each authentic testimony of faith also has an ecumenical character. Since one who lives in close contact with God cannot...
- 10 November 2013 17:19
- Welcome Speech of His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk ), the Head of the UGCC , for the participants of the Symposium devoted to the 390th anniversary of St. Josaphat the death Patriarch Sviatoslav addressed to Cardinal Christoph Schönborn , Archbishop of Vienna , Ordinary for the faithful of the Byzantine rite, on the occasion of the symposium " What does it mean today to be a Christian? Basing on the experience of the martyrdom of Eastern Churches , "which takes place in Vienna (Austria) on November the 9th . Bishop Bohdan (...

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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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