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- Ukrainians are defending their own land: Pope Francis on the war in Ukraine 20 March 2022 16:21 On March 18, Pope Francis’ letter to the President of the European Council of Bishops' Conferences, Bishop Gintaras Grushas, Archbishop of Vilnius, was published, marking the start of “Catholic Social Days” in Bratislava. Writing about the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis stressed that Ukrainians...
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- Welcome the refugees, turn anger into courage, comments the Head of the UGCC on the face of fasting during the war 20 March 2022 12:18 “Welcome the refugees as they are and share with them everything that the Lord has blessed you with. If you can’t eat something yourself, give it to someone who needs it. It will become your true fasting,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC, commented on the air during the radio...
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- Head of the UGCC to appeals to the world community: The war in Ukraine is not a computer game – it is the real pain of human beings 20 March 2022 12:13 Today, I appeal to international institutions, to the collective values of our world community: Together we can and must stop the war in Ukraine. Don’t be deaf to the groans, screams, and cries of thousands of people in Ukraine!”
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- USA Former Presidents visit a Chicago Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church to show support for Ukraine 19 March 2022 22:18 Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States of America, and George W. Bush, the 43rd President, visited the UGC Church of Sts Volodymyr and Olha in Chicago, Illinois, as a show of support for the people of Ukraine as Russian troops continue to attack....
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- In Lviv, a Final Farewell to a Defender of Ukraine who was baptized by His Beatitude Sviatoslav 19 March 2022 20:58 On Thursday, March 17, the funeral service of Ivan Skrypnyk, a serviceman baptized in 2005 by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, then Vice-Rector of the Lviv Theological Seminary, took place in Lviv. Major Ivan Skrypnyk was killed on Sunday, March 13, as a result of a Russian rocket attack on the Yavoriv...
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- From the Head of the UGCC: We thank the Lord for the heroic service of our physicians to their people 19 March 2022 11:50 “I am appealing to the World Health Organization, to various international institutions, and to organizations such as Doctors Without Borders: speak out in defense of life in Ukraine!”
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- Immaculate Heart of Mary, save us: The figure of the Virgin of Fatima visits Lviv 18 March 2022 17:21 On Thursday, March 17, a traveling statue of Our Lady of Fatima arrived in Lviv’s Church of the Nativity of the Mother of God, from Portugal. The statue’s arrival was solemnly greeted by the Archbishop and Metropolitan of Lviv, Ihor Vozniak, together with the priests and several hundred faithful of...
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- When the foundations of life are being destroyed during war, God is a pillar of support for a person, -- His Beatitude Sviatoslav during the Moleben prayer service 18 March 2022 09:45 Just imagine a war refugee’s world come crashing down, -- she or he has to leave everything, their whole life story to this point, take their child by the hand and go into the unknown. But God’s Word says that there is something which no one can destroy. There is something which remains permanent and...
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- Today, women are symbols of the strength and courage of Ukraine: The Head of the UGCC’s reflection for Thursday, March 17, 2022 17 March 2022 20:05 “When we talk about our Motherland, our Ukraine, which is standing and defending itself, the figure of a woman appears before our eyes as a symbol of Ukraine. A woman, who bears the unspeakable burden of war, who watches over life in the midst of a sea of death, who builds and protects the future,” His...
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- From the Head of the UGCC: The blood of innocent children is on the hands of the criminals who began this war 17 March 2022 18:13 “Last night, the wife of our priest from Slavutych gave birth to a young “kozak” for Ukraine in a cold maternity ward, by candlelight, without electricity. This priestly married couple is a symbol of our Church, which gives hope and grants life to its people,” the Father and Head of the UGCC, His...
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- From His Beatitude Sviatoslav: The Lord is with us. He is being crucified again in the body of Ukraine 17 March 2022 09:56 “Where is God during war? Where is God when we are being killed? God is with us. He is being crucified again by those who are shooting at us. He is being condemned to death again by those religious leaders who are justifying this war. He is being laid in a tomb by those who are burying the inhabitants of...