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- 10 June 2013
  12:48
- “People are tired of splits and divisions. Sometimes they are more courageous and open than the hierarchs,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Head and Father appeals to Ukrainian Christians to follow the course of “the global Orthodox-Catholic dialogue.” “We have to stop being happy with only ourselves, our intellectual events, activities, we should learn how to be happy because of the presence of others,” stated UGCC Primate His Beatitude Sviatoslav at the...
- 09 June 2013
  01:29
- UGCC Head invited UOC Primate to the blessing of the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ As part of his visit to Ukraine, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, on June 7th in Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, held a meeting with Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sadoban), UOC Primate. Participants of the meeting were: His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk); UGCC Head, Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson,...
- 09 June 2013
  01:26
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav showed Cardinal Kurt Koch the buildings of UGCC Patriarchal Center On June 7th, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, visited UGCC Patriarchal Center in Kyiv. The guest was accompanied by Archbishop Thomas Edward Gallickson, Apostolic Nuncio for Ukraine. A tour of the buildings of the main Cathedral of all Greek-Catholics was conducted by His Beatitude Sviatoslav and...
- 09 June 2013
  01:23
- An exhibit of the Underground UGCC opened in Donetsk On June 2nd in Donetsk, near the UGCC Church of the Intersession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, an exhibit “Towards the Light of Resurrection through the Catacombs Blackthorn” about UGCC underground existence was opened by Rev. Vasyl Panteliuk, Chancellor of UGCC Donetsk-Kharkiv Exarchate. “As Christ arose, so also did His persecuted Church,” noted Rev....
- 09 June 2013
  01:20
- Courses for teachers of Catholic schools were held in Lviv Representatives of UGCC Commission on Issues of Education and Upbringing held theology courses for teachers of Catholic schools in Lviv during June 3-6, 2013. These courses were meant to raise the qualifications of teachers of theological disciplines. This was reported by the Secretariat of UGCC Commission on Issues of Education and Upbringing....
- 08 June 2013
  12:10
- Cardinal Kurt Koch began his visit to Ukraine with a meeting with UGCC Head On June 5th, Cardinal Kurt Koch, President of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and Co-chair of the Mixed Commission for Theological Dialogue between Catholic and Orthodox Churches, arrived in Ukraine. He was met at Borispol Airport by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, and Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson,...
- 08 June 2013
  12:08
- UGCC Head met with UCESM Council On June 4, 2013, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, met with the Union of the European Conference of Major Superiors and Superiors of Monastic Orders (UCESM). UCESM includes representatives of monastic communities from 27 European countries.
- 08 June 2013
  12:07
- Council of Pastoral Care of the Ministry of Defense approved a Code of an Army Chaplain The Code of an Army Priest (Chaplain) will regulate the principles of providing pastoral care for soldiers in the Armed Services of Ukraine by clergymen of various Churches and religious organizations.
- 06 June 2013
  07:39
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: “Main topic of this year’s Synod will be the new evangelization in UGCC” On June 4, 2013 the Primate of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) announced that the next session of the Holy Synod, which will be attended by Ukrainian Catholic bishops from the whole world, will take place on August 11-18, 2013 in Kyiv.
- 06 June 2013
  07:37
- Almost 1,500 people took part in the Pilgrimage to Krekhiv of Lviv Archeparchy Catechetical School Students On June 1st, International Children’s Day, students of the Lviv Archeparchy Catechetical Schools went on a pilgrimage. This year, in the pilgrimage to the Monastery of St. Nicholas of the Basilian Fathers in Krekhiv some 1,500 people participated: children, their parents, spiritual mentors, and teachers. ...
- 06 June 2013
  07:34
- Bishop Joseph described the program of the Pilgrimage to the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv During the pilgrimage on August 17-18 to UGCC Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv, the pilgrims will not only take part in the blessings of the building of the Cathedral, but they will also visit the religious centers in the capital. On August 16, 2013 an exhibit dedicated to UGCC Patriarch Josyf (Slipyi) in the basement of the...
- 06 June 2013
  07:31
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: “We hope that the national program of celebrating the 1025th anniversary of Baptism will reflect the Kyivan style of celebration” The Head and Father of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) expressed his hopes that “the national celebrations of the 1025th Jubilee of the Baptism of Ukraine-Rus will be made public soon and will reflect a solely Kyivan style of celebrations, in accordance with historical truth.”...
- 06 June 2013
  07:30
- Bishop Stephan (Meniok) visited a prison for minors of Donetsk On June 1, International Children’s Day, Bishop Stephan (Meniok), UGCC Donetsk-Karkiv Exarch, and Rev. Vasyl Panteliuk, chaplain of Penitentiary Services, visited a prison for minors in Donetsk in order to greet them with the holiday.
- 06 June 2013
  07:27
- Over 10,000 faithful are expected for the blessing of the UGCC Patriarchal Cathedral in Kyiv On August 17-18, 2013 during the celebration of the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of Ukraine-Rus, the UGCC Patriarchal Cathedral in Kyiv will be blessed. At a press conference on June 4 devoted to the topic of the blessing of the Cathedral, Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) emphasized that this event...
- 05 June 2013
  11:05
- The Holy Spirit --- living water and Jesus Christ – the well which contains the water spring…” UGCC Head in Nizhyn “Often to explain to people who the Holy Spirit is, the Holy Fathers would say that He is ‘running water.’ We know that when there is no water, that everything dies, and that when there is water – everything turns green and gets full of life,” stated His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) UGCC Head in the sermon during the Pontifical Liturgy on June 2, 2013 in 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

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