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- Head of the UGCC on the Day of Responsibility: "Respecting another person means recognizing one’s own dignity" 20 October 2020 11:51 The Gospel calls for loving one's neighbor as oneself. By despising our neighbor, we despise ourselves and, in fact, abuse our own freedom. That is why Christ tells us, "And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise." This was emphasized by Father and Head of the UGCC His Beatitude...
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- Despite the Covid-19 Pandemic, Pa. South Anthracite Deanery Surpasses One Million Dollar Mark in Funds Raised Since 1985 for Support of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Seminary 19 October 2020 15:55 Long Branch, NJ— During the annual clergy retreat held here September 21-23 at San Alfonso Retreat House, the South Anthracite Deanery clergy presented Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Bishop Andriy with a check in the sum of $22,500 which represented proceeds raised this year by the...
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- A new church was consecrated in the Diocese of Chicago 19 October 2020 10:51 The faithful of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy in Chicago gathered on a crisp, sunny October morning to consecrate the newly-built Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church and Shrine of the New Martyrs of Ukraine of the 20th Century, in Palatine, IL. It was the first time in 44...
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- Head of the UGCC: "We ask people to fulfill their civic duty and choose those who truly love Ukraine" 18 October 2020 11:49 The great trouble of our Ukrainian society is that we have few people who are able to truly love another. This opinion was expressed by Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav in a sermon to the faithful on Sunday, October 18, 2020....
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- Today we especially consign Ukrainian militaries and all those who suffer from wounds of war and pandemic to the intercession of the Theotokos - Head of the UGCC on the Day of Intercession 16 October 2020 14:43 Today the Blessed Virgin Mary covers everyone with her omophorion and takes all our fears, pain and difficulties upon her, being personally our mother carries them in a prayer to her Godlike Son, what is the sense and individuality of today’s feast. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the...
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- The Head of the UGCC: Our whole Church should join the action "Feeding the Poor" 15 October 2020 16:52 The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is launching a long-lasting action "Feeding the Poor." This was announced by Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the priests of the Kyiv Archeparchy during a meeting via zoom....
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- "We must share God's forgiveness of our sins with others by forgiving them," Head of the UGCC in the catechesis 14 October 2020 14:58 In the Our Father prayer, when we ask forgiveness for our sins, we say, "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who trespass against us." Therefore, we must share God's forgiveness of our sins with our neighbors by forgiving them. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, emphasized...
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- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: "Let us remember that the Lord God is in the boat with us” 12 October 2020 15:00 Today we feel like we are all in the same boat. If we allow Jesus to enter it, if we cast a net upon His word and do what He tells us, even when human logic says otherwise, then we will see the appearance of God in our life. Then we will be able to understand the essence of the Christian vocation and life. This...
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- In Italy metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky was awarded a title of a Righteous 11 October 2020 10:07 The Committee for the Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide– Gariwo, Milan acknowledged metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky a Righteous, inserting his name into the list of Righteous of Monte Stella. An award ceremony was held on October 7 at the Garden of the Righteous in Milan....
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- The Head of the UGCC addressed the participants of the 13th Ecumenical Week: "Responsibility for the environment should not be the concern of only one Church in Ukraine" 08 October 2020 15:36 Man has become the cause and at the same time the victim of the current environmental crisis, which is gaining global proportions. This opinion was expressed by Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav in a letter to the participants of the 13th Ecumenical...
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- "Our daily bread" means Jesus Christ who gives Himself to us in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, His Beatitude Sviatoslav in the video catechesis 08 October 2020 15:33 It is important to take Holy Communion every day, to seek it, to live by it. The Fathers of the Church said that when we consume this bread of ours, then a very interesting thing happens to us. We become the One we consume. This was said by His Beatitude Sviatoslav in the Saturday catechesis about the...
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- Take up a cross means to enter a community of people who have taken up a responsibility, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav 07 October 2020 10:32 Christ invites to face everyday reality. If I don’t leave my own world of illusions and change my conception of the world I live in, I will not be able to find myself and God in this world. Furthermore, I won’t manage to take the first step on a way of a Christian life. Only when a person faces the truth, they...
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- The Head of the UGCC advises on how to forgive yourself 06 October 2020 13:32 Sometimes it is easier for us to forgive our neighbor than ourselves, because we always want to be better than we really are. Sometimes we disappoint ourselves. And it is to some extent good that we do not put up with our sins and weaknesses. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian...
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- Head of the UGCC: Social ministry is one of the key ways of the Church's presence in the modern world 04 October 2020 19:44 Social ministry means love, which in modern circumstances is taking on a new form. It is a testimony that we are believing Christians. This love testifies that we perform the Liturgy not only when we are in the church, but also when we help a needy person with acts of charity. This was emphasized by His...