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- 25 April 2013
  07:52
- “In today’s world, it is difficult to be young, and it is all the more difficult to be a young Christian,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav “In today’s world, it is difficult to be young, and it is all the more difficult to be a young Christian. Persecutions were always intrinsic to the life of the Church, but in today’s western world they have changed -- they have become more refined and more hidden -- and thereby, no less threatening and destructive. Often a young person is embarrassed to speak...
- 22 April 2013
  10:22
- “UGCC will expand contacts with the Church of Ancient Constantinople,” UGCC after meeting with Patriarch Bartholomew I On April 20, 2013, as part of the pilgrimage to holy places in ancient Constantinople, an official meeting took place between the UGCC delegation, headed by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, and the Patriarch of Constantinople, Bartholomew I in his residency in Istanbul (Turkey). As was reported earlier, the UGCC Head is accompanied in...
- 22 April 2013
  10:20
- “We should not run away from politics but in it, we should act as Christians,” His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) The middle of the first day of the Summit is filled with top speakers. Among them is His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), UGCC Archbishop Emeritus (2001-11).
- 21 April 2013
  09:09
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: “Disrespect of parliamentarianism in Ukraine evokes a great deal of anxiety in society A meeting of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) with Parliament Chairman Volodymr Rybak and deputies of various factions was held on April 17th.
- 21 April 2013
  09:05
- During the pilgrimage to holy places in Constantinople, UGCC Head will meet with Patriarch Bartholomew I On April 19th a pilgrimage to holy places of ancient Constantinople by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and Bishop Borys (Gudziak), Director of UGCC International Relations Department, began. This pilgrimage is being done within the context of the celebration of the 1025th anniversary of the Baptism of...
- 19 April 2013
  04:48
- UGCC Head expresses condolences regarding the Boston tragedy “In the name of bishops, priests, monastic orders and laity of UGCC in Ukraine, I express my deepest condolences regarding the death of people and the destructions caused by the terrible explosions during the Boston Marathon… I will pray for all and for everyone who is providing pastoral care, surrounding with their care the victims of this violence,” His...
- 19 April 2013
  04:40
- An exhibit of shrouds from the collection of the Archcathedral of the Holy Resurrection was opened From April 16 to May 8, 2013, with the assistance of Ivan-Frankivsk Regional Administration, the Ministry of Culture, Nationalities, and Religions of Ivan-Frankivsk, and the Ivan-Frankivsk Ethnography Museum, an exhibit of shrouds from the collection of the local Archcathedral of the Holy Resurrection is taking place in the Ethnography Museum. ...
- 17 April 2013
  11:29
- Construction of first UGCC church in Mykolaiv to begin On April 14, 2012, Bishop Vasyl (Ivasiuk), UGCC Odesa-Crimea Exarch, blessed the cross and the ground for the building of the first UGCC church in Mykolayiv. Roman Balyta, deacon of the Mykolaiv office, and clergy of the exarchate participated in the blessing. The Mykolayiv region newspaper Novosty-N published this information....
- 17 April 2013
  11:24
- A walking and bicycle pilgrimage of clergy and faithful of UGCC Kyiv Archeparchy to Vyshhorod will take place On May 18-19, 2013 a pilgrimage of clergy and faithful of the Kyiv Archeparchy to Vyshhorod will take place. As is known, in this pilgrimage place dating to the times of Kyiv Rus, the icon of the Vyshhorod, (Volodymyr) Mother of God was kept. This information was released by UGCC Kyiv Archeparchy Press Agency....
- 16 April 2013
  10:53
- Meeting with His Beatitude Lubomyr on “Courage to Witness the Faith” On April 17 at 11:30 a.m. in the Conference Hall of the UCU Philosophy and Theology Faculty young people and those who survived the repression of the totalitarian regimes will meet with His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar to discuss the topic “Courage to Witness the Faith.”
- 16 April 2013
  10:46
- Preparation for the release of the disk “100 Answers to Questions by Youth” is near completion By the end of April, the first audio book by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) in which he answers 100 questions posed by youth will appear. The project was realized by the initiative of UGCC Department of Information and UGCC Commission on Issues of Youth. Young people from Ukraine and abroad sent the Church Primate questions that concerned...
- 16 April 2013
  10:44
- In Odesa, the Regional Conference of the International Christian Maritime Association has ended In Odesa on April 8-11, the regional conference of the International Christian Maritime Association (ICMA) was held. Participants were maritime chaplains of four Christian associations, who serve in the ports of the Mediterranean and Black Seas and the Near East, as well as invited representatives of trade unions, state and community organizations...
- 16 April 2013
  10:41
- UGCC Head prayed in one of the youngest parishes in Kyiv Archeparchy On the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent, April 14, 2013, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, prayed in Severynivtsi in Kyiv region, in one of the youngest parishes of UGCC Kyiv Archeparchy. By this act UGCC Head wanted to assure the faithful of this parish that the Church hierarchy remembers them and supports them in all sort of ways. ...
- 14 April 2013
  10:51
- [Translate to en:] Завершується підготовка до тиражування диска "100 відповідей на запитання молоді" [Translate to en:] До кінця квітня вийде у світ перша аудіокнига Блаженнішого Святослава (Шевчука), в якій Глава УГКЦ відповідає на 100 запитань молодих людей. Проект реалізовано з ініціативи Департаменту інформації УГКЦ та Комісії УГКЦ у справах молоді. Молоді люди з України та з-за кордону надсилали до Першоієрарха Церкви запитання, які...
- 14 April 2013
  10:48
- School Directors of Ukraine in Lviv discussed a person in church On April 12th, at the All-Ukrainian Scholarly – Practical Conference on “Education in Lviv – a significant factor of one’s quality of life in society,” initiated by the Association of Directors of Schools in Ukraine, the Educational Administration of the Department of Humanitarian Policy of Lviv City Council, and the Association of School Directors 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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