NEWS of the UGCC news

- 11 March 2013
  06:18
- UGCC Head: “We want to build relations with the Polish nation in the spirit of mutual forgiveness” “We state that we want to build a relationship between the Ukrainian and the Polish nations in the spirit of mutual reconciliation and forgiveness, so that our past does not poison our future. After all, we are two brethren peoples, sons of one Catholic Church. And together we should acknowledge our sins. Mutually we should apologize to one another, embrace...
- 11 March 2013
  06:16
- UGCC Bishops appeal not to succumb to political manipulations around the Volyn tragedy Synod of Bishops of Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in its Appeal to Faithful and All People of Goodwill on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Volyn tragedy urges a cessation of political manipulations regarding this dramatic page of history and a mutual forgiveness by both nations....
- 11 March 2013
  01:24
- Bishop Benedykt attended the meetings of the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops of Poland A plenary meeting of the Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops of Poland was held on March 3-5, 2013 in Warsaw. It was attended y Bishop Benedykt, auxiliary bishop of Lviv Archeparchy.
- 11 March 2013
  01:23
- UGCC Head participates in the meeting of AUCCRO delegates with EU officials On March 6, 2013 the delegation of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO), including among them the UGCC Head His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), arrived in Brussels for a meeting with European Union officials. Report was made by the Institute of Religious Freedom....
- 08 March 2013
  03:01
- In Lviv, there was a meeting of the Catechetical Commission of Kiev-Galician Major Archbishopric of the UGCC taking place On the 5th of March2013, at the premises of the Faculty of Philosophy and Theology of the UCU, which is in Lviv, there was a meeting of the Catechetical Commission of Kiev-Galician Major Archbishopric of the UGCC taking place.
- 08 March 2013
  02:54
- Bishop Dionisio (Lachovicz) visited the Secular Institute of Catechists of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Prudentópolis (Brazil) On February 28, 2013, Bishop Dionisio (Lachovicz) headed the Divine Liturgy in the prayer house of the Secular Institute of Catechists of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Prudentópolis (Brazil). Philomena Protsyk, Director of the Institute, invited Bishop Dionisio on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his priesthood (8 December, 2012), the seventh...
- 08 March 2013
  02:49
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav during the funeral of Bishop – from the Diocese Sambir-Drohobych: “Bishop Julian, we thank you for all the years of prayer, service and suffering” With these words on March 5th, in the chapel in the yard of the Sviato Uspensla Univska Lavra [monastery] His Beatitude Sviatoslav bid farewell to the first bishop of Sambir-Drohobych Eparchy and the Father Superior of the Studite Order, Bishop Yulian (Voronovsky).
- 07 March 2013
  09:37
- Leading Philosophers Participate in International Symposium at UCU An international philosophy symposium “Ethics in a Globalized World and Civic Virtue” was held at UCU. The speakers and participants were more than a hundred scholars from France, Ukraine, Canada, USA, Germany, and Lebanon. During the international symposium the creation of the International Institute for Ethics and Contemporary Issues of the...
- 07 March 2013
  09:35
- The Commission of the UGCC on Matters of Immigrants began a series of workshops dedicated to the preservation of a family during migration On the 2nd of March, at Lviv Church of Saint Martyr Josaphat, at the initiative of the Commission of the UGCC on Matters of Immigrants in conjunction with the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) in Lviv and with the counseling center for the family support "Yedyna Rodyna", a seminar on "How to keep the family if you decided to go abroad for...
- 07 March 2013
  09:33
- In Donetsk, there will be consecrated the paintings of the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection of the UGCC On the 10th of March 2013, in Donetsk there will be consecrated the paintings of the Cathedral of the Holy Virgin Protection of the UGCC, which were created by the artists from East and West of Ukraine. This is reported by the press service of Donetsk and Kharkiv Exarchate of the UGCC.
- 07 March 2013
  09:31
- UGCC Head met Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister of Canada On March 3, 2013 UGCC Head, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) met with representatives of the Canadian delegation: Jason Kenney, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister; Troy Lulashnyk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary from Canada to Ukraine; Christopher Mahoney, Administrative Assistant to the Minister;...
- 07 March 2013
  09:29
- His Beatitude Svaitoslav: “We have become so used to taking advantage of each other that often we don’t know how to otherwise relate to those around us” Often on the pages of the Holy Scripture we come across a deep symbol which tells us about God. That symbol is God’s eye. Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Primate, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) reminded the faithful of this during his sermon on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv....
- 03 March 2013
  10:24
- Fifty-ninth Session of the Synod of Bishops of UGCC Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric The 59th session of the Synod of Bishops of Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric of the Ukrainian Greek- Catholic Church was held at the Lviv Archeparchy Recollection - Recreation Center in Briukhovychi on February 25, 2013.
- 02 March 2013
  12:58
- Sunday of the Prodigal Son in the UGCC - Day of pastoral care and prayer for prisoners "If each Greek Catholic community in Ukraine and abroad, at least once a year, visits the nearest prison, this will revive the parish communities and will enrich the church life of each of them, as, for example, it is done by the communities of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker over the grave of St. Askold in Kiev, of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in Chernihiv, of...
- 02 March 2013
  12:56
- In the UGCC, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary since birth and of the 55th anniversary of priesthood of His Beatitude Lubomyr, the commemorative medal was released With the blessing of His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC, on the occasion of the 80th birthday and of the 55th anniversary of priesthood of His Beatitude Lubomyr (Huzar), the Archbishop Emeritus of the UGCC, the commemorative medal was released. On one side of the medal, which was made of silver in a small circulation, His Beatitude Lubomyr is...

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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 17 September

A vast cemetery, a mass burial, was found near the city of Izyum, in which more than 400 innocently killed and tortured people have already been...

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