NEWS of the UGCC news

- 17 August 2012
  12:37
- The youth from the UGCC Deanery of Zaporizhzhya reflected over the holy sacraments of the Church in Carpathians The camp for the youth from the Zaporizhzhya Deanery of Donetsk and Kharkiv Exarchate of UGCC started operating on the 30th of July 2012 in the Retreat House of Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of Saint Vincent in Dor. The camp was organized at the initiative of Father Igor Dmytryshyn, who is the Dean of Zaporizhzhya Deanery. 35 people from the cities of...
- 15 August 2012
  03:16
- Ninety children had a rest in the summer camp "Vacations with God" in Ivano-Frankivsk Recently finished its functioning the Catholic summer camp for children “Vacations with God”, which took place in Dora village (near the Yaremche), in Ivano-Frankivsk region. It was reported by Nadiya Chorna, that this year the camp managed to improve health of ninety children.
- 15 August 2012
  03:13
- The prayer for millions of people, who live abroad, was taking place in Zarvanytsya “The international pedestrian pilgrimage of migrant workers and their families from Sambir to Zarvanytsya is one of the longest, best organized and best quality pilgrimages in Ukraine. Its spirituality may be taken for its quality. We would like to express our gratitude to pilgrims, especially to the youth, whose moderation was really good and...
- 15 August 2012
  03:08
- “One can only have hope for tomorrow if one believes in God,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav “Wealth does not come from the material world but only from a spiritual life and a union of a person with God. Therefore a person who does not believe will always ache and suffer because in that person’s soul there is no Holy Spirit – rather some other spirit has taken hold of one’s soul,” stated (listen audio) His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head,...
- 08 August 2012
  10:23
- The summer Ukrainian-language school was taking place in Kazakhstan The summer Ukrainian-language camp-school “A Step towards the Ukraine” was taking place in Karkaralinsk city (Kazakhstan) from 19 to 29th July 2012. The camp was organized by the UGCC Parish of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary of the Karahanda city and by Taras Shevchenko Association of Ukrainian language in the Karahanda region, named “The...
- 08 August 2012
  10:21
- Pilgrims from 14 countries are taking part in the 7th International pedestrian pilgrimage of migrant workers and their families to Zarvanytsya Pilgrims coming from the 14 countries, mainly from Czech Republic, Poland, Canada, Sweden, Italy, Greece, Russia, Hungary, the USA, Belarus, the Netherlands, Portugal, England, as well as, from Kazakhstan are taking part in the 7th International pedestrian pilgrimage of migrant workers and their families from Sambir to Zarvanytsya....
- 03 August 2012
  01:24
- There was yet another bicycle pilgrimage to the Krekhiv Monastery of St. Nicholas taking place Another bicycle pilgrimage to the Krekhiv Basilian Monastery of St. Nicholas was taking place on the 28th of July 2012. Approximately 25 participants took part in the pilgrimage; they were joined by and received assistance from women of the parish community “Myrrh-Bearing Women”. This was reported by Mykhailo Biletskyi....
- 01 August 2012
  11:27
- “The Baptism of King Volodymyr unites Christians and is the foundation of community and government life,” UGCC Head in Krylos “Krylos is a special place for us because it is here that we are able to touch the foundations of the Ecumenical Council of the Kings of Halych. For UGCC, as for all Ukrainians, a pilgrimage to the village of Krylos is an opportunity to touch the roots of our spiritual church legacy. For us it is important that the roots which we have here be not dead but alive,”...
- 01 August 2012
  11:20
- It is the seventh time that the families of migrant workers will go on a pilgrimage from Sambir to Zarvanytsya The VII International pedestrian pilgrimage of families of migrant workers and all persons interested from Sambir to Zarvanytsya will take place on 3-12 of August. During the pilgrimage, the theme of which will be “The Vibrant Parish- A Place to Encounter the Living Christ”, the participants will learn how to develop the faith in God and how to share it with...
- 27 July 2012
  02:44
- Journalists were briefed on the activities of the Yakir [Anchor] Center, serving victims of abuse by sects and pseudo-religious movements A two-day seminar, “Styles of activities and psycho-manipulation in sects” held on 23-24 July at the OSBM J.Rutsky Institute of Philosophical-Theological Studies (6 Shyroka St., Briukhovychi - Lviv), included a press conference for journalists. The presentation centered on the services offered by the Anchor Center to those who have suffered from...
- 27 July 2012
  02:42
- All UGCC churches will thank God for the Gift of Baptism “It became a fine tradition that every year on the Feast of Saint, Equal to the Apostles, Great King Volodymyr in remembering the Baptism of our ancestors in the Dnipro waters, we hold Pontifical Liturgies and the Rite of the Renewal of Baptism Vows,” wrote His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), UGCC Head, in a letter to Greek-Catholic pastors on the...
- 24 July 2012
  09:45
- St. Pope Clementine returned to Crimea “There is great significance in the event taking place in this small church. This is the return home of Pope Clementine to the Crimean soil, where he sacrificed his life for preaching Christ’s Gospel. We have awaited him for so long – and finally he has returned. These were the words (audio available) with which His Beatitude Sviatoslav, UGCC Head, turned to...
- 24 July 2012
  09:41
- “We are pained by the division of the one Kyivan Church, born through Volodymyr’s Baptism,” stated UGCC Head in the Italian publication Il Regno “I am open to dialogue – even more, I believe that there should be a process of reconciliation with the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC). We bear historical wounds which can be healed only through a process in which all church institutions will participate. I wanted to initiate this process and I hope that from the side of ROC there will also be such openness,”...
- 24 July 2012
  05:04
- Among the special participants of the All Ukrainian pilgrimage to the Anciant Halych there will be children and young couples The press-conference, the major issue of which was the conduction, on the 28th-29th of July 2012, of the All Ukrainian pilgrimage to the Galician miraculous icon of Our Lady in the Krylos village (Ancient Halych), took place on the 19th of July 2012 in the conference hall of the “Stanislaviv” hotel in Ivano-Frankivsk. Among the speakers of the press...
- 24 July 2012
  05:02
- Central heating will start working in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ this year It is planned for the central heating system in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ to be started this heating season already. The UGCC Department of Information was notified of that by Mykhailo Vorobets, who is the Cathedral construction engineer.

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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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