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- 28 September 2012
  01:07
- 5th Ecumenical Social Week Begins With Ecumenical Prayer On 25 September, the 5th Ecumenical Social Week began with an ecumenical prayer meeting. The prayer was led by the Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Bishop Borys Gudziak. Representatives of the Christian denominations of Lviv gave their blessings for the opening of the event and...
- 28 September 2012
  01:00
- Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh) in Kyiv met with the prior of the Taizé community On September 25, 2012, Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh , Secretary of the UGCC Synod of Bishops, met with Brother Alois, the prior of the ecumenical community Taizé in France. The meeting was held in the Patriarchal Curia in Kyiv -- according to the Center of Academic Pastoral Care of the Kyiv UGCC...
- 28 September 2012
  12:58
- UGCC Head completed his pastoral visit to the Saskatoon Eparchy on the eve of the centennial of the cathedral parish On September 23, 2012 the visit of the UGCC Primate to the Saskatoon Eparchy in Canada ended. He led the Pontifical Divine Liturgy in St. George’s Cathedral in Saskatoon, co-celebrated by Bishop Bryan (Bayda), Saskatoon Eparch. After the Liturgy, the iconostasis in the Church of the Blessed...
- 28 September 2012
  12:53
- Commission of the UGCC on “Justice and Peace” participated in the international workshop and in General assembly in Malta Since the 14th until the 18th of September 2012, Commission of the UGCC on “Justice and Peace” participated in the annual international congress of the similarly named commissions of the European Union. Among the Ukrainian representatives in this congress there were Mykhaylo Melnyk, who is the...
- 28 September 2012
  12:46
- The UGCC carried out the public survey regarding the ecological problems of the cities As we have reported earlier, from the 3rd up until the 10th of September 2012, the representatives of the UGCC Commission for Promoting Christian Unity together with the Non-Governmental Organization “European Institute of Social Communications” conducted the pilot social survey in three...
- 28 September 2012
  12:42
- In the Spiritual Seminary of Ivano-Frankivsk took place the Festive Academia on the occasion of the Day of God the Creator On the 14th of September, in the building of Saint Josaphat Spiritual Seminary of Ivano-Frankivsk there was held the Festive Academia, devoted to the Day of God the Creator, which Christians of various denominations from all around the globe celebrate as a day of prayer and the responsibility for...
- 26 September 2012
  11:22
- His Beatitude Patriarch Sviatoslav Visits the Khram To The Venerable Nun Martyrs Olympia and Laurentia On Sunday, September 23rd, under beautiful Saskatoon skies, His Beatitude Patriarch Sviatoslav honored the Ukrainian Sisters of St. Joseph with a visit to their Khram dedicated to the Venerable Nun Martyrs Olympia and Laurentia. After walking three times in procession around the Khram His...
- 23 September 2012
  07:07
- Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) The annual Plenary Assembly of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences in Europe will take place this year in St Gallen, Switzerland, on the occasion of the 1400th anniversary of the arrival of St Gall in the canton of the same name. At the heart of their meeting the bishops will tackle the theme of...
- 22 September 2012
  10:19
- The Day of God the Creator was celebrated in Lviv On the 16th of September, the festive celebration of the Day of God the Creator took place in the UGCC Parish of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, which is located in the Sukhoty village of the Brody District in Lviv region. In those festive measures participated Dr. Volodymyr Sheremeta, who is the Chief...
- 22 September 2012
  10:09
- Synod of Bishops proclaimed 2013 as the UGCC Year of Faith As a response to the initiative of the Holy Pontiff, the UGCC Synod of Bishops, held on September 8-16th in Winnipeg (Canada) declared 2013 as UGCC Year of Faith and created an Organizing Committee. According to a communiqué of the Synod of Bishops 2012, the Committee is charged to plan appropriate...
- 18 September 2012
  10:08
- UGCC Synod of Bishops proclaimed Blessed Volodymyr Pryima as the Patron of UGCC Laity In order to provide the laity with a real example of service to God and neighbor in the Church, the bishops proclaimed Blessed Volodymyr Pryima the Patron of UGCC Laity and encouraged all faithful to propagate revering lay saints of the Ukrainian Church. This was announced by the Secretariat of the...
- 18 September 2012
  10:06
- New members of the Permanent Synod were elected by the Synod of Bishops On Friday, the Synod of Bishops taking place in Portage la Prairie near Winnipeg in Canada, elected new members of its Permanent Synod. The Synod Fathers mandated the following bishops to serve as members of the Permanent Synod for the coming five years: Volodymyr (Viytyshyn), Archbishop and...
- 18 September 2012
  04:47
- The Churches realize the necessity for the ecological purification On the occasion of the ecological Day of God the Creator, on the 13th of September in the Center of Culture and Art of the National University of “Kyiv Mohyla Academy” there was an environmental roundtable "Love Mother Earth", which aimed to unite the efforts of Churches to maintain our land clean, to...
- 18 September 2012
  04:42
- The documentary on the facts about the activities of Fr. Vasyl Kadylo, that were not known up until the present day, will be presented in Stryi On the 16th of September 2012, in Stryi the premiere of the documentary “Father Kadylo” will be screened. The film tells about the life and about the ministry of the Greek-Catholic priest Vasyl Shevchuk, who during the years 1945-1948 was a chaplain in the Peremyshl UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army)...
- 14 September 2012
  11:16
- Main topic of this year’s Synod of Bishops discussed on the third day On Tuesday, September 11, UGCC Synod of Bishops focused on the main topic of this year’s gathering of hierarchs: Role of the Laity in the Life and Mission of the Church. Four lectures discussed the biblical-theological foundation of the call and mission of the laity (Rev. Taras Barshchevsky),...

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