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- 04 November 2014 15:04
- Head of the UGCC Presided over the Consecration and Enthronement of the New Bishop of the Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma Yesterday, November 4, 2014, in the Cathedral of Saint Josaphat in Parma, Ohio (USA), the Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk presided over the consecration and enthronement of the newly elected Ordinary of the Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma, Bishop Bohdan Danylo. Co-consecrators during the ordination were Bishop Paul Chomnycky,...
- 03 November 2014 17:00
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav prayed for the repose of the soul of Bishop Sofron Mudryj UGCC Father and Head Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) led the Archbishop's funeral service for the repose of the soul of Bishop Sofron (Mudryj) in the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Ivano-Frankivsk.
- 03 November 2014 13:15
- The Head of the UGCC presided over the rite of the Episcopal Nomination in Parma (USA) On November 3 at 6 pm, in the Cathedral of Saint Josaphat in Parma, Ohio (USA), His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the Head of the UGCC, in concelebration with Bishop Paul Chomnycky, Eparch of Stamford, Bishop John Bura, Apostolic Administrator of the Eparchy St. Josaphat in Parma as well as numerous other hierarchs presided over the Rite of Episcopal...
- 02 November 2014 13:09
- The Head of the UGCC arrived to the United States On Sunday, November 2, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) came for a visit to the United States.
- 01 November 2014 15:13
- The Head of the UGCC called Ukrainians to visit the crypt where the Metropolitan Sheptytskyi rests The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) addressed the Ukrainian people, each faithful Christian soul to come to St. George's Cathedral in Lviv and visit the crypt where Metropolitan Sheptytskyi rests
- 01 November 2014 13:02
- UGCC began the Year of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Today, November 1, on the 70th anniversary of the departure into eternity, with the Divine Liturgy in St. George's Cathedral, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church solemnly celebrated the Year of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky.
- 31 October 2014
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- The Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma (USA) held a retreat for the clergy The clergy of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma held their annual retreat October 21-24, 2014 at the Bethany Center of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg in Lutz, Florida (USA).
- 28 October 2014 15:21
- In Lviv were presented the Honors of the Blessed Omelian Kovch for the development of ecumenical dialogue, dialogue of cultures and peoples When Christians celebrate an event, they first confess their faith in this celebration. We see that the resurrection of our Church-Martyr was God's deed. Therefore, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the legalization of the UGCC we solemnly profess that God has raised us to a new life, giving us a new task. Today we remember all those who on their shoulders...
- 26 October 2014 15:16
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav greeted Lublin Metropolitan on the occasion of 300th anniversary of the Metropolitan Seminary The Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav sent his greetings to Lublin Metropolitan (RCC) Archbishop Stanislaw Budzik on the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the Metropolitan Seminary of Lublin.
- 26 October 2014 01:30
- «We have to be witnesses of Christ's resurrection, preachers of His power and bearers of His faith, which is the foundation of Ukrainian life» - the Head of the Church With the Pontifical Divine Liturgy at St. George's Cathedral in Lviv, was ended the annual meeting of the Eastern Catholic bishops of Europe. We recall that meeting, which this time is dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the UGCC's coming out of the underground, began on 24 October.
- 25 October 2014 01:36
- “UGCC is facing the challenge of liquidating its Crimean Exarchate...” His Beatitude Sviatoslav during a press conference in Lviv For the first time since its exit from the underground, UGCC is facing the challenge of liquidating its Exarchate in Crimea. Crimean authorities have issued a law by which all religious organizations have to undergo a process of re-registering by the end of 2014. There is no guarantee that such a process will confirm the right of UGCC to exist on these...
- 23 October 2014 16:13
- “Someone desires to transfer the existing confrontation to religious grounds, inflaming inter-religious conflict...” Head of the Church As is known, the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops is the highest forum of the Catholic Church, to which as speakers are invited so-called brotherly delegations from the Orthodox and the Protestants. This year the Russian Orthodox Church was represented by Metropolitan Ilarion (Alfeiev), who, in my opinion, used abusive words in the...
- 19 October 2014 16:10
- Bishop Bogdan (Dziurakh): "Guided by love to people, the Church aims at sharing its treasure of faith" The сatechetical efforts of the Church are motivated by a desire of good to everyone. That was said on 17 October by the visitor of the VI session of the Diocesan Cathedral of Sambir-Drogobych Diocese, the Bishop Bogdan (Dziurakh), the Secretary of the Synod of Bishops.
- 18 October 2014 17:41
- "To say that the UGCC supports a certain part of Ukrainian society means to assert that there is a civil war in Ukraine" - the Head of the UGCC We, as pastors, definitely sided with only one party - the Ukrainian people, never distinguishing between "easterners" and "westerners", Russian-speaking and Ukrainian-speaking. At the Maidan, as now, we were all together and we are as a society, one nation of Ukraine: Catholics, Orthodox, Protestants, Jews, Muslims. ...
- 13 October 2014 16:53
- " Among his small pupils was the future Pope" – His Beatitude Sviatoslav about the Bishop Stepan Chmil’ On 12 October the Ukrainian community of Rome honored the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Bishop Stepan Chmil’ (1914-1978), the first Ukrainian salezian of Byzantine rite, then the rector of the Ukrainian Papal small seminary in Rome. On this occasion, in the cathedral of Saint Sophia in Rome the Head of the UGCC lead the Divine Liturgy and the memorial...

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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

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