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- 03 February 2012
  11:47
- Head of UGCC takes part in 600th anniversary celebration of transfer of Lviv Archdiocese of Roman Catholic Church “Allow me from the entire Greek Catholic Church to sincerely congratulate our brethren, bishops, clergy, monastics of the Lviv archdiocese on the beginning of the jubilee year,” said Patriarch Sviatoslav, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, at the celebratory mass on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the transfer of capital of the Lviv...
- 02 February 2012
  10:52
- Head of UGCC holds open lecture ‘Ethics of Virtue and Eastern Christianity’ at Thomas Aquinas Institute in Kyiv Recently, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the UGCC, held an open lecture, “Ethics of Virtue and Eastern Christianity” at the Institute Thomas Aquinas in Kyiv. At the beginning a Latin Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, in concelebration with the UGCC Primate and Roman and Greek...
- 01 February 2012
  10:09
- In Ternopil begins commemoration events dedicated to Patriarch Josyf Slipyj Archbishop of Ternopil-Zboriv Vasyl (Semeniuk) approved the program of events dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the birth of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj, which will begin the year of commemorating the patriarch in the Ternopil-Zboriv metropolitanate. The organizers are the administration of the Ternopil-Zboriv Archeparchy and the foundation...
- 01 February 2012
  10:05
- An interdenominational conference for consecrated persons held in Kyiv On the initiative of Ukrainian public organization Ukrainian League for Promoting the Development of Palliative and Hospice Care with the assistance of Vidrodzhennia International Fund, an interdenominational conference for consecrated persons began on January 30 and will end on February 1. The topic of the conference, held in the conference hall of...
- 01 February 2012
  10:03
- [Translate to en:] Про людську особу та її відповідальність розмовляв Блаженніший Любомир (Гузар) із львівською молоддю громадської організації УМХ [Translate to en:] 27 січня 2012 року у Львові Блаженніший Любомир (Гузар) взяв участь у черговій УМХівській духовній бесіді «Особа та відповідальність», що відбулася у приміщенні християнського молодіжного центру Львівської міської громадської організації «Українська молодь - Христові». На зустрічі було представлено духівника УМХ - о....
- 30 January 2012
  11:53
- Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk on the Heroes of Kruty: ‘At a time when the idea of Ukrainian patriotism is blurring…we have an example of patriotism and love of the Ukrainian land and struggle for its independence’ On January 29, 2012, the 94th anniversary of the Battle of Kruty, near the Church of St. Nicholas on Askold’s grave in Kyiv, the heroes of Kruty were commemorated. Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the UGCC, consecrated a granite cross – a symbol of the memory of the heroes. The commemoration was attended by Prime Minister of Ukraine Mykola Azarov,...
- 30 January 2012
  12:30
- On Kruty Heroes Remembrance Day youth in Ternopil region to stay in cells of former KGB prison The traditional youth event “Day,” dedicated to the memory of the Kruty heroes, will be held in Ternopil on January 28-29, 2012. For 24 hours young people will stay in the prison cells of the former KGB, now the Ternopil regional museum of political prisoners, said Sviatoslav Lipovetsky, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Youth Association (CYM)....
- 28 January 2012
  11:28
- Children and Youth of UGCC to participate in Christian trivia game Brain Ring In the context of 2012 as the Year of the Holy Sacraments, the Catechetical Commission of the Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric invites children and young people of the eparchies and exarchates of the UGCC in Ukraine to participate in the Christian trivia game Brain Ring on “The Holy Sacraments in the Life of the Church,” said Mykhailo Harvat, head of the...
- 27 January 2012
  01:27
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: ‘Main basis for unity among Christians is one Lord, one faith, one baptism’ Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the UGCC, participated in the ecumenical prayer service in the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity held on January 25, 2012, in the Philadelphia Church of Christians of Evangelical Faith, in Kyiv. In his address to those present, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, referring to Letter of Paul to the Ephesians, stressed...
- 26 January 2012
  02:22
- 5th National Congress of Military Chaplains of UGCC begins in Ivano-Frankivsk The first day of the congress was attended by about forty participants – chaplains and military personnel. The event was headed by Bishop Mykhailo Koltun, the head of the Department of Pastoral Care in the Armed Forces and Penitentiary System in Ukraine. "Chaplaincy work has never been easy. And as an example I will use the Virgin Mary, who trusted God in her...
- 25 January 2012
  11:53
- His Beatitude Lubomyr on UGCC strategy: ‘Each of our communities should be a community of true believers’ On January 24, the second day of the meeting of the diocesan coordinators in implementing the UGCC development strategy, its participants had the opportunity to meet with His Beatitude Lubomyr, Archbishop Emeritus of the UGCC.
- 25 January 2012
  01:21
- Session of Permanent Synod of UGCC held in Kyiv The meetings of the 15th (30th) session of the Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church were held on January 20-23 in Kyiv. During the first two days of its activity, the members of the Permanent Synod were busy with the preparation of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, which will take place in September of this year in Winnipeg, Canada, and...
- 24 January 2012
  11:25
- Patriarch Sviatoslav on Day of Unity: Today there again are attempts to divide Ukraine (video) The primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) calls on the faithful to celebrate the Day of Unity, “because it is no secret that today there again are attempts to divide Ukraine, to give in to other states, to make us a people who dwell in the dark.” The head of the UGCC symbolically suggested: If today Jesus Christ...
- 20 January 2012
  10:14
- Patriarch Sviatoslav shared Epiphany eve dinner with children in need On January 18, 2012, on the eve of Epiphany, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) shared a holiday dinner with Caritas Kyiv, said Fr. Roman Syrotych, director of Caritas Kyiv. The meal was attended by about 70 people including street children, children from poor families, and children with disabilities....
- 20 January 2012
  10:11
- Head of UGCC discusses church-state relations in area of culture with Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine On January 18, 2012, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the UGCC, had an official meeting with the Minister of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine Mykhailo Kulyniak. The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Minister Yurii Bohutskyi.

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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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