NEWS of the UGCC news

- 02 October 2013 15:44
- The Heads of Ukrainian Churches appealed to the Ukrainian people concerning European integration The Heads of leading churches and religious organizations appealed to the Ukrainian people on the occasion of the European integration of Ukraine.
- 30 September 2013 17:30
- Pastoral visits of the Apostolic visitator to the community of UGCC of North- Italian city Borgomanero On September 21, 2013 , the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary , Apostolic Visitator Bishop Dionysius made pastoral visits to the Church community north Italian city Borgomanero by the invitation of Fr. George Ivaniuta. The visit was confined to the third anniversary of the founding of the chaplaincy for the faithful who live in the Italian...
- 30 September 2013 12:51
- Representatives of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) will speak with dignitaries of the European Union (EU) about the protection of religious freedom in Ukraine On commenting about the trip of Ukrainian religious leaders, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) UGCC Head explained his perception of European values: “European values mean primarily a respect for human beings, support of their initiatives, protection of their citizen rights, the rule of the law and many other fundamentals of a free democratic...
- 29 September 2013 15:14
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav : "To worship the crucified Christ - means to profess the cult of God’s power " For the people of the third millennium salvation of their own souls is often associated with the cult of pleasure. It was said by Father, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) today during the homily in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ....
- 28 September 2013 17:34
- UGCC will take part in International catechetical congresses and catechists pilgrimage to VATICAN In the scope of Year of Faith from 26 to 29 September this year International Catechetical Congress will be held in the Vatican and Pilgrimage to the tomb of St. Peter ofwill be held by catechists from around the world. The responsible and the heads of the Bishops' Conferences of commissions , departments and divisions involved in evangelization and...
- 26 September 2013 18:20
- Warsaw held jubilee celebrations Monday, September 23, 2013 , 15U Sunday, September 22, 2013 , the celebrating the 25th anniversary of priesthood of Fr.Igor Harasymiv Ordo Sancti Magni Basilio , Provincial Superior of the Basilian Order in Poland was started by the solemn liturgy with the assistance of bishop's Eminence Archbishop and Metropolitan of Przemysl and Warsaw and Bishop John...
- 26 September 2013 18:17
- Judges of the ecclesiastical tribunals of UGCC took part in the fifth international training course From 16 to 20 September 2013 at the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome (Pontificia Università Santa Croce - OPUS DEI) there were about 250 employees of ecclesiastical tribunals: judicial vicars, judges, defenders of marriage, experts, lawyers and attorneys - from the countries of four continents including Italy, Spain, USA, Mexico, Chile,...
- 26 September 2013 17:38
- Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Church Feast of the parish in Hotyntsi Church feast of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the village Hotynets gathered not only the villagers , but also many visitors from neighboring parishes: Pozdyach , Hai, Przemysl, Yaroslav, Kalnykova, Ninovychy and Kobylnytsi . On the eve of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the local church Vespers was serviced. Traditionally, the...
- 24 September 2013 15:13
- «" Russkiy mir " has nothing to do with the Church », - Head of the UGCC Today Christians are tired of religious divisions. It is felt among the Orthodox, who cannot understand why they are divided into three Churches, and among the believers, who are increasingly asking, when the only local Church will be. It was said by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), Head of the UGCC, in an interview for the newspaper of Lviv Regional...
- 24 September 2013 15:08
- «Charity affairs should be done with mercy», - Pope Francis Jesus chose the path of devotion and love and with his life has shown us that love does not come to the help for the sake of soothing the conscience. It is unselfishness, lifestyle, and the only path that leads to it - is humility and solidarity.
- 23 September 2013
  15:38
- CCEE Press: Safeguarding a land where justice resides If we are not aware that we are teachers of a true human ecology, we will not be prophets of a responsible environmental ecology. Human and environmental ecology are closely linked. Protection of the environment – a gift to be wisely safeguarded and managed – is above all defence of the human person from self-destruction. Issues linked to safeguarding...
- 23 September 2013
  11:27
- Ukrainian and Russian editions of Vocation of the Business Leader: A Reflection published Due to the assistance of UGCC Commission on Justice and Peace, the Ukrainian and Russian translations of the book Vocation of a Business Leader: A Reflection have appeared. The Annual Publishers Book Forum in Lviv (September 12-15) offered an opportunity to present the book to a wide circle of readers....
- 23 September 2013 11:23
- Collaboration and co-existence on the same territory of the Church and the State was discussed in Strasbourg The goals and tasks of the European Council, particularly in the legal sphere, were the focus of the gathering of advisers on legal issues of the Bishops’ Conferences in Europe, who met for the first time in Strasbourg on September 12-14, 2013. The goal of the meeting was to deepen knowledge about European institutions as well as to discuss and exchange...
- 20 September 2013 17:01
- «Europe was not based on the same-sex couples, but on the respect for human dignity», - His Beatitude Sviatoslav The religious community of Ukraine is always worried about voting in the Verkhovna Rada for the so-called European packets, as Ukrainian parliamentarians often vote selectively for the laws, which are necessary for European integration.
- 19 September 2013
  14:33
- The Taizé prayer took place in Kyiv The first ecumenical Taizé prayer after the summer break took place on the 14th September, 2013 in the temple of Mykola Dobryi in Podil. Young people of different faiths prayed for peace in Syria.

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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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