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- 29 April 2013
  11:01
- “The willow branches symbolize all the good which we can bring Christ, as a summary of our Great Lent,” UGCC Head on Palm Sunday “Today Jesus comes to us and He wants to be accepted and that we walk through the Holy Week together with him and observe his humiliation, crucifixion and resurrection which provides the final victory to those who believe in Him. The green branches which you hold in your hands are similar to those in Ancient Israel where the same movements were made in greeting...
- 29 April 2013
  10:59
- On Great Thursday, Bishop Mykhailo (Koltun) will wash the feet of soldiers On May 2nd, Bishop Mykhailo (Koltun), head of UGCC Department of Peneteniary Pastoral Services, will perform the Rite of the Washing of the Feet among soldiers. The service will take place in the ecumenical chapel of Archangel Michael, housed in the educational center of the State Border Service of Ukraine, located in Velyki Mosty, a town in Lviv region. ...
- 29 April 2013
  10:54
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav in the Easter Epistle: “Today Ukrainian people can be compared to the the apostles of Jesus Christ” “Our people and today’s society can be compared to the apostles of Jesus Christ, who once again experience the loss of hope, disappointment and powerlessness, looking at their humiliated and crucified Teacher. We expected the rebirth of a free state; instead we so often experience the bitterness of disenchantment and the shattering of our own...
- 29 April 2013
  01:00
- Experts on religious fundraising conducted a seminar for nuns and UGCC Patriarchal Curia staff in Lviv During April 22-24, an open seminar on “Fundraising as a capacity to contaminate others with the passions we live for” took place in the Acting Hall of the Lviv Institute of Banking. The seminar was conducted by Rev. Wojciech Żmudziński SJ, deputy provincial of Wielkopolska-Mazowsze Province of the Society of Jesus for Education, director of Centrum...
- 29 April 2013
  12:57
- Caritas of Kolomyia-Chernivets Eparchy is the winner of the “Save a Good Person!” Project Recently the All-Ukrainian Grant Competition “Save a Good Person!” was conducted by the Foundation named for the Princes Benefactors Ostrosky, within the framework of the program Bank of Good Causes, initiated by UkrGasBank. The Press Service of Charity Fund Caritas of Kolomyia-Chernivets Eparchy announced that it won the competition in submitting...
- 29 April 2013
  12:55
- Church develops the ¨ecology of a human¨, which is the key to the "ecology of the environment", - prof. Volodymyr Sheremeta Church develops the ¨ecology of a human¨, which is the key to the "ecology of the environment". This was stated by prof. Volodymyr Sheremeta in his report during the round table meeting "Integration of Education for Sustainable Development into the national education system", which was held on the 24th of April, at the International Ecological Forum...
- 26 April 2013
  05:07
- Holy Father sent a letter to UGCC Head His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), Head of Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church received a letter from Holy Father Francis. The letter states: “I thank you sincerely for the greetings which you sent me in the name of the entire Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church on my selection for Peter’s throne.
- 25 April 2013
  09:36
- "I pray that the Holy Spirit will awaken in the hearts of the priests the true missionary spirit" - His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) “A priest should be a religious just person who according to the words of St. Paul, lives from faith… he should teach faith, pronouncing the Word of God… the pastor should first of all teach faith through the witness of his own life,” emphasizes His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) UGCC Head in the Epistle to UGCC priests on Great Thursday....
- 25 April 2013
  09:31
- Archbishop-Emeritus His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) presented a new audio book Society and Law On April 24th in the Kyiv YE Bookstore, a presentation of a new audio book by Archbishop-Emeritus His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) Society and Law took place. This is the third edition of the second trilogy of audio books by His Beatitude Lubomyr.
- 25 April 2013
  09:27
- In Lviv, there will be held the first Way of the Cross for deaf people The Community of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people "Following Jesus" invites, on the 27 April 2013, to join the prayer of the Way of Cross, which will take place in the Garrison Church of Sts. Apostles Peter and Paul, which is in Lviv, to the music of Academic Chamber Orchestra "Lviv Virtuosos", under the direction of Myron Yusypovych. The prayer will start at...
- 25 April 2013
  02:35
- "Fifteen hundred watches for the blind – this is a manifestation of love of neighbor" - Fr. Roman Syrotych, director of CF "Caritas Kyiv" "On the occasion of the Year of diaconia (social service), in the UGCC, during the Lent, the Charitable Foundation "Caritas Kyiv", with the assistance of the donors, conducted large-scale assistance campaign for blind and elderly people in Ukraine - "Watches for the blind". There have been purchased and distributed almost 1,500 watches and alarm...
- 25 April 2013
  02:31
- The Bureau of the UGCC on environmental issues encourages everyone to abandon the usage of plastic wreaths and flowers The Bureau of Kyiv-Galician Major Archbishopric of the UGCC on environmental issues encourages the abandoning of harmful practices - to decorate graves of deceased people with plastic flowers and wreaths that, in particular, is gaining a widespread scale prior to the feast of the Resurrection of Christ....
- 25 April 2013
  02:29
- [Translate to en:] Екобюро УГКЦ бере участь у Міжнародному екологічному форумі [Translate to en:] Бюро УГКЦ з питань екології бере участь у 10-му ювілейному Міжнародному екологічному форумі «Довкілля для України», який проходить з 23 по 25 квітня в Києві. Метою заходу є інтеграція стратегії «зеленої» економіки в суспільно-політичне, економічне та соціальне життя України для забезпечення збалансованого (сталого) розвитку...
- 25 April 2013
  08:00
- Celebration of the 1025th anniversary of Baptism was discussed by the President and AUCCRO His Beatitude Sviatoslav(Shevchuk, UGCC Head, participated in the meeting of the President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO). The meeting, held on April 23rd, focused on the commemoration of the 1025th anniversary of introducing Christianity in Kyivan Rus....
- 25 April 2013
  07:57
- Pilgrimage of UGCC delegation to holy places in ancient Constantinople has ended On the last day of the pilgrimage of UGCC delegation to holy places of ancient Constantinople, on April 23, 2013, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, together with Bishop Borys (Gudziak), head of UGCC Department of International Affairs, prayed at a Litany and Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George in Fanari (Stambul district)...

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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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