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- 27 March 2013
  10:59
- “I appeal to all of you to pay special attention to the needs of people during Great Lent,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav “I urge all of you during Great Lent to accord special attention to the needs of people in our country, where there is an abyss between the wealthy and the poor, where the cost of a supper for two in a prestigious restaurant equals the monthly budget of a family of retirees, and a luxurious automobile –...
- 27 March 2013
  10:54
- “A holy icon – a window into eternity…” UGCC Head on Sunday of Orthodoxy On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 24, 2013, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, presided over the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Dormition Univ Monastery of the Studite Order, near Lviv. During the homily(audio) UGCC Head noted that it is on the first Sunday of Great Lent...
- 27 March 2013
  10:51
- Over half a thousand young people participated in the Youth Pilgrimage to Majdanek (Poland) As previously reported, on March 22, 2013, with the blessing of His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the annual Youth Pilgrimage to Majdanek (Lublin, Poland) took place. This pilgrimage to Majdanek, the place of incarceration and martyrdom of Blessed Priest Omeljan Kovch, due to the fact that this is the...
- 27 March 2013
  10:49
- Way of the Cross united thousands in Zolochiv On the first Sunday of Great Lent (March 24, 2013) a prayerful Way of the Cross walked the streets of Zolochiv in Lviv region. The procession was headed by clergy of the city’s various confessions. This year, in spite of the bad weather, some 5,000 participated in the prayer. Information was provided...
- 27 March 2013
  10:47
- UGCC will create a series of videos on social service In order to visualize the whole specter of social services carried out by the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, a series of videos on social services will be produced, according to information provided by the head of the Department of Social Affairs, UGCC Patriarchal Curia, Rev. Andriy...
- 20 March 2013
  02:20
- Pope Francis' Homily at Inauguration of Petrine Ministry Mass I thank the Lord that I can celebrate this Holy Mass for the inauguration of my Petrine ministry on the solemnity of Saint Joseph, the spouse of the Virgin Mary and the patron of the universal Church. It is a significant coincidence, and it is also the name-day of my venerable predecessor: we are close...
- 20 March 2013
  02:13
- The Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Kostyantyn Hryshchenko, visited the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Rome On the 18th of March, the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Rome was visited by the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, by Kostyantyn Hryshchenko, who is the official delegate from Ukraine at the enthronement of the new Pope of Rome. He was welcomed by the Head of the UGCC, by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk)....
- 20 March 2013
  02:11
- Caritas Kolomyya won the competition "Charitable Ukraine – 2012" Father Serhiy Tryf'yak, director of CF "Caritas of Kolomyya and Chernivtsi Eparchy", came back from Kyiv with the victorious angel statuette, as well as with the diploma, which indicates that the Foundation won the competition "Charitable Ukraine - 2012" in the nomination "The Philanthropist -...
- 20 March 2013
  02:09
- Heads of Eastern Catholic Churches will accompany Pope Francis to the gravesite of Peter the Apostle At the beginning of the Liturgy with which Pope Francis begins his “service as the Bishop of Rome,” the Holy Father, together with the Patriarchs and Major Archbishops of Eastern Catholic Churches, will proceed to the grave of St. Apostle Peter, according to Vatican Press Service. Among the ten...
- 20 March 2013
  01:59
- On Forgiveness Sunday UGCC Head prayed at the grave of Saint Apostle Peter in the Vatican This morning UGCC Head His Beatitude Sviatoslav officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the grave of St. Apostle Peter in the Vatican. The Liturgy took place in the Chapel of St. Clementine VIII in the underground of the basilica. Concelebrants were: Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh), Secretary of UGCC Synod...
- 15 March 2013
  09:29
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarch: Pope Benedict XVI was concerned about our Church In an interview to Katolytskyi Ohliad, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk described the relationship between the Pope Emeritus and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). In particular, he said that Pope Benedict XVI was seriously concerned about the fate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic...
- 15 March 2013
  09:24
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: Newly elected Pope knows Ukrainian Catholic Church, its Liturgy and Spirituality "I would first like to say that the newly elected Pope Francis was mentored by one of our priests, Stepan Chmil who is now buried in the basilica of St. Sophia in Rome. Today’s Pope, during his time as a student of the Salesian school, awoke many hours before his classmates to concelebrate at our Divine...
- 15 March 2013
  09:16
- In the UGCC the film was created, which contains practical advice regarding the organization of catechetical schools On the initiative of the representatives of the Catechetical Commission of Kiev-Galician Major Archbishopric of the UGCC, with the support of «RENOVABIS», the film "Organization Catechetical School" (video) has been recently created, which will be useful in the catechetical ministry in the...
- 12 March 2013
  10:37
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: "At the trial, Christ will not ask which cars we were driving, but will ask what we did for the least of His" The Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), on the 10th of March, on the Meat-Fare Sunday, undertook a pastoral visit to the Parish of Saint Ann, which is Vyshneve city, in Kiev region. "Today I felt an obligation to visit you and to present you my...
- 11 March 2013
  06:18
- UGCC Head: “We want to build relations with the Polish nation in the spirit of mutual forgiveness” “We state that we want to build a relationship between the Ukrainian and the Polish nations in the spirit of mutual reconciliation and forgiveness, so that our past does not poison our future. After all, we are two brethren peoples, sons of one Catholic Church. And together we should acknowledge our...

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