NEWS of the UGCC news

- 12 December 2012
  02:58
- In Ukraine, the first manual for the church press-services, was published The Religious-Information Service of Ukraine (RISU) published a book entitled "The Church and the Media: Seven Steps to Understanding", which will be useful for the church press-agencies and for the journalists, who are writing about the religion. This is a manual containing the basics of communications and relations with the community....
- 12 December 2012
  02:56
- In the year 2013, in Poland, after the restoration there will be the opening of the renovated Greek-Catholic Church The wooden church of the Assumption of Our Lady was constructed in 1693 in the Rudka village of Sub-Carpathian Province. This is one of the oldest buildings of the sacred wooden art in Poland. While doing the repair works, in the temple there were replaced the stone foundation, the destroyed log beams and shingles; moreover, the nave was blocked, the floors...
- 12 December 2012
  11:50
- An iconostas was blessed in the city of Tarragona, Spain On Sunday, December 9th, a Pontifical Divine Liturgy headed by Bishop Dionisiy (Liakhovych), Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainians in Spain and Italy, was celebrated in St. Paul the Apostle Cathedral in Tarragona.
- 12 December 2012
  11:48
- A Pastoral Catechism Guide was officially presented in Lviv On December 6, 2012, during a scholarly-practical conference, dealing with the gains, challenges, and perspectives of expanding UGCC pastoral theology, held at UCU Philosophical-Theological Faculty Conference Hall in Lviv, A Pastoral Catechism Guide was presented. This guide was published in accordance with the decision of the UGCC Synod of...
- 11 December 2012
  10:25
- The Holy Trinity Church in Yalta became the pilgrimage place On the 8th of December, on the feast day of the fourth Pope St. Clement of Rome, Bishop Vasyl (Ivasiuk), the Exarch of Odessa and Crimea, during the sermon, proclaimed the Holy Trinity Church, which is located near Yalta, as the official place for pilgrimage to the relics of Pope Clement.
- 11 December 2012
  10:21
- The representatives of the UGCC Commission "Justice and Peace" in Lutsk, discussed the "Democratic values within the society" On the 7th of December 2012, the representatives of the UGCC Commission “Justice and Peace", Mykhaylo Melnyk and Fr. Oleh Luka, within the frames of the project "Democratic values within the society", visited the city of Lutsk. In the assembly hall of the Lesya Ukrainka Eastern Europe National University, the Head of the Commission Mykhaylo Melnyk...
- 11 December 2012
  10:19
- The meeting of the Permanent Synod in Chevetogne dealt with preparations for the UGCC Synod of Bishops, to be held in 2013 in Kyiv UGCC Permanent Synod met at the famous Benedictine Chevetogne Abbey and ended on December 5th. The Permanent Synod began its work in Paris, where on Sunday, December 2, the installation of Bishop Borys (Gudziak) as the Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainians in France, Switzerland and countries of Benelux took place. Prior to the ceremony, His Beatitude...
- 11 December 2012
  10:04
- Bishop Bryan Bayda is participating in the International Congress “Ecclesia in America” in the Vatican An International Congress “Ecclesia in America” is taking place on December 9-12, 2012 in the Vatican. Organized by the Pontifical Commission for Latin America, affiliated with the Congregation for Bishops, and the international Catholic lay foundation, Knights of Columbus, the congress is being attended by more than 200 participants from countries...
- 11 December 2012
  01:03
- [Translate to en:] В Україні видали перший посібник для церковних прес-служб [Translate to en:] Релігійно-інформаційна служба України (РІСУ) видала книгу «Церква і медіа: сім кроків до порозуміння», яка буде корисною для церковних прес-служб та журналістів, котрі пишуть про релігію. Це практичний посібник з основ комунікацій та зв’язків із громадськістю.
- 11 December 2012
  10:00
- Pastor of the Ukrainian Cathedral in Paris: “The bishop Borys always calls on us for more” The pastor of the Ukrainian St. Volodymyr Cathedral in Paris, Father Mykhailo Romaniuk, in a comment to the press service of the Ukrainian Catholic University told about the exarchates of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in France and the expectations of the newly appointed Exarch Bishop Borys Gudziak....
- 06 December 2012
  10:29
- “We thank God for the gift of the resurrection of the Churches-martyrs of the 20th century , who through their martyrdom bore witness to unity with the successor of Apostle Peter” – Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna In Vienna on December 3rd in St. Stephansdom, the faithful and clergy of the Ordinate for Byzantine Rite Catholics of Austria celebrated their parish feast. On the occasion of the celebration Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of Vienna and Ordinary for faithful of the Byzantine Rite in Austria, participated in the celebratory Divine Liturgy,...
- 05 December 2012
  11:47
- The temple was handed over for to be used by the UGCC Community of Spain After the lengthy negotiations of the Apostolic Exarchate for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy and Spain, Bishop Dionisiy (Liakhovych) and Chaplain Fr. Dmytro Savchuk with the Spanish female monastic order «María Reparadora»,an agreement was reached to hand the temple, which belongs to the abovementioned order, over to be used by the UGCC Community...
- 05 December 2012
  10:04
- There will be a pilgrimage taking place in Yalta to the relics of Pope Saint Clement of Rome On the 8th of December, on the Remembrance Day of Pope of Rome, there will be a pilgrimage taking place to the holy relics of the martyr, a part of which may be found in the Church of the Holy Trinity in Yalta. The ceremonial service will be conducted by Bishop Vasyl (Ivasiuk), Exarch of Odessa and Crimea....
- 05 December 2012
  12:42
- During pre-Christmas recollections, youth contemplated the Christmas Mystery The UGCC United Space for Youth sponsored pre-Christmas recollections. They were held in Pohulanka in Lviv in the Center for Creativity of Children and Youth of Halychyna (November 30-December 2). The recollections were attended by some 60 youth from various places in Ukraine. All together, including the youth who organized the event, a total of 80...
- 05 December 2012
  09:51
- The Rite of Installment of Bishop Borys (Gudziak) took place in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris The Rite of Installment of Bishop Borys (Gudziak) as the Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and Switzerland took place on December 2, 2012. The Divine Liturgy and the Rite of Installment was led by UGCC Head His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk)....

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