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- 31 January 2009
  12:00
- An Orthodox priest "stormed" the house of a Greek-Catholic pastor On January 21, 2009, a priest of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate together with three dozen faithful swarmed into the yard of a Greek-Catholic priest in the village of Ivanivka, Odesa Region. Opposition was provoked by a funeral service for a dead woman, whose daughter appealed...
- 30 January 2009
  11:57
- The Head of the UGCC prayed for those who died in the battle of Kruty January 29 is the anniversary of the battle of Kruty. On this day President of Ukraine Viktor Yushchenko, deputies of the Ukrainian parliament, representatives of central structures of executive authority, and public and church figures recalled the memory of the heroes killed. The country's...
- 30 January 2009
  11:54
- Universal Hierarch Benedict XVI lifted the excommunication from the bishops of the St. Pius X Society On January 24, 2009, the Vatican reported that, after protracted dialogue between the Holy See and the Society of Saint Pius X, which was represented by its superior-general, Bishop Bernard Fellay, Pope Benedict XVI accepted a repeated request from him and also the three other bishops of the...
- 30 January 2009
  11:51
- Concrete help for the Church communities of India and the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church was discussed at the Vatican At the Vatican from January 26 to 30, 2009, the annual Assembly of Organizations for Aid to the Eastern Churches (ROACO) was held. The assembly has members from 50 different charitable organizations. At the center of attention of this year’s meeting was the situation of Church communities in India...
- 30 January 2009
  11:49
- Plastuns (scouts) will conduct various events to honor the youths who perished in the battle at Kruty On January 29 as part of the youth initiative «Glory to the heroes!,» the event «Remember Kruty!» starts. To honor the 300 youth, senior plastuns [Ukrainian scouts] will conduct a one-day fast and field games for children devoted to the events of January 1918....
- 30 January 2009
  11:48
- Second all-Ukraine meeting of main military chaplains of the UGCC has finished its work The meeting took place on January 27–28 in the village of Zarvanytsya, Ternopil Region. In it took part the main military chaplains of all the eparchies and exarchates of the UGCC in Ukraine and representatives of the power structures of Ukraine (Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Ministry of...
- 29 January 2009
  04:42
- "From words about peace to the conviction of peace" The presentation of the book under that name took place on January 24, 2009, in Kyiv, at the Saint Thomas Aquinas Institute of Religious Studies (Yakira St., 13), as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The presented edition is devoted to the 40th anniversary of the celebration of the World...
- 29 January 2009
  04:38
- The first audio project of the Head of the UGCC will become «gold» A collection of audio disks with the utterances of His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), Head of the UGCC, was presented in Lviv. Power and riches, the Church and youth, immigration and attitudes toward foreigners, journalists and businessmen, morality in political and public life… Words on these and...
- 29 January 2009
  09:40
- The festival «Christmas in the heart» was held On January 25, with the blessing of Bishop Vasyl (Semenyuk), Eparch of the Ternopil' and Zboriv Eparchy, the festival «Christmas in the heart» was held. At this festival the best performances (Christmas and New Year’s Eve plays and Christmas and Epiphany carols) from the deaneries of the...
- 28 January 2009
  12:49
- “When we sincerely wish good for our neighbor, only then can we sincerely pray” – His Beatitude Lubomyr For a whole week in churches of different confessions (Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Churches of Christians of the Evangelical Faith of Ukraine (Pentecostals), Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, and the...
- 28 January 2009
  12:45
- Third day of prayers for Christian unity As part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, on Wednesday January 21, the scheduled prayer took place in the Philadelphia Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals). From the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr and Rev. Fr. Oleksa Petriv, Head of the...
- 28 January 2009
  12:43
- “People divide because they do not comprehend unity or feel responsible for it" – His Beatitude Lubomyr On Monday January 19, in the Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God (Myl’nykivsko-Slobids’ka St, 5), His Beatitude Lubomyr, Head of the UGCC, began the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Talking to those participating in the prayers, His Beatitude Lubomyr noted in...
- 28 January 2009
  12:38
- The faithful of different confessions in Odesa can write down their prayers for unity in the symbolic book of unity In Odesa, as well as in other regions of Ukraine, on January 18 the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began. During this period Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants will pray together for unity. This practice in Odesa was begun by the chancellor of the Odesa-Crimea Exarchate of the UGCC, Fr....
- 28 January 2009
  12:36
- The head of the UGСC took part in the opening of the Museum of the Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1919 On January 22, 2009, in Kyiv the Museum of the Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1919 opened. So far the display occupies one large room in the former premises of the Central Council (Kyiv City Teacher’s House). In the future it is promised to extend the museum. In the displays of the Museum of the Revolution...
- 28 January 2009
  12:32
- Christmas in the orphanages of Zaporizhzhya From January 12 to 16, 2009, “Christmas celebrations in the orphanages and children’s institutions of Zaporizhzhya” were organized by the social center Rays of Light [Prominnya] (city of Zaporizhzhya) with the support of the local charitable fund Good Hope, the community of Saint Michael the...

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