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- 31 July 2009
  02:39
- Head of the UGCC took part in a live-to-air TV program on channel TVi His Beatitude Lubomyr took part in a live-to-air 30-minute program “Truth of Vitaliy Portnikov,” which gets aired on the TVi channel. The hosts of this program alternate weekly- one week Vitaliy Portnikov hosts “Truth of Vitaliy Portnikov” and the next Roman Skrypin hosts “Truth of Roman...
- 30 July 2009
  12:30
- For the third year in a row, the UGCC holds baptism vow renewals during the celebrations for the Baptizing of Rus’-Ukraine “Today, in every parochial community of our Church, all over Ukraine, after the Divine Liturgy, there will be an opportunity to renew baptism vows, which either we, or our godparents in our name, proclaimed on the day we accepted the Sacrament of baptism. We tried to express the deep value and...
- 30 July 2009
  12:26
- Through the patronage of His Beatitude Lubomyr, popular music concerts will be organized in Ukraine Just like the previous round, these concerts will be charitable in nature and the music will unite, support and inspire. From September 7 to 22, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church invites everyone to attend the “With faith and love” concerts. The academic concerts organized in May, under the...
- 30 July 2009
  12:22
- President Yushchenko’s speech during the pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya It is a great honor to be here today, in the presence of the miraculous icon of Zarvanytsya’s Mother of God. I come here as a Christian before my Christian brothers and as a Ukrainian before my Ukrainian brothers.
- 27 July 2009
  05:36
- Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Met with the Prime Minister of Ukraine On July 24, 2009, at the office of Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), a meeting of Patriarch Lubomyr with the prime minister of Ukraine was held. Together with the patriarch, Reverend Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), the head of the Patriarchal Administration, Fr. Oleksa...
- 27 July 2009
  05:32
- The UGCC celebrates the anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’-Ukraine On July 26-28, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church will celebrate the 1021st anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’-Ukraine. All the Liturgies will include a reading of the “Appeal of Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church for the special occasion of the day of Saint Volodymyr and...
- 27 July 2009
  05:30
- Bishop Svyatoslav (Shevchuk) undertakes pastoral visits to the northern Vicariate of Argentina On Saturday, July 11, Bishop Svyatoslav (Shevchuk) served the Hierarchal Liturgy in the pro-cathedral church of Saint Volodymyr, in the city Posadas, Misiones, as part of church feast celebrations. The church was overcrowded with parishioners who arrived to greet their bishop. Bishop...
- 26 July 2009
  09:16
- Pastoral visit of Bishop Stephan in Kharkiv region Reverend Bishop Stephan (Meniok), Exarch of Donets’k and Kharkiv, visited the parish of the city Dymytrova, Kharkiv region. The Hierarch was accompanied by the clergy of the Exarchate. The Bishop greeted the local community while it celebrated it’s 6th anniversary from its inception and...
- 26 July 2009
  09:15
- Representatives of UGCC visit the city of Berdyans’k Recently, Bishop Stephan (Meniok), Exarch of Donets’k-Kharkiv, Father Serhiy Kovbel', pastor of the church of Holy-Martyr Josaphat, celibate priest of the Order of the Holy Redeemer, Father Mykhail Zaverchuk, all visited the city of Berdyans’k in the Zaporizhzhya region. There, the...
- 26 July 2009
  09:10
- All Ukrainian Pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya (Sunday, July 19) On Sunday, July 19, the spiritual program began with an Utrennja service in the Cathedral of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsya. Afterwards, the procession of bishops and priests took place from the Cathedral to the podium on the miraculous place, where they were joined by the President of Ukraine...
- 26 July 2009
  09:07
- All Ukrainian Pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya (Saturday, July 18) The All Ukrainian Pilgrimage to Maria’s Spiritual Center in Zarvanytsya began on July 18. This year’s pilgrimage took place within the framework of the yearlong celebration of the Divine Calling. The pilgrimage began with registration of participants on Saturday, July 18, followed by a Rosary...
- 26 July 2009
  09:04
- A public hearing concerning the problems faced by Ukrainian labor migrants took place in Portugal Changes in Ukrainian legislation related to labor migrants has sparked discussions and protests from Ukrainians living in Italy, Portugal and Spain. Representatives of many public organizations from these countries claim that the legislation panders to populist worries over Ukrainians...
- 26 July 2009
  08:58
- The government intends to work through issues of state-church relations in Ukraine: the conclusion reached at a meeting between Yulia Tymoshenko and leaders of confessions On July 13, 2009, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko met with members of All Ukrainian Council of Churches and religious organizations. She told them the government was willing to work through questions of state church relations. Among them, the head of government commented on a proposal...
- 23 July 2009
  02:36
- The “Mothers in prayer” group gathered in Kolomyja for their third meeting After the benediction by Bishop Mykolay (Simkaylo) on July 9, in Kolomyja, the third gathering of the “Mothers in prayer” group from the Kolomyja-Chernivtsi eparchy took place. About 450 mothers from more than forty communities took part in the meeting. Kolomyja blossomed with picturesque...
- 23 July 2009
  02:34
- One of the main themes of the 37th convention of the Secretary Generals of the European Episcopal Conferences was the encyclical “Caritas in Veritate” One of the main themes of the 37th convention of Secretary Generals of European Episcopal Conferences, which took place July 9-12, 2009, at a retreat in Brukhovychi near Lviv, was the third encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI entitled “Caritas in Veritate” (Mercy in truth). This document, written by...

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