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- 05 August 2021 11:53
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav consecrated The House of Mercy of Sisters of the Incarnate Word Order in Odesa August 3, 2021 in Vapniarka village near Odesa His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC consecrated a monastery chapel of Holy Martyrs Sophia and her daughters Faith, Hope and Love, and, consequently, “The House of Mercy” which is under the guardianship of sisters of the Incarnate Word....
- 02 August 2021 17:10
- The Head of the UGCC appointed Tetiana Stavnycha a new president of ICF Caritas Ukraine The Father and Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav designated Tetiana Stavnycha a president of ICF “Caritas Ukraine” for a five-year term. It is stated in a decree of the Head of the UGCC from July 14, 2021 which came into force on Sunday, August 1, 2021.
- 02 August 2021 11:56
- Kyiv and Halych are the axis around what God was forming our people, our church and people’s history and our statehood, - the Head of the Church July 31, 2021 The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav consecrated a newly constructed church of Holy Martyrs of Stanislaviv - Hryhoriy Khomyshyn, Symeon Lukach and Ivan Sleziuk. The temple is built on Halych Hill.
- 01 August 2021 11:44
- In Ukraine we want to move to a new calendar together with our orthodox brothers and sisters, - the Head of the UGCC In Ukraine we together our orthodox brothers and sisters celebrate Christmas and Easter. And when we start changing a calendar, we will be doing this together. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC stated during a pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia, while answering questions of youth concerning a calendar reform....
- 28 July 2021 14:44
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav encouraged the faithful to renew baptismal vows on the day of Saint Prince Volodymyr, Equal to the Apostles July 28, on the feast of Saint Volodymyr His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church urged the faithful to come to their churches and traditionally renew the vows which we, through the mouths of our godparents, took on the day of our Baptism.
- 27 July 2021 14:40
- How to save marriage and learn to forgive? The Head of the Church gives advice I forgive not for the reason of being good but because God has forgiven me first. I share this forgiveness with others. Thus, I encourage you, share forgiveness and God’s love you received from Heavenly Father with each other. This was said by His Beatitude Sviatoslav in Zarvanytsia, while talking to youth and answering questions about how to forgive in...
- 22 July 2021 11:19
- How to act like we do care when all around really don’t, - the Head of the Church to youth When we see people’s transgressions, iniquities and even crimes we, first of all, have to undertake an examination of conscience, so not to do the same and never tolerate this kind of behavior.
- 21 July 2021 13:46
- UCU Senator Emeritus Mykola Kmit Receives Order of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky On 18 July during the national pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia, Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk presented Mykola Kmit, senator emeritus and benefactor of the Ukrainian Catholic University, the highest honor of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, the Order of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky....
- 21 July 2021 13:04
- The Head of the UGCC congratulated Roman Catholics on the 30th anniversary of the restoration of structures of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine Today we remember with gratitude all moments of your brotherly support, which our Church has experienced underground, as it were mainly your cathedrals which served as spiritual shelters to thousands of the faithful of our Church. We rejoice in a common communion chalice, where our service emerges from, which we carry out for the faithful in Ukraine, thus...
- 20 July 2021 19:35
- Let us be grateful to God for being able to receive personally living water here, in Zarvanytsia, since it is impossible to quench thirst online, - the Head of the UGCC during the pilgrimage “As the deer pants for streams of water”…” These words about thirst of Prophet David which call and lead to the fountain, reveal its special sense to us here in Zarvanytsia. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head and Father of the UGCC said in his homily during a nationwide pilgrimage to the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsia. This year the...
- 19 July 2021 09:50
- Tens of thousands of pilgrims from around Ukraine took part in a pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia this year A nationwide pilgrimage to the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsia finished today with the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy led by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC. This year Zarvanytsia hosted tens of thousands pilgrims from around Ukraine and from abroad. The pilgrimage to “Ukrainian Jerusalem” is dedicated to the 425th...
- 18 July 2021 20:44
- Learn to love God and our neighbor. The one who knows how to love, knows how to interpret, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav to youth Today we ought to be grateful that God and the Blessed Virgin Mary have brought us to Zarvanytsia and gave this great treasure of our personal meeting we need in order to feel ourselves as a single family, a single community of children of God, a single Church.
- 17 July 2021 22:32
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav expressed his condolences on extreme weather events and numerous casualties in Germany A tremendous disaster struck western German states. Powerful thunderstorms and floods caused by them took away more than 100 people, rescuers in particular, who were trying to save victims. These days we are uniting with all victims and expressing our deepest condolences to all families of the deceased and missing....
- 16 July 2021 20:28
- On behalf of AUCCRO His Beatitude Sviatoslav signed Memorandum on cooperation with Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Ukraine The chairman of All-Ukrainian Council of Churches His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head and Father of the UGCC at the time of signature the Memorandum on cooperation with Roman Abramovskiy, the minister of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources stated that the Church had always been raising its children in a new culture of responsibility for the...
- 16 July 2021 11:46
- The Council of Churches and Ministry of Health of Ukraine will collaborate in order to prevent a new wave of COVID-19 Heads and representatives of confessions discussed efforts of the state makes in order to prevent the infection of COVID-19 from spreading in Ukraine and reached an agreement for further development and collaboration with MOH of Ukraine.

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