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21 October 2011
12:43 - Seminar on basics of social reintegration of former women prisoners held in Chernihiv UGCC prison chaplains have begun to study of the foundations of social reintegration of former prisoners. Special attention during the seminar, which was held in Chernihiv on October 14-15, 2011, was given to work with women.
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21 October 2011
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20 October 2011
10:03 - Patriarch Sviatoslav inspects restoration work in St. Sophia Church in Rome Patriarch Sviatoslav, head of the UGCC, is convinced that the main task today is to preserve the heritage passed from our predecessors and to update and develop the ecclesial body. “I want to support this very important matter, so I came to look at the restoration work that began a month ago in St....
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20 October 2011
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19 October 2011
08:54 - UGCC head prayed with Pope Benedict XVI On Sunday, October 16, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, and Bishop Taras (Senkiv), Chairman of the Patriarchal Commission for Evangelization, attended the Divine Liturgy in St. Peter’s Basilica, led by Pope Benedict XVI, radio Vatican reports....
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19 October 2011
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19 October 2011
09:44 - United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Delegate visits Ukraine “We hope that the visit of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) will help our brothers from the U.S. to get to know the church’s state of development our and the challenges facing it and the Ukrainian society,” Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh), Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, said...
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19 October 2011
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16 October 2011
11:20 - Patriarch Sviatoslav expresses opinions on the justice system in Ukraine “The current state of justice is one of the worst plagues threatening our country,” Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, told a UNIAN correspondent in response to questions about the latest high-profile trials of Yulia Tymoshenko and Yuriy...
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16 October 2011
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14 October 2011
01:47 - UGCC head of in Venice: We expect positive results from the development of an ecumenical dialogue between Catholics and Orthodox From the very beginning of my ministry as head of the UGCC, I said that the desire for unity and communion between the churches is our top priority. In the spirit of my immediate predecessors I repeat the words “forgive and ask for forgiveness” and hope for the same response from the Orthodox...
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14 October 2011
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13 October 2011
11:30 - His Beatitude Sviatoslav: ‘One national church in Ukraine cannot be a political project’ One national church cannot be a political project, implemented at the initiative of a politician, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said in an interview to Fakty. He said the union should proceed from the inner intention of the churches....
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13 October 2011
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12 October 2011
03:10 - Greek Catholic community of Donetsk left without church On October 3, 2011, the parish of St. Andrew the Apostle in Donetsk of the Donetsk-Kharkiv Exarchate of the UGCC was denied permission to rent a church on the territory of the former State University of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence, the press service of the exarchate reported....
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12 October 2011
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12 October 2011
03:06 - UGCC priests in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kyiv learn how to provide pastoral support to people with alcohol dependence From October 4 to 7 members of the UGCC subcommittee For a Sober Life held a series of seminars for UGCC clergy in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kyiv. The main topic of the meetings was about providing pastoral support for people with alcohol addiction through spiritual therapy, as well as learning about ways...
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12 October 2011
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11 October 2011
06:24 - Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) and Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) want to meet “I am very glad that meetings are held between the Apostolic See and the Moscow Patriarchate,” said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav, during a press conference at UNIAN as he commented on the meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Metropolitan Hilarion...
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11 October 2011
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09 October 2011
09:31 - Local Catechisms should inculturate the Gospel in modern life His Beatitude Sviatoslav during discussions on the main theme of the Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae, CCEE) – New Evangelization – said that local Catechisms should inculturate the Gospel in modern life. The...
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09 October 2011
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09 October 2011
09:27 - Strategy for Developing UGCC for next 10 years: ‘Living parish – meeting place with living Christ’ “Lord God instructed the church to fulfill the mission of preaching the good news, that is, evangelization. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church as an integral part of the Ecumenical Church also participates in the mission,” said the head of the UGCC, Patriarch Sviatoslav, in his introductory...
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09 October 2011
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09 October 2011
09:24 - Catechism of UGCC presented in Moscow The UGCC Catechism “Christ is Our Easter,” was officially presented in Moscow on September 29. The Catechism was presented by Fr. Serhii Nikolenko, administrator of the parish of St. Ihnatiii Антіохійського, and Oleksandr Shvedov, editor of the official site of the residency for Catholics of...
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09 October 2011
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09 October 2011
09:21 - His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with new Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine October 6, 2011 His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC, met with a new Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine – Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson. The meeting took place in Kyiv in the Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine.
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09 October 2011
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- UGCC Bishops sent a letter to the President of Ukraine 07 October 2011 05:17 “We are concerned that on the eve of the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, some politicians and political groups are trying again to use Ukrainian language as small change. We are also concerned about closing of Ukrainian schools in some regions of our country. We are convinced that such...