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- 09 November 2013 21:45
- UGCC Head blessed the activities of the first chapter of Knights of Columbus in the UGCC Church. His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) led the Divine Liturgy on November 6, 2013 at the Resurrection of Christ Patriarchal Cathedral in Kyiv to mark the creation of the first branch of the Knights of Columbus in UGCC.
- 06 November 2013 12:43
- UGCC together with the Jewish community of Ukraine is going to release Metropolitan Andrey (Sheptytsky) Medal This year the Jewish community in Ukraine in cooperation with UGCC founded a special decoration- Metropolitan Andrey (Sheptytsky) Medal ,which people, who contributed to Ukrainian- Jewish reconciliation, will be decorated with.
- 05 November 2013 12:22
- “The goal of the Christmas Candle Project is not only to gather donations for needy children bat also to turn everyone’s attention to their problems,” UGCC Head Already for eleven consecutive years , the charitable organization, Caritas Ukraine, has conducted the Christmas Candle Project. This project has the goal of not only collecting donations for needy children but also to turn everyone’s attention to the problems of children who live next to us and who are dealing with crisis in their lives. This was the...
- 01 November 2013 12:50
- "The peculiarity of Ukraine is that churches and religious organizations are an important factor in its society ..." Head of the UGCC October 29, 2013 at the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine an official meeting between His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk ), Father and Head of the UGCC , and the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Leonid Novokhatko was held. During the meeting they discussed globalization challenges Ukrainian society is facing particularly in the sphere of culture and...
- 26 October 2013 11:45
- Head of the UGCC, "If we do not cherish institution of the family, we will always face social orphans" From the point of view of a Christian a family is an institution established by the Creator as fruitful and indissoluble unity of man and woman. Only such a family can give proper education to children. On October the 24th, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) said about this in Kiev during a roundtable...
- 22 October 2013 14:11
- UGCC Head: “Cyril and Methodius understood already some 1150 years ago, the significance of Slavic Christianity" “The bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches in Europe are faced with a serious and complex task -- a new Evangelization of old Christian Europe, which today is forgetting its roots.” His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church stated this during a meeting of the Greek-Catholic Bishops of Europe in...
- 20 October 2013 14:08
- “The words of Jesus Christ, the Teacher of Life, permeated the human heart and healed it”, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav On October 19, 2013, a Pontifical Liturgy was celebrated by the bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches in the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Kosice (Slovakia). The Divine Liturgy was led by Bishop Yan (Babiak), Presov Archbishop and Head of the Greek-Catholic Church in Slovakia.
- 17 October 2013 12:49
- 2013 Meeting of the Eastern Rite Catholic Bishops The annual meeting of Eastern Rite Catholic Bishops is taking place this year in Košice (Slovakia), European Capital of Culture 2013, on the occasion of the 1150th anniversary of the arrival of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Slavic territory.
- 13 October 2013 15:20
- “The topic of the next Papal Synod will be the Christian Family", - His Beatitude Sviatoslav His Holiness Pope Francis at the XIII Regular Session of the Papal Synod, held on October 7-8 in Rome, announced that in 2014 he will call together the III General Extraordinary Assembly of the Papal Synod on the topic: “The pastoral challenges of the family in the context of evangelization”. The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, a...
- 08 October 2013 18:41
- UGCC Head: It is important that all European bishops realize that Europe breathes through two lungs: that of the Eastern and the Western Church In Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, the Annual Plenary Meeting of the Council of European Conference of Bishops concluded, at which there was a discussion of the topic “God and the State: Europe between the worldly and secularism.”
- 06 October 2013 18:45
- UGCC Head celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Byzantine Rite during the General Assembly of the European Bishops On October 5th, His Beatitude Sviartoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, led the Divine Liturgy in the Greek-Catholic Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Bratislava (Slovakia). Participating in the joint prayer were members of the General Assembly of the Council of Bishops Conferences of Europe (CCEE)....
- 05 October 2013 18:37
- Heads of the European Conference of Bishops met with the President of Slovakia On October 4, 2013, in Bratislava, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, together with the other Heads of the European Conference of Bishops met with the President of the Slovakia Republic, Ivan Hasparovych, Prime Minister Robert Fico and other official dignitaries....
- 04 October 2013 18:38
- Ukrainian religious leaders met with the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy Brussels – A delegation of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) met with the President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, informed the Institute of Religious Freedom (IRF).
- 04 October 2013 13:11
- Hierarchs of Ukrainian Churches discussed with European Union (EU) deputies the relationship of Ukraine and European Union During both meetings there was an exchange of thoughts concerning European prospects of Ukraine. The focus of the discussion was on the importance of fundamental values on which current Europe is built – freedom (including freedom of conscience and religious affiliation), democracy, respect for human rights, and rule of the law....
- 04 October 2013 12:42
- "The road of Ukraine to Europe - a way of developing and consolidating democracy in the Ukrainian society ", - Head of the UGCC Commenting for " Zhyve TV “ the possible signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU, His Beatitude Sviatoslav ( Shevchuk), head of the UGCC said that this would be a historic event for Ukraine and Ukrainian people. In his opinion, the signing of this document may be likened to a meeting of presidents in Bialowieza Forest, ending the...

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