NEWS of the UGCC news

- 26 January 2022 21:27
- Pope Francis prayed together with pilgrims for peace in Ukraine Wednesday's meeting with the pilgrims ended with a prayer for peace in Ukraine, which Pope Francis encouraged to repeat frequently throughout the day, reminding that "Our Father" is a prayer of brothers and sisters pleading for reconciliation.
- 25 January 2022 12:04
- Pope's Communications Day message: 'Listening is essential for dialogue' In his Message for the World Day of Social Communications, Pope Francis says listening is an indispensable first step in human communication, and a dimension of love.
- 24 January 2022 22:54
- The one who tries to impose something on us is in shadow of land of death and sows death all about them, - Head of the UGCC Every time we hear that the number of troops on the borders of our country is increasing, when the whole world is worried, and some countries are even preparing to evacuate the families of their diplomats from Ukraine and tell their citizens not to go to Ukraine – it only increases fear, said His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek...
- 24 January 2022 21:47
- Prayer for peace is stronger than any weapon, - Head of the UGCC calls on people to join World Prayer for Peace in Ukraine On Wednesday, January 26, on a special day of the World Prayer for Peace in Ukraine and in the world proclaimed by the Holy Father Francis in view of the new dangers which threaten Ukraine, streaming on Zhyve TV from 9:00 am to 9 pm of Kyiv time zone, an all-day prayer vigil is held.
- 24 January 2022 20:53
- Pope calls for a day of prayer for peace over Ukraine situation Expressing concern over the increasing tensions that threaten peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis calls for Wednesday 26 January to be a day of prayer for peace.
- 24 January 2022 13:38
- BISHOP MYKOLA BYCHOK VISITED TASMANIA WITH A PASTORAL VISIT January 21-24, Bishop Mykola Bychok, Eparch of Melbourne, paid a pastoral visit to Tasmania. On the first day, Bishop Mykola held an official meeting with His Grace Julian Porteous, Archbishop of Hobart, during which he expressed his gratitude for many years of co-operation for the benefit of the people of Tasmania....
- 24 January 2022 00:10
- I want to wish our statesmen unifying mindset, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the Day of Unity of Ukraine Today, I would like to wish our statesmen unifying mindset so that they can put the good of people and the state above selfish and private interests. I would like to wish our politicians the unity of spirit so that they do not break down our country by their narrow, lobbying activities, but take care of real welfare of our citizens. On the Day of Unity, I would like...
- 21 January 2022 23:39
- Ecumenical Prayer Service on the occasion of Week of Prayer for Christian Unity held in Kyiv January 18-25, 2022, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity will be traditionally held around the world. This year’s main theme of the prayer is: “We saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him”, Mt 2: 2.
- 20 January 2022 10:08
- We ask Lord to guide us further through our pilgrimage from slavery to freedom, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Epiphany In today's holiday we are called to discover our duty: to be free from evil, pass through this world like Israel through the Red Sea, led by the power and grace of the Holy Spirit. Since today all evil perishes and we recognize God as our deliverer not through water but through the power of the Holy Spirit. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC...
- 17 January 2022 23:05
- Word of John the Baptist about repentance is addressed to each of us, - Head of the UGCC on Sunday before Epiphany Today, as Christians, we are called to listen to the voice of John the Baptist and do that part of homework which belongs to us as humans - to prepare for Epiphany. Let us take a deep examination of conscience, make an effort to overcome our sins and shortcomings. Let us hasten to the Confession, which will adequately prepare us for the moment when we will be able...
- 17 January 2022 10:16
- Head of the UGCC: Russia's geopolitical considerations are based on values that differ from Christian postulates Churches and Christians should live by Christian values and not allow politicians to preach the Christian idea in the modern world, because they – one way or another – will tarnish it.
- 15 January 2022 12:46
- We must fill post-COVID world with grace of Holy Spirit, - Head of the UGCC on feast of Saint Basil the Great We are witnessing the emergence of a new culture. A new epoch of human life is opening up. Some call it the post-COVID world. What is the task of Christians in this new world? Saint Basil the Great clearly tells us today: we must fill this world with the grace of the Holy Spirit. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church,...
- 14 January 2022 13:18
- "I wouldn't want the issue of Ukraine to be omitted at the meeting of the Pope and Patriarch Kirill," - the Head of the UGCC It is known that the preparation of a meeting between the Pope and Kirill is ongoing and that the Moscow Patriarch is unlikely to have agreed to this without the consent of Putin. A journalist of Ukrinform asked the head of the UGCC whether the Holy See needs such a meeting if Kirill's movements are only part of Putin's foreign policy maneuvers. What could...
- 12 January 2022 21:23
- Visit of Pope Francis to Ukraine is first of all great spiritual event, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav The Pope's visit to any country is, first of all, a great spiritual event. We sometimes take Pope's visits by analogy with the visits of political leaders. But in fact it is about something else - the Pope comes as a pilgrim, a pilgrim of peace, stated by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC in an interview for Radio Svoboda....
- 10 January 2022 21:43
- Thank you for understanding that future of Church and people forged in seminary, - Head of the UGCC to participants of “Christmas Prosphora” Folk wisdom says that in God's eyes the great is the one who built God's temple. But even greater in God's eyes is the one who helped to bring up at least one priest who will be serving in that temple. With these words, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC addressed the participants of the 5th anniversary charitable event "Christmas...

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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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