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14 October 2009
02:09 - Blessing of the icon devoted to Euro-2012 On October 8, 2009, in the city of Kolomyja there was an attempt to bring the Ukrainian Christian spirit and Ukrainian national flavor to the Euro-2012 soccer tournament. The specially painted icon of the Mother of God and the Child Jesus above a soccer field with the national symbols of the host...
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14 October 2009
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14 October 2009
02:06 - The international pilgrimage to the Cathedral of Saint Sofia in Rome has begun On October 9, 2009, the international three-day pilgrimage of Ukrainians to the Cathedral of Saint Sofia in Rome began. The pilgrimage takes place with the support and blessing of His Beatitude Lubomyr on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the blessing of the Cathedral of Saint Sofia in...
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14 October 2009
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11 October 2009
12:37 - Delegation of the UGCC takes part in the Catholic public Social Days of Europe The first Catholic Social Days of Europe are taking place this weekend, October 8-11, 2009, in Gdansk, Poland. The delegate of the meeting from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the head of the Commission of UGCC for assistance of unity between Christians Dr. Ihor Shaban, underlined that the...
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11 October 2009
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11 October 2009
12:07 - One more church of the UGCC was blessed on in Ternopil' region On October 4, 2009, in the village Hermakivka Mel'nytsya of the Podillya deanery of the Ternopil’ region, a reconstructed church was blessed, which was an important event for the villagers. Due to the efforts of the believers and of the pastor Father Mykhail Hryts’vik, the inactive church was...
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11 October 2009
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07 October 2009
12:51 - Jubilee of the ecumenical collegiums of Sainaintt Thomas College in Vienna On October 2, 2009, in the assembly hall of the Viennese Archeparchial Seminary (Vienna, Austria), took place a symposium devoted to the celebration of the 90th anniversary of the ecumenical St. Thomas Aquinas College.
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07 October 2009
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07 October 2009
10:58 - Head of the UGCC met with the Ambassador of Germany On October 5, 2009, at the office of the Patriarch’s administration, the working meeting of His Beatitude Lubomyr with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine Ph.D. Gans-Yurgen Gaymziot was held. During the meeting the sides discussed the...
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07 October 2009
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06 October 2009
08:04 - «Children’s Gospel» united the largest main traditional Christian Churches of Ukraine On October 5, 2009, in Kyiv, took place the presentation of the book “Children’s Gospel: Stories about Jesus.” The book, which was issued by the publishing house “A-BA-BA-GA-LA-MA-HA,” was presented by representatives of the UOC-MP, the UOC-KP and the UGCC, and also the director of the...
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06 October 2009
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06 October 2009
08:00 - The bishops of Europe studied the question of restitution of Church’s property From October 1 to 4, 2009, an annual plenary meeting of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (CCEE)) was held in France, in which the heads and official representatives of the 34 national Episcopal conferences of Europe took part. From the...
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06 October 2009
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06 October 2009
07:56 - First complete school year of the Ukrainian school of city Brussels The new Ukrainian school of Brussels recently held its opening ceremony. With this celebration began the first complete school year of the Ukrainian school, which was opened on March 22, 2009, as part of the UGCC of Brussels. In the ceremony participated the head of the school priest Oleh Zymak,...
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06 October 2009
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06 October 2009
07:53 - Head of the UGCC congratulated the possible beginning of a dialogue of three churches of a divided Ukrainian Orthodoxy In an interview for the Ukrainian service of BBC in London, which was aired on radio “Era” on September 28, 2009, His Beatitude Lubomyr welcomed the steps for the start or renewing of a dialogue of three Orthodox Churches in Ukraine. Previously the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow...
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06 October 2009
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06 October 2009
07:48 - Head of the government met with the Archbishop of Lviv of the UGCC On October 2, 2009, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Julia Tymoshenko met with Archbishop Ihor (Voznyak) of Lviv of the UGCC. The meeting took place as part of a working trip of the head of the government to the Lviv region.
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06 October 2009
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06 October 2009
07:46 - Patriarch Lubomyr: UGCC Is Accused Without Any Evidence In an interview with the BBC Ukraine service, which aired on September 28, 2009, Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, commented on the accusations against Greek Catholics expressed by Archbishop Illarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Department of...
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06 October 2009
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05 October 2009
08:31 - Prayer of TAIZE in Kyiv will become inter-confessional On September 27, 2009, in the church of Mykolaj the Good, in Podil, a duty prayer meeting in the spirit of Taize was held. "This was the largest meeting – there were 50 participants. Those who personally took part in Taize abroad, their friends, and all interested in what Taize is came here," reports...
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05 October 2009
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05 October 2009
08:26 - The Permanent Synod has made the necessary steps for the preparation of this year’s Patriarch’s Synod of Bishops The work of the Permanent Synod of Bishops of the UGCC was completed in London. During three days the members of the Synod considered the important themes of church life. Necessary steps were taken for the preparation of this year’s Patriarch’s Synod of Bishops, which will be held from November 29 to...
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05 October 2009
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05 October 2009
08:14 - Patriarchal Cathedral has Begun to be Covered with Copper “In the middle of September we began to cover the central vault of the Patriarchal Cathedral of Resurrection of Christ with (green-colored) copper plates. The construction administration entrusted the work to the Kyivan company Alruf. Weather permitting, all four segments of the central vault...
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05 October 2009