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- 03 October 2012
  02:19
- The Cornerstone of the second building was laid in Kyiv Seminary Bishop Joseph (Milian) has laid and blessed the cornerstone of educational and residential premises of the second building of the Evangelical Theological Seminary of Kyiv. The consecration was held on the 25th of September 2012 after the Pontifical Sacred and Divine Liturgy. As it was reported by the Information Centre of the Evangelical Theological...
- 03 October 2012
  02:16
- Zarvanytsya was presented at the 10th Congress of the Maria’s European Fellowship The representatives of 20 Maria’s Spiritual Centers of Europe gathered in Rome (Italy), for the period of 18-21 of September, for the 10th jubilee meeting. The theme of this event was - "the Second Vatican Council and the significance of its resolutions in life of the Catholic Church." During the three-day meeting, participants paid particular attention...
- 03 October 2012
  02:12
- The Evangelistic Missions of the UGCC are taking place in Kirovohrad region From 25th until the 30th of September of 2012 the Evangelistic Missions of the UGCC are taking place in the Kirovohrad region. This event will be conducted with the assistance of the Patriarchal Commission of the UGCC on Matters of Evangelization in collaboration with the Commission of Lviv Archeparchy....
- 03 October 2012
  02:06
- The Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center of the UGCC organized a pilgrimage to the Holy Land Over the period of 12-19 of September 2012, a group of pilgrims, which was organized by the Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, visited the Holy Land. The program of a visit was organized in such a way that the pilgrims were able to discover a lot of places that are described in the New Testament, and to experience them....
- 03 October 2012
  01:59
- “Christianity offers every individual their own heritage, supporting both a personalized and a social humanism,” statement by the Council of Bishops Conferences of Europe On September 30, 2012, the Plenary Session of the Council of Bishops Conferences of Europe (CCEE) concluded in St. Gallen in Switzerland. At the end of the meeting the members agreed on a text regarding issues in evangelizing Europe. They emphasized the relevancy of Christianity since “it proposes to every individual one’s own unique heritage,...
- 28 September 2012
  01:07
- 5th Ecumenical Social Week Begins With Ecumenical Prayer On 25 September, the 5th Ecumenical Social Week began with an ecumenical prayer meeting. The prayer was led by the Rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Bishop Borys Gudziak. Representatives of the Christian denominations of Lviv gave their blessings for the opening of the event and filled the prayer with the ecumenical spirit....
- 28 September 2012
  01:00
- Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh) in Kyiv met with the prior of the Taizé community On September 25, 2012, Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh , Secretary of the UGCC Synod of Bishops, met with Brother Alois, the prior of the ecumenical community Taizé in France. The meeting was held in the Patriarchal Curia in Kyiv -- according to the Center of Academic Pastoral Care of the Kyiv UGCC Archeparchy....
- 28 September 2012
  12:58
- UGCC Head completed his pastoral visit to the Saskatoon Eparchy on the eve of the centennial of the cathedral parish On September 23, 2012 the visit of the UGCC Primate to the Saskatoon Eparchy in Canada ended. He led the Pontifical Divine Liturgy in St. George’s Cathedral in Saskatoon, co-celebrated by Bishop Bryan (Bayda), Saskatoon Eparch. After the Liturgy, the iconostasis in the Church of the Blessed Martyrs Olimpia and Lavrentiy was blessed. ...
- 28 September 2012
  12:53
- Commission of the UGCC on “Justice and Peace” participated in the international workshop and in General assembly in Malta Since the 14th until the 18th of September 2012, Commission of the UGCC on “Justice and Peace” participated in the annual international congress of the similarly named commissions of the European Union. Among the Ukrainian representatives in this congress there were Mykhaylo Melnyk, who is the head of the commission, and Fr. Oleh Luka, who is the...
- 28 September 2012
  12:46
- The UGCC carried out the public survey regarding the ecological problems of the cities As we have reported earlier, from the 3rd up until the 10th of September 2012, the representatives of the UGCC Commission for Promoting Christian Unity together with the Non-Governmental Organization “European Institute of Social Communications” conducted the pilot social survey in three regional centers of Ukraine: in Kyiv, Donetsk and Odessa (800...
- 28 September 2012
  12:42
- In the Spiritual Seminary of Ivano-Frankivsk took place the Festive Academia on the occasion of the Day of God the Creator On the 14th of September, in the building of Saint Josaphat Spiritual Seminary of Ivano-Frankivsk there was held the Festive Academia, devoted to the Day of God the Creator, which Christians of various denominations from all around the globe celebrate as a day of prayer and the responsibility for the natural environment. It was reported by the...
- 26 September 2012
  11:22
- His Beatitude Patriarch Sviatoslav Visits the Khram To The Venerable Nun Martyrs Olympia and Laurentia On Sunday, September 23rd, under beautiful Saskatoon skies, His Beatitude Patriarch Sviatoslav honored the Ukrainian Sisters of St. Joseph with a visit to their Khram dedicated to the Venerable Nun Martyrs Olympia and Laurentia. After walking three times in procession around the Khram His Beatitude, together with their Excellencies Bryan Bayda,...
- 23 September 2012
  07:07
- Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Episcopal Conferences (CCEE) The annual Plenary Assembly of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences in Europe will take place this year in St Gallen, Switzerland, on the occasion of the 1400th anniversary of the arrival of St Gall in the canton of the same name. At the heart of their meeting the bishops will tackle the theme of “The challenges of our time: social and spiritual aspects”....
- 22 September 2012
  10:19
- The Day of God the Creator was celebrated in Lviv On the 16th of September, the festive celebration of the Day of God the Creator took place in the UGCC Parish of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, which is located in the Sukhoty village of the Brody District in Lviv region. In those festive measures participated Dr. Volodymyr Sheremeta, who is the Chief of the UGCC Office for Ecology; he has presented the...
- 22 September 2012
  10:09
- Synod of Bishops proclaimed 2013 as the UGCC Year of Faith As a response to the initiative of the Holy Pontiff, the UGCC Synod of Bishops, held on September 8-16th in Winnipeg (Canada) declared 2013 as UGCC Year of Faith and created an Organizing Committee. According to a communiqué of the Synod of Bishops 2012, the Committee is charged to plan appropriate spiritual events for the whole Church to mark the 1025th...

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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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