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- “Maidan became a mirror of Ukrainian society without any kind of aggression towards the Russian people or Russia…,” UGCC Head 30 May 2014 17:10 In UGCC there exists a fraternal relationship with the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in union with the Moscow Patriarchate. All the joint activities of both Churches and the statements that were issued within the last few months, during the period of the Maidan, were done together. Even more, the...
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- In UGCC, the Decade of the Missionary has begun 29 May 2014 23:07 On the Feast of the Ascension of Christ, as approved by the Synod of Bishops, UGCC begins a Decade of the Missionary 9 (a ten-day period). This period will last until the Descent of the Holy Spirit and has as its goal to focus the whole Church on the joint calling to be missionaries....
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- The Auxiliary Bishop has been appointed to Ivano-Frankivsk UGCC archdiocese 26 May 2014 22:28 On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, in the Vatican it was announced that the Holy Father Francis gave his approval to the canonical election by the Synod of Bishops, of Fr.Joshaphat Moshchych, Syncellus of Ivano-Frankivsk archdiocese as an auxiliary bishop of the church administrative unit, giving him a...
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- Heads and representatives of Churches together with government leaders prayed for Ukraine 25 May 2014 22:24 On Saturday, May 24th an All-National Prayer for Ukraine was held. The heads and representatives of Ukrainian Churches prayed in the Sophia Cathedral of the National Preserve Sofia Kyivska, informed the Institute of Religious Freedom.
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- "The Lord again sends two shepherds for his flock ... It is a great sign of assurance of His presence among us" - the Head of the UGCC in Stryi 24 May 2014 22:20 There is an image that, in my opinion, represents best that God is, in whom we believe. The Scripture says that God is the Shepherd. He is like a shepherd cares for us, feels our pain and stays with us. As a Shepherd, he has three important features: a divine pastoral care that is the welfare of his sheep;...
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- His Beatitude Sviatoslav will take part in the jubilee celebration of the 500th anniversary of the church in Vilnius 23 May 2014 22:21 On 7-9 June 2014 will be held the jubilee celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Holy Trinity Church in Vilnius (Lithuania), which was built in 1514 by Prince Constantine of Ostrog.
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- “It is not by chance that during the Maidan we celebrated the 200th anniversary of the Kobzar. God gave us this jubilee as a gift…” UGCC Head 22 May 2014 22:18 Given the situation which has developed in our country, we have to once again realize who we are. We need to renew our historical memory. I think, that the treasure of Shevchenko’s poems can be very useful and necessary in this effort. Otherwise, as the poet said, “someone else will come and tell us...
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- “Churches in Ukraine have declared that they are on the side of the people. That is an example for current politicians…” Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh) 21 May 2014 15:56 The Church is always with its people. As we see, the Churches in Ukraine, all as one, declared that they are on the side of people. This is a sign of solidarity and an example to follow by current politicians, social activists, and, in general, by all the people. Because a union of spiritual leaders is a...
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- In the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ the Rite of Episcopal Ordination of Bishop Vasyl’ (Tuchapets) took place 20 May 2014 20:27 In the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on May 21, the feast day of John the Evangelist, took place the Episcopal ordination of Bishop Vasyl’ (Tuchapets), the Exarch of Kharkiv.
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- The Head of the UGCC took part in the laying of flowers in the forest of Bykivnia 19 May 2014 15:52 The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) on May 18 laid flowers at the monument to victims of totalitarian repression, which are buried in the woods of Bykivnia.
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- "If one does not go to vote because one does “not feel like it”, then it falls into the category of sinfulness…", His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) 19 May 2014 12:24 The one who votes is convinced that his vote is important and that it is one’s real choice. As far as those, who do not go to vote, then it is necessary to understand the reason for such a position. If it is a position along the line of: “I don’t feel like it” or “I don’t care”, -- then one can even consider this...
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- The Head of the UGCC expressed his condolences on the death of the priest Pavlo Zhuchenko in Donetsk region 17 May 2014 10:20 The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav expressed his condolences on the tragic death of the priest Pavlo Zhuchenko in Druzhkivka in Donetsk region.
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- An Archbishop of destiny 14 May 2014 16:32 When we first met in April 2011, what initially impressed me about Sviatoslav Shevchuk was his almost preternatural calm: which was striking, in that, less than a month before and still a few weeks shy of his forty-first birthday, Shevchuk had been elected Major-Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych and head...
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