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- 05 June 2013
  11:04
- A pilgrimage to Kengir was held in Kazakhstan On June 1, 2013, to mark the 59th anniversary of Kengir Uprising, a pilgrimage was held from the Greek-Catholic Church of Saint Illia the Prophet in Satpaiev to the monument of the fraternal graves of the prisoners in Kengir. The monument, sponsored by Ukrainian organizations in USA (Ukrainian Congress Committee, Organization for the Defense of Four...
- 03 June 2013
  04:55
- UGCC Lviv Metropolitan joined in the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the blessing of a cornerstone in Vynnytsia On May 30th, the UGCC Parish of The Intercession of the Blessed Mother in Vinnytsia celebrated the 20th anniversary of the blessing of the cornerstone for its construction. The ceremonies began with a Pontifical Divine Liturgy headed by Bishop Ihor (Vozniak), UGCC Metropolitan and Archbishop of Lviv and concelebrated by the priests of the Incarnate Word...
- 03 June 2013
  04:48
- The visit of the members of UGCC Permanent Synod of Bishops to Kazakhstan has ended During May 20-29 the Permanent Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church visited Kazakhstan. Members of the Permanent Synod are: His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head; Bishop Volodymyr (Viytyshyn), Ivano-Frankivsk Metropolitan; Bishop Yaroslav (Pryriz), Sambir-Drohobych Eparch; Bishop Ken Novakivsky, New Westminster...
- 01 June 2013
  10:43
- Second All-Ukrainian Pilgrimage of UGCC clergy On May 29, 2013 in Peremyshliany, Lviv region, the Second All-Ukrainian Pilgrimage of UGCC Clergy, dedicated to the fourth anniversary of the announcement of Blessed Priest-Martyr Omelian Kovch as the Patron of UGCC Pastors.
- 01 June 2013
  10:41
- Delegation of Ukrainian soldiers prayed in Saint Sophia Cathedral in Rome On May 29th, the Ukrainian delegation of soldiers returning from the 55th Jubilee International Army Pilgrimage to Lourdes came to the Eternal City, where together with Bishop Mykhailo (Koltun), head of the Department of UGCC Patriarchal Curia for Issues of Pastoral Care for the Armed Forces of Ukraine, took part in the general audience with the Holy...
- 01 June 2013
  10:38
- UGCC Commission on Justice and Peace is offering a Summer School on Social Church Doctrine On July 17-22, 2013 in Kyiv (in Kyiv at the Institute of Post-Diploma Studies, 36 Vasylkivska St.) a Summer School on Church Social Doctrine: Ethics of Leadership in the Social Life of Ukraine, will be offered by the UGCC Commission on Justice and Peace. This information was made available by the Secretariat of the Commission....
- 30 May 2013
  10:58
- Bishop Joseph (Milian) gave a lecture on communion and UGCC mission to Lviv clergy On May 28th a meeting of the priests of the Lviv Archeparchy with Bishop Joseph (Milan), Auxiliary Bishop of the Kyiv Archeparchy, head of UGCC Pastoral- Missionary Department (PMD) took place in the Holy Spirit Spiritual Seminary. The goal of the meeting was to discuss implementation of UGCC Strategy of Development by 2020, specifically aspects of and...
- 30 May 2013
  10:55
- The enthronization of the Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in the Republic of Paraguay On May 26, 2013 in the Roman-Catholic Cathedral of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin in the city of Encarnacion (Paraguay), Most Reverend Bishop Daniel (Kozlinsky) was enthroned as the Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in the Republic of Paraguay.
- 30 May 2013
  10:53
- In Zarvanytsia a retreat was held for UGCC Kyiv Archeparchy students and lecturers On May 24-26 in the Marian Pilgrimage Center in Zarvanytsia a retreat was held for students, Obnova Kyiv Catholic student members and Kyiv Archeparchy lecturers. It was organized by the Kyiv Archeparchy Center for Academic Pastoral Care within the framework of the Year of Faith.
- 28 May 2013
  10:20
- Ukrainian immigrants in Italy held a joint pilgrimage on Mother’s Day On Sunday, May 26, Ukrainian immigrants in Italy held a Joint Pilgrimage to the renewed Saint Sophia Cathedral in Rome. This was done as a celebration of Mother’s Day, which the UGCC in Italy has organized for thirteen years. This year’s pilgrimage was special because it also included the display of the relics of the Ukrainian Blessed Josaphata...
- 28 May 2013
  10:17
- A first book about Pope Francis appears in Ukraine Francis the Pope: Life and Challenges, the first book in Ukraine about the newly elected Pope Francis has been published. Its author, Saverio Gaeta recounts moving and complex moments of the Pope’s biography, narrating the forced emigration of his parents from Italy, his first infatuation, his love of soccer and tango, the letter from his grandmother,...
- 27 May 2013
  10:58
- UGCC publishes special materials for pastoral care for those hard of hearing First specialized UGCC publications focusing on pastoral care for those hard of hearing have appeared: Serving Where the Birds Do Not Sing and Seeing Means Praying.
- 27 May 2013
  10:56
- Bishop Vasyl (Ivasiuk) appointed Administrator of Kolomyia-Chernivtsi Eparchy “We have to complete one more significant canonical rite,” said His Beatitude Sviatoslav, UGCC Head, in the lower church of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of Christ after the completion of the funeral services for the deceased Bishop Mykola (Simkaylo).
- 27 May 2013
  10:51
- “Today our whole Church feels orphaned,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav On May 25th in Kolomyia, UGCC Head His Beatitude Sviatoslav headed the Requiem Liturgy for the departed Bishop Mykola (Simkaylo). Concelebrants with UGCC Primate were: Bishop Volodymyr (Viytyshyn), Archbishop and Metropolitan of Ivano-Frankivsk; Bishop Vasyl (Semeniuk), Archbishop and Metropolitan of Ternopil-Zbruch; Bishop Sofron (Mudry),...
- 24 May 2013
  10:43
- Cartoons featuring religious topics will be presented in Lviv Representatives of the Catechetical Commission of UGCC Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric invite all interested – children and adults – to a presentation of cartoons “Holy Sacraments” and “A Spiritual Necklace – Stradch.” The films will be shown on May28, 2013 (at 11:00 AM) in LKP, O. Dovzhenko Cultural Educational Center (81 Prospekt Chervona Kalyna,...

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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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