NEWS of the UGCC news

- 27 March 2013
  11:06
- The CF "Caritas of Sambir-Drohobych Diocese" provides consulting assistance to combat human trafficking Recently, the employees of the CF "Caritas of Sambir-Drohobych Diocese" held some informational workshops in Drohobych’s city employment center, in the School of family consultant, in Drohobych Spiritual Seminary as well as in the Social Center for mothers and children.
- 27 March 2013
  10:59
- “I appeal to all of you to pay special attention to the needs of people during Great Lent,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav “I urge all of you during Great Lent to accord special attention to the needs of people in our country, where there is an abyss between the wealthy and the poor, where the cost of a supper for two in a prestigious restaurant equals the monthly budget of a family of retirees, and a luxurious automobile – the value of an apartment for several homeless. Charity is an...
- 27 March 2013
  10:54
- “A holy icon – a window into eternity…” UGCC Head on Sunday of Orthodoxy On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, March 24, 2013, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, presided over the Divine Liturgy in the Church of the Holy Dormition Univ Monastery of the Studite Order, near Lviv. During the homily(audio) UGCC Head noted that it is on the first Sunday of Great Lent (Sunday of Orthodoxy) that one especially honors the icons,...
- 27 March 2013
  10:51
- Over half a thousand young people participated in the Youth Pilgrimage to Majdanek (Poland) As previously reported, on March 22, 2013, with the blessing of His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the annual Youth Pilgrimage to Majdanek (Lublin, Poland) took place. This pilgrimage to Majdanek, the place of incarceration and martyrdom of Blessed Priest Omeljan Kovch, due to the fact that this is the Year of Faith in UGCC, was held under the motto: “Strengthen...
- 27 March 2013
  10:49
- Way of the Cross united thousands in Zolochiv On the first Sunday of Great Lent (March 24, 2013) a prayerful Way of the Cross walked the streets of Zolochiv in Lviv region. The procession was headed by clergy of the city’s various confessions. This year, in spite of the bad weather, some 5,000 participated in the prayer. Information was provided by Rev. Yoakym Kovalchuk, OSBM....
- 27 March 2013
  10:47
- UGCC will create a series of videos on social service In order to visualize the whole specter of social services carried out by the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, a series of videos on social services will be produced, according to information provided by the head of the Department of Social Affairs, UGCC Patriarchal Curia, Rev. Andriy Nahirnyak.
- 20 March 2013
  02:20
- Pope Francis' Homily at Inauguration of Petrine Ministry Mass I thank the Lord that I can celebrate this Holy Mass for the inauguration of my Petrine ministry on the solemnity of Saint Joseph, the spouse of the Virgin Mary and the patron of the universal Church. It is a significant coincidence, and it is also the name-day of my venerable predecessor: we are close to him with our prayers, full of affection and gratitude....
- 20 March 2013
  02:13
- The Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Kostyantyn Hryshchenko, visited the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Rome On the 18th of March, the Hagia Sophia Cathedral in Rome was visited by the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, by Kostyantyn Hryshchenko, who is the official delegate from Ukraine at the enthronement of the new Pope of Rome. He was welcomed by the Head of the UGCC, by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk)....
- 20 March 2013
  02:11
- Caritas Kolomyya won the competition "Charitable Ukraine – 2012" Father Serhiy Tryf'yak, director of CF "Caritas of Kolomyya and Chernivtsi Eparchy", came back from Kyiv with the victorious angel statuette, as well as with the diploma, which indicates that the Foundation won the competition "Charitable Ukraine - 2012" in the nomination "The Philanthropist - Regional Charitable fund "....
- 20 March 2013
  02:09
- Heads of Eastern Catholic Churches will accompany Pope Francis to the gravesite of Peter the Apostle At the beginning of the Liturgy with which Pope Francis begins his “service as the Bishop of Rome,” the Holy Father, together with the Patriarchs and Major Archbishops of Eastern Catholic Churches, will proceed to the grave of St. Apostle Peter, according to Vatican Press Service. Among the ten Primates of Eastern Churches, participating in the...
- 20 March 2013
  01:59
- On Forgiveness Sunday UGCC Head prayed at the grave of Saint Apostle Peter in the Vatican This morning UGCC Head His Beatitude Sviatoslav officiated at the Divine Liturgy at the grave of St. Apostle Peter in the Vatican. The Liturgy took place in the Chapel of St. Clementine VIII in the underground of the basilica. Concelebrants were: Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh), Secretary of UGCC Synod of Bishops; Bishop Iryney (Bilyk), Canonic of the Papal...
- 15 March 2013
  09:29
- Ukrainian Greek Catholic Patriarch: Pope Benedict XVI was concerned about our Church In an interview to Katolytskyi Ohliad, Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk described the relationship between the Pope Emeritus and the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). In particular, he said that Pope Benedict XVI was seriously concerned about the fate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, supported it, and cared for its development and church...
- 15 March 2013
  09:24
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: Newly elected Pope knows Ukrainian Catholic Church, its Liturgy and Spirituality "I would first like to say that the newly elected Pope Francis was mentored by one of our priests, Stepan Chmil who is now buried in the basilica of St. Sophia in Rome. Today’s Pope, during his time as a student of the Salesian school, awoke many hours before his classmates to concelebrate at our Divine Liturgy with Fr. Stepan. He knows our Tradition very well, as...
- 15 March 2013
  09:16
- In the UGCC the film was created, which contains practical advice regarding the organization of catechetical schools On the initiative of the representatives of the Catechetical Commission of Kiev-Galician Major Archbishopric of the UGCC, with the support of «RENOVABIS», the film "Organization Catechetical School" (video) has been recently created, which will be useful in the catechetical ministry in the parish.
- 12 March 2013
  10:37
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: "At the trial, Christ will not ask which cars we were driving, but will ask what we did for the least of His" The Primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), on the 10th of March, on the Meat-Fare Sunday, undertook a pastoral visit to the Parish of Saint Ann, which is Vyshneve city, in Kiev region. "Today I felt an obligation to visit you and to present you my respect, my remembrance of you, so as to make you feel yourselves as...

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