NEWS of the UGCC news

- 20 December 2014 17:19
- UGCC Head on the Feast Day of St. Mykolay: "Only love of God and the Motherland can make a person a hero." The Archierarch asked people to contemplate about the figure of the Saint whose Feast Day we commemorate today. After all, states the preacher, Mykolay is known in Christ's Church today because he was the full and valid personification of God's love. He was a Christian, a teacher of the Church, a father of his children, because with all of his soul he loved God...
- 16 December 2014 17:11
- Cardinal Christoph Schönborn:"Uniate Church was again resurrected" Vienna Archbishop Cardinal Christoph Schönborn last Thursday honored the profession of faith of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church
- 15 December 2014 12:44
- In a Riga UGCC parish for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Latvia, for the first time, pre-Christmas recollections were held In a Riga UGCC parish for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Latvia, for the first time, pre-Christmas recollections were held through the initiative of its pastor, Rev. Roman Sapuzhak. They were held for he first time in the history of this young Latvian parish, recollections on "The Holy Family as an example for contemporary Christians." With this goal, from...
- 15 December 2014 10:07
- UGCC Head: "Let us not expect a miracle from the government, it does not save. Only God the Lord can save" Perhaps today we are crossing a moment of awaiting, maybe for not so long. A little more than twelve months we have been fighting for freedom. Let us know how to be patient. Let us know how to wait. Let us not wait for a miracle from a person, from the president, from our government, because their possibilities are limited. They do not rescue and save. Only...
- 14 December 2014 12:40
- The Head of the UGCC on St. Andrew’s day: "Hasten to introduce the true Messiah to people!" The Holy Apostle Andrew was the one who first was called to follow Jesus. The Christian tradition says that he was the apostle who came to our lands. He put the cross at the holy hills of Kiev and predicted that the great God's glory will shine. That is why our people specially honor him.
- 14 December 2014 12:30
- "Let us open our hearts to the dwellers of Donbas, and their hearts" UGCC Head on Radio Maria I appeal to all of you not to divide Ukrainians! May God protect us from the temptation to distrust the Donbas residents or to ignore them. Right now, we have the unique opportunity to open our hearts to these our brothers and sisters, and their hearts -- to a free and independent Ukraine. It is respect that is the foundation of the unity of our country. Remember,...
- 11 December 2014 16:48
- Permanent Synod Meeting in Kyiv The Permanent Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church held it's scheduled meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine 6-9 December. In the context of the monumental challenges our people are facing we discussed with hope the future of a Church that has been blessed by trials and triumphs, great crosses and a powerful resurrection. Serving our people on the brink of a...
- 10 December 2014 16:40
- UGCC Head during a prayer vigil for peace in Ukraine: "The Pope is on the side of Ukraine and its people" Freedom of the Church invariably means the pronouncement of the freedom of the person. It is that freedom to which God calls us, arousing the wish to be oneself, to be a person, created in the image and likeness of God. We should once more hear the words of God, said to every Ukrainian in Mariupol, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kyiv and Lviv: "Do not be afraid, simply...
- 10 December 2014 12:54
- Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn met with the Prime Minister of Ukraine On Wednesday, December 10, Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Papal Legate, who came to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from the underground, met with Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk.
- 07 December 2014 14:35
- The Papal Legate will come to Ukraine to mark the 25th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC (its exit from the underground) The Holy Father Francis is sending His Legate to Ukraine - the Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, the Archbishop of Vienna, on 10 December to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC.
- 07 December 2014 13:07
- "In order to overcome corruption, it is necessary to turn to God...", UGCC Head God is the source of life. All that He gives a person are means through which to develop this gift of life. We should understand that we live in order to get to know God . Because what good is it for a person if he conquers the whole world, bribes all politicians and officials, aand himself sells oneself, his soul, life, and one's own future?...
- 04 December 2014 12:59
- The Head of the UGCC: "The monument to Bishop Andrey in Lviv will impress the audience" Of all the events which will be held to celebrate the Year of Metropolitan Andrey (Sheptytskyi) in the UGCC, the most remarkable will be the erecting of the monument to Bishop Andrey in Lviv. The history of the construction of this monument is difficult. For the first time this idea arose when Metropolitan was alive in 1930s....
- 04 December 2014 12:34
- UGCC Head celebrated a Funeral Service for the repose of the soul of Yevhen Sverstiuk Mr. Yevhen was filled with God's Holy Spirit. His word was strong and brave. He never compromised in oppossing evil in all of its varied forms. He appealed to all to struggle for the complete freedom of one's people and one's nation.
- 02 December 2014 16:02
- The Head of the UGCC: "Youth found in the Ukrainian Church their mother, teacher and protector" Escaping from the murderous hand, our young people, girls and boys, found in Ukrainian church their mother, teacher and protector. That was said by the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav during the interfaith Prayer service at St. Michael's Square on 30 November, the first anniversary of beating students by...
- 01 December 2014 17:56
- UGCC offers the non-governmental pension fund "Pokrova" ("Protection") as a tool for social protection of the clergy and laity Every day every Ukrainian hears the word "inflation" and "devaluation" and is worried how to feed his family and keep his savings in a time when the banking sphere of Ukraine suffers from a major crisis. In the challenges of present the Church cares about the social protection of its children and is looking for the best mechanisms for that not to happen at the...

PUBLICATIONS

We can imagine what the prayer of the prisoners in the Russian torture centers in the Ukrainian Kharkiv region was like – Head of the UGCC on the 206th day of the war 17 September

A vast cemetery, a mass burial, was found near the city of Izyum, in which more than 400 innocently killed and tortured people have already been...

POPULAR