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- 25 November 2012
  11:45
- His Beatitude Liubomyr had a meeting with the pupils in Zarvanytsya On the 21st of November, His Beatitude Liubomyr (Huzar) in the course of his visit of the youth of Ternopil region, he met with the female pupils of the boarding -college "Znamennya" as well as with the eleven students of the secondary school of the Ozerna village (belonging to Zboriv district). This event took place in the Marian spiritual center, named...
- 25 November 2012
  11:42
- UGCC appeals for a gradual and thought-out approach to the process of increasing organ transplantation in Ukraine “The Church looks positively on the issue of organ donations. In the Catholic Church it is perceived as a charity, a sacrifice from the donor to the person who can benefit from this assistance. However, totally unacceptable to the Church is the idea of marketing organs. The issue should be only about donation, and not about selling of organs,” stated Rev....
- 25 November 2012
  11:38
- The Fifty-eight session of the Synod of Bishops of UGCC Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric The fifty-eight session of the Synod of Bishops of UGCC Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric took place in the UGCC Lviv Archeparchy Retreat Center in Briukhovychi during 19-20 November, 2012.
- 24 November 2012
  02:19
- In Zagreb last annual meeting of Eastern Rite Catholic Bishops Yesterday evening in the Croatian capital, 40 bishops representing the Eastern Rite Catholic Churches in Europe began their annual meeting with the celebration of a Latin Rite Mass presided over by Cardinal Josip Bozanic, Archbishop of Zagreb. “In this way”, said Mgr Nikola Kekić, Bishop of Križevci, who is hosting the meeting, “we want to testify to the...
- 24 November 2012
  12:05
- UGCC Head participates in meetings of Eastern Rite Catholic Bishops The annual meeting of the Eastern Rite Catholic Bishops takes place this year in Croatia on the occasion of the 400 years of the Union of the Greek-Catholic Church of Croatia with Rome.
- 22 November 2012
  09:24
- In Florence, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary since the establishment of the parish the new iconostasis was dedicated On 18th of November 2012, the faithful people of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, which is based in Florence, marked the tenth anniversary since the establishment of the community. The Festive Liturgy that day was headed by two Ukrainian Bishops: Dionysiy (Lyakhovych), who is the Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy and Spain,...
- 22 November 2012
  09:23
- UGCC Head began the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Order of Redemptorist Fathers serving in Ukraine On the Feast Day of Archistrategos Michael, November 21, 2012, a Pontifical Divine Liturgy led by His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, opened the celebrations of the Order of Redemptorist Fathers one hundred years of service in Ukraine.
- 21 November 2012
  11:15
- Religious and Public Library at the Cathedral of the UGCC was opened in Sambir On the 18th of November, there was a festive opening of the Religious and Public Library, named after Andrey Sheptytskyi, based at the UGCC Holy Virgin Cathedral, which is located in Sambir, Lviv region.
- 20 November 2012
  04:25
- Over one million hryvnias raised during fifth charity banquet in Kyiv to support UCU About 200 politicians, businessmen, cultural and public figures took part in the Fifth Charity Banquet organized to support new academic programs and the development of the Ukrainian Catholic University. This year, on Nov. 17 participants of the banquet in the InterContinental Hotel raised over one million hryvnias for the development of UCU....
- 20 November 2012
  12:20
- The annual congress of the UGCC prison chaplains has been held Recently, with the blessing of the Head of The Department of the UGCC for Pastoral Care in Power Structures of Ukraine, Bishop Mykhaylo (Koltun), the annual congress of prison chaplains was taking place. Priests, monks and nuns of the Penitentiary Pastoral Care were gathered in the new retreat house of Sambir-Drohobych Diocese, which is located in the...
- 20 November 2012
  09:38
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: “Four centuries of monastic life in Dobromyl is a sign of God’s presence here” Four centuries of monastic life in Dobromyl is a special sign, an expression of God’s presence here, because it is He Who chooses the time and the place where He wants people to come to Him. This statement was made by the UGCC Primate His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) on Sunday, November 18th, in his sermon during the celebrations of the 400th anniversary of...
- 19 November 2012
  10:48
- In the Notre Dame Cathedral there was a prayer for the victims of Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine Approximately one thousand Ukrainians gathered on the 18th of November 2012, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, so as to prayerfully commemorate the victims of the Famine of 1932-1933 in Ukraine. The Liturgy was headed by Archbishop Tsyril (Vasyl), who is the Secretary of the Congregation for Oriental Churches, in concelebration with Bishop Borys...
- 19 November 2012
  09:53
- UGCC Head appealed to Greek-Catholics of Khyriv (Lviv oblast) to share testimonies of their faith On October 18, 2012, UGCC Head His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) after participating in the 400th anniversary of monasticism on Chernecha Hora in Dobromyl and the 130th anniversary of the Dobromyl reform, visited the Greek-Catholic community in Khyriv, located in the Staryi Sambir Lviv oblast. In his address to the UGCC faithful there, he informed...
- 18 November 2012
  11:07
- Representatives of UGCC Commission on Pastoral Health Care urge all to pray for all fatalities of traffic accidents November 18, 2012 in Ukraine is set aisde as a Day of Remembrance of all who have died in traffic accidents. Therefore, the representatives of the UGCC Commission on Pastoral Health Care have sent a letter to all clergy asking them to hold a Requiem Panakhyda [Service] for all who have died in traffic accidents. ...
- 16 November 2012
  11:25
- Mobile Brigade, named "Caritas Ivano-Frankivsk", provides a comprehensive palliative assistance In the "Caritas” of Ivano-Frankivsk, the mobile brigade, which is responsible for the provision of a comprehensive palliative assistance, is actively pursuing its work. This was reported in this charitable organization.

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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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