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- 05 April 2012
  07:37
- Guardians and educators of orphanages learn how to change problematic behavior of children On April 1, the joint project of the UGCC Commission on Families and the UGCC Department of Social Issues held a training at the Holy Ghost Seminary in Lviv on “Learning how to change the problematic behavior of our children” for adoptive families, guardian families, educators of said families and foster homes, according to Maria Savka of the UGCC...
- 05 April 2012
  07:34
- Ternopil hosted a discussion on how to change Ukrainian society The role of the Church in the process of the rebirth of society, manifestations of crisis, challenges to the spirituality and morality of life in Ukraine – all these became topics for discussion at a round table “A mature Christian facing current challenges.” The panel was held on April 3rd at the Josyf Slipyi Foundation in Ternopil. It was organized by the...
- 01 April 2012
  10:46
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: ‘Christ's priesthood has its source not in man, but in the divine person and ministry of the Son of God’ “Christ's priesthood has its source not in man, but in the divine person and ministry of the Son of God. The priest is called to be a light ray of eternity in the interim, a living icon of the Savior's presence among the people of God, the presence that throughout history the Church was a source of strength and invincibility for the Ukrainian believer,” His...
- 01 April 2012
  10:44
- A UGCC pilgrim sites guide has been published Recently the UGCC Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center has published a guide Pilgrim Sites of UGCC that lists and describes the history of miraculous icons and relics of saints as well as sacred edifices that house these holy objects.
- 30 March 2012
  05:27
- Fr. Rostyslav Pendiuk: ‘Openness is key principle of UGCC youth movement’ “We have already taken the first step in the creation of a churchwide Christian youth movement by organizing the conference ‘Spiritual Formation and Moral Education of Youth’ and by engaging in discussion with its members. In a sense, this conference is the beginning of the Christian youth movement since awareness of the necessity to start it has already...
- 28 March 2012
  09:25
- During a visit by UGCC pastors and volunteers to the Pryluky Correctional Colony, two detainees were baptized Together with volunteers from Kyiv, Rev. Konstiantyn Pantetepey, director of the UGCC Department of Pastoral Services for the Ukrainian Penitentiary System, and Rev. Roman Pushka, met with juvenile detainees at Pryluky Correctional Colony on March 24, 2012. They explained to the youth the significance of the Great Lenten Holy Cross Week and together...
- 25 March 2012
  08:03
- Caritas Ukraine representatives extend their gratitude to philanthropists from Germany and Austria for their assistance during the abnormal cold spell in Ukraine Thanks to the assistance of philanthropists from Germany and Austria (€30,000 and €20,000 respectively) during this year’s unusually cold winter spell in Ukraine, Caritas was able to serve almost 1,500 needy individuals with heat and food at 12 emergency stations. In addition, Caritas staff and volunteers initiated home visits and provided necessary...
- 25 March 2012
  07:56
- UGCC photo, video and audio files now found on one website The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church presents an Internet media resource with UGCC photos, video and audio files. Ugcc.tv is being created and maintained by the UGCC Information Department. “Now this website has media files that describe the activities of the head of the UGCC, of the Synod of the UGCC, the life of eparchies and bishops, of the Church in...
- 25 March 2012
  07:51
- Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh): ‘We will not stop appealing to the minds and hearts of the authorities regarding the fate of migrants’ Despite the silence, we will not stop appealing to the minds and hearts of the authorities and hope that the government finally turns to face its own citizens who are abroad and need its protection and support, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh) said in an interview to Do Svitla. The bishop stated that the Church still awaits a...
- 24 March 2012
  12:28
- Seminarians from the Ivano-Frankivsk Spiritual Seminary visited penitentiary institutions During Holy Cross week (March 22, 2012), seminarians of the Ivano-Frankivsk Spiritual Seminary UGCC led a Stations of the Cross prayer for women in the Chernihiv Correctional Colony and for students of the Chernihiv Law College of the State Penal Service of Ukraine. The trip of the seminarian music group Gloria, consisting of monks Mykola Mudryk, Ihor...
- 23 March 2012
  11:41
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: ‘Dialogue between church and state needs to improve’ The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was represented at the meeting with Ukraine’s president by its head, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk). In his address at the meeting, Patriarch Sviatoslav, first of all, expressed the surprise of the members of All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) at the fact that they were...
- 23 March 2012
  11:41
- [Translate to en:] УГКЦ проведе літній табір для дітей і підлітків та реколекції для родин українських емігрантів в Іспанії [Translate to en:] На запрошення Апостольського візитатора для українців в Італії та Іспанії Владики Діонісія (Ляховича) та пароха Мадрида о. Івана Липки Патріарша катехитична комісія УГКЦ, Комісія УГКЦ у справах родини та Катехитично-педагогічний інститут УКУ 16-18 березня 2012 року провели серію заходів для українських емігрантів у Мадриді....
- 23 March 2012
  11:35
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: ‘Dialogue between church and state needs to improve’ The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was represented at the meeting with Ukraine’s president by its head, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk). In his address at the meeting, Patriarch Sviatoslav, first of all, expressed the surprise of the members of All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) at the fact that they were...
- 23 March 2012
  11:29
- “Our aim is to be the voice of Ukraine’s civil society,” stated Patriarch Sviatoslav regarding the visit of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations (AUCCRO) delegation to Brussels “Our aim is to be the voice of the Ukrainian society, to declare the strivings of Ukrainian citizens for Euro integration,” continued the Hierarch of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church during the meeting of the members of AUCCRO with the President of Ukraine, on March 21 at the offices of the Administration of the President. The Primate of UGCC noted that...
- 22 March 2012
  01:41
- Bishop Yosyf (Milian): “No material treasures can compare with the value of an immortal human soul” No material treasures can compare with the value of an immortal human soul. Such a conviction was voiced by the Auxiliary Bishop of the Kyivan Archeparchy, Bishop Yosef (Milian) on Holy Cross Sunday at the end of the Lent retreat in the parish of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Vinnytsia. In his sermon Bishop Yosef reminded us that it is necessary to...

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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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