NEWS of the UGCC news

- 11 December 2013 16:00
- His Beatitude Lyubomyr called Ukrainians to work and pray Archbishop Emeritus Lubomyr (Guzar) made a speech to millions of Ukrainians, who were on Independence Square in Kiev and told Ukrainians a proverb: Work as if everything depends on you, and pray to the Lord as if everything depends on him
- 09 December 2013 20:27
- Bishop Borys (Gudziak): Your advantage in moral superiority over your opponent The element of great disappointment, tension and fear, which has united with a colossal uplifting and mobilization, pulses in our heads, hearts, and souls.
- 09 December 2013 15:31
- “Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) – a laboratory of living theological thought…” UGCC Head “Ukrainian Catholic University is a blessing for our Church and for the Ukrainian people. Its 50th anniversary is a sign and a Biblical symbol of this blessing of God,” noted in his Epistle on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Ukrainian Catholic University, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head....
- 09 December 2013 15:21
- Bishops of Poland express their solidarity in prayer with the Ukrainian people (updated) The Polish Episcopal Conference sent Ukrainians “words of solidarity in prayer with the Ukrainian people at this moment of such significant historic meaning.” “We strive to express our spiritual union with all Ukrainian citizens who during these days feel a special responsibility for the fate of their motherland,” states the letter from the Polish...
- 08 December 2013 16:29
- In Kiev the Constant Synod of UGCC began working Today, December 8, the Constant Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has started its work with Pontifical Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Christ Resurrection in Kyiv.
- 08 December 2013 14:58
- “Today on EuroMaidan are standing not the authorities, not the opposition, but the civil society of Ukraine,” UGCC Head “All of us feel for our Ukraine and for its better fate. However, unfortunately, those who today hold power in their hands either do not hear the people or are making believe that nothing has happened. Perhaps they cannot fully comprehend the whole seriousness of this historic moment which we are experiencing today,” stated His Beatitude Sviatoslav...
- 05 December 2013 16:34
- UGCC Head greeted the priests and seminarians who arrived to serve people gathered on the Maidan Today, on December 4th, the day of the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Mother at the Temple, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church during the Pontifical Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Christ’s Resurrection greeted all the priests and seminarians who arrived in Kyiv in order to be with their people on the Maidan....
- 03 December 2013 16:27
- “We condemn those acts of violence that were utilized against peaceful citizens,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav In the name of our Church I want to express my sadness about the events which took place on Independence Maidan in Kyiv this night. We condemn those expressions of violence which were utilized by law enforcing authorities towards peaceful citizens,” stated His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, in commenting on the events of the night of November...
- 30 November 2013 15:48
- In Rome there is the meeting of coordinators of implementing of the strategy " Live parish - a meeting place with the living Christ " As part of the Implementation Strategy of UGCC until 2020 "Living the parish - a meeting place of the living Christ " in Rome, Patriarch Centre at 3, Piazza Madonnadei Monti a regular meeting of the diocesan coordinators who came from America and Europe is held under the leadership of His Beatitude Sviatoslav of Cardinal. ...
- 29 November 2013 15:34
- Bishop Brian (Baida): "The Church has become the mother of many of our faithful who have left their homes in search of their daily bread ..." Not long ago Bishop Saskatunskyy Brayen (Bayda) from Canada was on a working visit to Madrid. Actually, the presence of the high priest a very interesting fact was noted: Bishop Brian was the first hierarchy of the UGCC, which was awarded the high honor to worship in Spanish arhykatedri and even concelebrate with Archbishop of Madrid, Cardinal Antonio...
- 29 November 2013
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- Pope Francis greeted Ukrainian pilgrims “Dear Brothers and Sisters! The best way to honor St. Josaphat is to love one another, to love the Church and to serve its unity,” stated the Holy Father in his greeting to the Ukrainian pilgrims who gathered in Saint Peter’s Basilica.
- 28 November 2013 01:00
- “Through his blood, Saint Josaphat sealed the unity of the Kyiv Church with the successors of the Apostle Peter…” UGCC Head in Rome Fifty years ago today in Saint Peter’s Basilica, the historical Second Vatican Council, headed by the now Blessed Pope John XXIII. It was then that the Church Fathers in a moving way were addressed “from beyond the Iron Curtain” by the Ukrainian Greek-Cathokic Church, which was then known as “silent.” ...
- 28 November 2013 00:57
- Message from Cardinal Leonardo Sandri at the end of the Divine Liturgy in Saint Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the placing of the relics of Saint Josaphat At the end of the Divine Liturgy, led by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, on Monday, November 25, 2013, in Saint Peter’s Basilica on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the placing of the relics of Saint Josaphat in this Basilica, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri, the Prefect of the Congregation for Eastern Churches, addressed those present. He...
- 27 November 2013 15:42
- In Rome His Beatitude Sviatoslav have consecrated the riza of Zhyrovytska icon of the Virgin November 24th, at the eve of a great holiday of Martyr Josaphat ( Kuntsevych ), in the Church of the Holy Martyrs Sergius and Bacchus in Rome, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav ( Shevchuk) consecrated the precious riza of Zhyrovytska miraculous icon of the Virgin....
- 27 November 2013 14:24
- UGCC Head expressed his solidarity with those participating in the EuroMaidans and urged not to allow the shedding of even one drop of blood I want to express my solidarity with youth, with our citizens, who really are not indifferent about the fate of their country and are actively manifesting their position as citizens. This was stated today, November 24th by the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) in Rome , during the blessing of the...

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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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