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- 01 November 2013 12:50
- "The peculiarity of Ukraine is that churches and religious organizations are an important factor in its society ..." Head of the UGCC October 29, 2013 at the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine an official meeting between His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk ), Father and Head of the UGCC , and the Minister of Culture of Ukraine Leonid Novokhatko was held. During the meeting they discussed globalization challenges Ukrainian society is facing particularly in the sphere of culture and...
- 01 November 2013 10:08
- “The donations which you have made will be grouped into scholarships bearing the name of your parish,” Bishop Borys (Gudziak) On October 27th, the Divine Liturgy in the Church of St. Volodymyr the Great was headed by Bishop Borys (Gudziak), Eparch of Saint Volodymyr the Great Eparchy for Ukrainians of the Byzantine Rite in France, with the Basilian Fathers as concelebrants. Bishop Borys visited Kyiv to attend the Fundraising Dinner for the support of the Ukrainian Catholic...
- 01 November 2013
  10:05
- The community of Lviv Spiritual Seminary of the Holy Spirit met with the General Secretary of the Community of Sant’Egidio, Mr. Adriano Roccucci The meeting came about due to Mr. Adriano Roccucci’s visit to Lviv to attend the Conference “Pope Francis – the hope of our times”. This became the focus of the presentation of Mr. Roccucci at the seminary. “Pope Francis justifies the expectations, placed on him immediately after his election to the Apostolic Chair -- the expectations of love and kindness...
- 01 November 2013 09:58
- Ukrainian migrants in Western Europe completed a joint pilgrimage to Lourdes During October 25-27th, Ukrainian migrants from Italy, Spain, Portugal and France completed a joint pilgrimage to the world renowned place of the appearance of the Blessed Mother –to Lourdes in southern France. This year’s pilgrimage, in which pilgrims from France also participated, was dedicated to observing the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of...
- 29 October 2013
  12:36
- A new pastoral center for Greek-Catholics opened in Piaseczno (Poland) On October 27, 2013 in Poland in the city of Piaseczno near Warsaw, a new pastoral center for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics was opened.
- 29 October 2013 12:06
- Heads of Ukrainian Churches appealed to the Ukrainian people on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Holodomor Heads of traditional Ukrainian Churches appealed to the faithful and all people of good will to join in the All-Ukrainian community initiative: A National Day of Memory on the 80th anniversary of the Holodomor.
- 29 October 2013 12:00
- Ukrainian canonists participated in the International Scholarly Conference Hodie et Cras On October 23, 2013 in Lublin (Poland) an International Scholarly Conference on Canon Law: Hodie et Cras was held, marking the 30th anniversary of the proclamation of the Codex of Canon Law. The conference was held at the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin (LKU) and its organizers were: Faculty of Law, Canon Law and Administration of LKU, the...
- 26 October 2013 11:53
- In London a meeting of the Working Group on Implementation of Development Strategy of UGCC was hold 21-24 October at the London meeting of the Working Group on Implementation of Development Strategy of UGCC by 2020. The meeting was chaired by Bishop Ken (Novakivskyi), the team leader.
- 26 October 2013 11:45
- Head of the UGCC, "If we do not cherish institution of the family, we will always face social orphans" From the point of view of a Christian a family is an institution established by the Creator as fruitful and indissoluble unity of man and woman. Only such a family can give proper education to children. On October the 24th, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) said about this in Kiev during a roundtable...
- 25 October 2013 11:39
- Address of traditional Ukrainian churches to the faithful and all people of good will on the eve of celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Famine Dear brothers and sisters in Christ! This year Ukraine and the world are worshiping the 80th anniversary of the victims of the famine-genocide of 1932-1933. This tragic page remains to be an unhealed wound in the history of our nation. The remembrance about the millions of lost lives, the pain of hundred thousand of families units the majority of citizens...
- 24 October 2013
  14:58
- A pilgrimage to the Holy Land, supplemented by spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius Loyola, began October 21 pilgrimage groups, organized by Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, went to the Holy Land. The spiritual leader of the group is Fr. Andrew Zelinskyi . October trip has the nature of spiritual renewal and is titled " Recollection on Wheels: spiritual journey in the footsteps of our Savior."...
- 24 October 2013 14:55
- “Our task—to be a church which testifies”, Bishop Dionisii (Liakhovych) on the occasion of the church of the church feast of a Ukrainian parish in Rome In his sermon Bishop Dionisii presented Saints Sergius and Bacchus as examples of current Christians. “Although the martyrs Saints Sergius and Bacchus lived in the distant 4th century, and we live in the 21st century, however, there are witnesses of Christ in all centuries across all the lands of our earth. Among them are the new martyrs who suffered in...
- 23 October 2013 14:04
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav wished the Head of the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia that he “build an awareness of the Eastern Catholic Churches” In Eastern Churches, the spiritual office of an archbishop or Metropolitan is not only a title of honor. Bishop Ivan (Babiak) who has this title is the head of the sui juris Greek-Catholic Church. This means that he heads the sui juris Church which according to the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, gives him the right and possibility of creating his own...
- 22 October 2013 16:46
- 2013 Meeting of the Eastern Rite Catholic Bishops: "There is no Gospel without culture" Even though not identifying itself with any culture, the Church is aware of the importance of dialogue with the cultures present in the European continent. It is impossible to think of the proclamation of Christ outside history. In fact, Christ’s encounter with history gives rise to culture: the culture of life. These were the thoughts of the Eastern Rite...
- 22 October 2013 14:11
- UGCC Head: “Cyril and Methodius understood already some 1150 years ago, the significance of Slavic Christianity" “The bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches in Europe are faced with a serious and complex task -- a new Evangelization of old Christian Europe, which today is forgetting its roots.” His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church stated this during a meeting of the Greek-Catholic Bishops of Europe in...

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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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