NEWS of the UGCC news

- 15 March 2014 18:52
- Greek Catholic Priest abducted By pro-Russian armed forces in Crimea The abduction occurred on Saturday March 15, between 10:00-11:00 AM, in Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula in Ukraine. Pro-Russian armed forces abducted Fr. Mykola Kvych, a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, directly from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic parish of the Dormition of the Mother of God, located on Silska Street 5 (near kilometer 5 of the...
- 15 March 2014 16:21
- The Head of the UGCC greeted Pope Francis with the first anniversary of the pontificate "The whole people of God with great joy recalls the day when the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, "almost from the end of the world", was called by the Lord to fulfill the ministry of the Apostle Peter," - writes in a letter of greeting to the Holy Father Francis, Pope, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Head of the UGCC. Congratulations are written on the...
- 15 March 2014 14:43
- The Head of the UGCC led prayers for Ukraine at the Tomb of St. Peter Saturday morning, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Head of the UGCC, presided at the Divine Liturgy near the Tomb of the Apostle Peter at the Vatican (at the Chapel of Pope St. Clement VIII). Joining the Primate of the UGCC in prayer for a Sovereign Ukraine, were the Ambassadors to the Holy See from Ukraine - Tetiana Izhevska, and Poland - Piotr...
- 15 March 2014 12:23
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with the Minister of Defence of Ukraine March 12, 2014, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) met with Minister of Defence of Ukraine Igor Tenyukh. The event was held at the request of the Church. There were also Bishop Mykhaylo (Koltun), the Head of the Pastoral Department of the power structure of the UGCC Patriarchal Curia and Fr. Lubomyr Javorskyi, his deputy....
- 14 March 2014 12:21
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav invites youth to participate in a pilgrimage to the Maidanek Concentration Camp On April 11th, before Palm Sunday, under the banner “Let us strengthen faith through the testimony of the martyrs”, the annual pilgrimage to the Majdanek Concentration Camp (Poland) will take place. Majdanek is the site of the incarceration and the martyrdom of Blessed Omelian Kovch, the Patron of Pastors in the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church....
- 13 March 2014 15:19
- UGCC Head on the Maidan urged every Ukrainian this year to read two books: the Scripture and the Kobzar On March 9, 2014, Ukraine and the world are marking the 200th jubilee of the Ukrainian prophet, Taras Shevchenko. The commemoration of the largest scale took place in the center of the capital – on the Maidan – Independence Square.
- 10 March 2014 16:55
- Head of the Church: «Unite because we are unitary people and unitary Ukraine» Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) took part in the TV project "Ukraine is unitary «channel «1 +1".
- 10 March 2014 16:42
- Head of the UGCC : "To understand the meaning of what we are experiencing today ... in one hand we should hold the Scriptures, and in the other - Kobzar" It has been said today, Sunday of Orthodoxy, by Father and the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav ( Shevchuk) during the Hierarchical Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ.
- 08 March 2014
  10:18
- U.S. Congressman expressed his support of the people of Ukraine This, in a telephone conversation with Fr. Lubomyr Zhybak, a priest of the Archeparchy of Kyiv of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, who currently ministers as Administrator of the Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church in Youngstown (Ohio, USA), expressed on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 Mr. Tim Ryan, Congressman of the House of Representatives of the...
- 07 March 2014 13:52
- Metropolitan Stefan (Soroka) at White House Rally to Suppport Ukraine As US President Obama addressed the press in the White House announcing an executive order, Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan Soroka of Philadelphia led some 2000 people in prayer outside the White House at a rally to urge US support for Ukraine.
- 07 March 2014 13:25
- John Kerry marked the huge Ukrainian Churches peacekeeping role during the Revolution of dignity U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry today, March 4, during his official visit to Kiev, met with the representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, during which marked a huge Ukrainian peacekeeping role of religious environment during the events on Independence Square....
- 07 March 2014 13:21
- Peace for Ukraine: Statement of Swiss Bishops’ Conference Swiss bishops, following Pope Francis’s lead, called for all people of good will to pray for peace in Ukraine. It is necessary to support all initiatives that encourage dialogue and reject violence, reads the statement that was delivered March 6at the end of the meeting of the Swiss Bishops’ Conference, held March 3-5....
- 06 March 2014 13:29
- His Beatitude Lubomyr; “The critical situation in Crimea has to be resolved without bloodshed.” The situation which has developed between Ukraine and Russia, wherein Russia without justification has aggressively brought in forces onto Ukrainian territories has to be solved without bloodshed.
- 06 March 2014
  09:28
- UGCC expresses its gratitude to the Government of the Italian Republic for its financial assistance to those who suffered in Ukraine On Friday, February 24, 1014, the official web resource of the International Red Cross (ICRC) - Italy informed that Italy passed a resolution to grant 100,000 Euros for assistance to those that suffered during clashes in Ukraine.
- 04 March 2014 18:27
- Head of the UGCC asks high-ranking officials of the European Union not to allow the destruction of Ukraine “Recently, the European Union was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their contribution in keeping peace on earth, especially on the European continent, during the last 60 years. That is why we appeal to you with the steadfast request that you not permit the destruction of the centre of the European Continent – Ukraine.” - These words, His Beatitude...

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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

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...

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