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- 14 October 2020 14:58
- "We must share God's forgiveness of our sins with others by forgiving them," Head of the UGCC in the catechesis In the Our Father prayer, when we ask forgiveness for our sins, we say, "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who trespass against us." Therefore, we must share God's forgiveness of our sins with our neighbors by forgiving them. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, emphasized this in a video catechesis on the Lord’s Prayer, explaining the...
- 12 October 2020 15:00
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: "Let us remember that the Lord God is in the boat with us” Today we feel like we are all in the same boat. If we allow Jesus to enter it, if we cast a net upon His word and do what He tells us, even when human logic says otherwise, then we will see the appearance of God in our life. Then we will be able to understand the essence of the Christian vocation and life. This was emphasized by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head...
- 08 October 2020 15:36
- The Head of the UGCC addressed the participants of the 13th Ecumenical Week: "Responsibility for the environment should not be the concern of only one Church in Ukraine" Man has become the cause and at the same time the victim of the current environmental crisis, which is gaining global proportions. This opinion was expressed by Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav in a letter to the participants of the 13th Ecumenical Social Week entitled "Hearing the Cry of the Earth: Integral...
- 08 October 2020 15:33
- "Our daily bread" means Jesus Christ who gives Himself to us in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, His Beatitude Sviatoslav in the video catechesis It is important to take Holy Communion every day, to seek it, to live by it. The Fathers of the Church said that when we consume this bread of ours, then a very interesting thing happens to us. We become the One we consume. This was said by His Beatitude Sviatoslav in the Saturday catechesis about the prayer "Our Father," in which he explained the meaning of the...
- 07 October 2020 10:32
- Take up a cross means to enter a community of people who have taken up a responsibility, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav Christ invites to face everyday reality. If I don’t leave my own world of illusions and change my conception of the world I live in, I will not be able to find myself and God in this world. Furthermore, I won’t manage to take the first step on a way of a Christian life. Only when a person faces the truth, they have a chance to see the presence of a living God. It was...
- 06 October 2020 13:32
- The Head of the UGCC advises on how to forgive yourself Sometimes it is easier for us to forgive our neighbor than ourselves, because we always want to be better than we really are. Sometimes we disappoint ourselves. And it is to some extent good that we do not put up with our sins and weaknesses. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said this in response to young...
- 04 October 2020 19:44
- Head of the UGCC: Social ministry is one of the key ways of the Church's presence in the modern world Social ministry means love, which in modern circumstances is taking on a new form. It is a testimony that we are believing Christians. This love testifies that we perform the Liturgy not only when we are in the church, but also when we help a needy person with acts of charity. This was emphasized by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, in his...
- 01 October 2020 12:45
- The Head of the UGCC explains how to quench spiritual hunger “What should we do when we can't go on pilgrimage?” – “First of all, I would advise you to hurry to God's church for the Divine Liturgy. Because this is the moment when we come to be together…” Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav said, answering the questions of the young people during the Wind of Hope Festival....
- 01 October 2020 09:56
- Mutual respect and love can heal the painful wounds of genocide, Head of the UGCC Ukrainians, like Jews, Armenians and Poles, are a post-genocidal nation, and the wounds caused by genocide still hurt. It is the religious leaders who are responsible for healing these wounds. Today, the Lord God gives Jews, Orthodox, Catholics, and Greek Catholics medicine to heal these wounds. And such medicines are mutual respect and love. This was...
- 29 September 2020 11:17
- Head of the UGCC: The Cross is the decoration of the universe and the glory of angels In modern circumstances, when humanity is confused, humiliated, we often do not fully understand what is happening to us. Where do we get the strength to endure everything? Where can we get the strength not to despair from day to day, but to rise and step forward with optimism?! This power is given to us through the Exaltation of the Cross, which is solemnly...
- 27 September 2020 15:15
- Head of the UGCC: Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky was a conscious patriot of the Ukrainian people Every Ukrainian, regardless of social status, was important, valuable, and noteworthy for Metropolitan Andrei. The UGCC was formed as an institution that cares for the spiritual and temporal interests of every citizen. This was stated by the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav in his letter to the...
- 27 September 2020 15:13
- For Ukrainians and Jews, Metropolitan Sheptytsky became a symbol of self-sacrifice and devotion, Head of the UGCC During the war, Andrei Sheptytsky had the courage to oppose the racial theory of Nazism, claiming that we are all children of Adam and Eve. He wanted his faithful to lend a hand to the Jewish people and build friendly relations with them.
- 25 September 2020 13:51
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav about His Beatitude Lubomyr: The united Kyivan Church in a single patriarchate was his dream and testament The Church of Kyiv in a single patriarchate, without inner conflict, but with the sharing of the gifts we have gathered on the way to this unity, was the dream of His Beatitude Lubomyr and his testament to all of us. This was said by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, within the framework of the project "Join the Great," talking about the role...
- 24 September 2020 13:07
- The Head of the UGCC: The number of faithful tomorrow will depend on how much space for youth we have in our parishes today In the parish they pay attention to many things: to the leaking roof, to the lamps that need to be replaced, to the benches that are not soft enough ... But sometimes no one pays attention to a young man, with his problems, questions, doubts about faith, and moments of crisis…
- 23 September 2020 14:02
- The Head of the UGCC met with the Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleh Urusky, at the administrative building of the Patriarchal Center of the UGCC.

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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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