NEWS of the UGCC news

- 21 March 2012
  08:51
- Head of UGCC speaks to pope about Ukrainian immigrants On March 16, during a meeting with Pope Benedict XVI, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, discussed the problem of Ukrainian migrants in the world. |At the meeting with the Holy Father, I spoke about the millions of Ukrainian citizens scattered across the world … I said, it is my duty as head of the Church to...
- 20 March 2012
  01:40
- Patriarch Sviatoslav presents dynamics of UGCC development to pope On March 16, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met in a private audience with Pope Benedict XVI in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. During the meeting, the head of the UGCC presented to the Most Holy Father the dynamics of his church's development for the last year....
- 18 March 2012
  09:25
- UGCC and RCC Bishops staunchly emphasize the necessity to address the grave situation with abortions in Ukraine “The Christian community bears a serious moral responsibility for those who consider abortion a way out of a difficult situation. We request Ukrainian government to outlaw abortion by passing a law, which asserts the right to life of the already conceived – but still unborn – person” states an official resolution of the Synod of the UGCC and the Conference...
- 18 March 2012
  09:03
- Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh): «The status of UGCC Patriarchate should not lead to misunderstandings between us and the Orthodox» The status of a patriarchate in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church should not inflame quarrels between us and the Orthodox world, according to an interview on ZIK by Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh), Secretary of the Synod of UGCC Bishops and administrator of the Patriarchal Curia. Rather, the Orthodox should view it as a further development of Christ’s Church....
- 14 March 2012
  08:44
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: National Shrines Should Belong to Nation and Not to One Denomination Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church sent an address to Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn and Ukrainian deputies with a request to withdraw from consideration Bill 9690 on Making Alterations to Certain Laws of Ukraine (regarding transfer of objects of cultural heritage to religious organizations)....
- 14 March 2012
  08:39
- Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) visits Metropolitan Volodymyr (Sabodan) On March 10, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav, visited the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr, in the hospital where he undergoes rehabilitation. During the meeting, Patriarch Sviatoslav wished Metropolitan Volodymyr a quick recovery....
- 09 March 2012
  10:03
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: Discussions Regarding Pseudo-Synod at Complete Standstill Stalin’s regime used the Russian Orthodox Church for the forced liquidation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. However, the Russian clergy still have not apologized to Greek Catholics for the appropriation of all their property after the war, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) of the UGCC said in an interview to the newspaper Day....
- 07 March 2012
  01:51
- Head of the UGCC: ‘Sexuality is not something that can be traded like a roll at the intersection’ Responding to questions about sexual education of youth, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) at a meeting with the youth of Ternopil said that he helped to develop the program of sexual education of the UGCC, which is called “The Body is the Temple of the Holy Spirit.” “The reason why we started to do this is because Ukrainian schools have begun to...
- 05 March 2012
  12:10
- Head of UGCC points to positive asceticism for harmonious development of society “Our society today has, in addition to many flaws, many wonderful things that we do not know about. For harmonious development we need to be aware of our negatives, or those social evils which we speak of. But at the same time we need to discover the huge unique potential, which is in our society, and develop it,” said His Beatitude Sviatoslav, head of the UGCC,...
- 03 March 2012
  12:10
- The Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of south-east Europe meet with the Council of Europe and celebrate a Mass for Europe The annual meeting of the Presidents of the Bishops’ Conferences of south-east Europe is scheduled to take place in Strasbourg, at the St Thomas Cultural Centre (2 rue de la Carpe-Haute - Strasbourg) from 5-8 March 2012. The meeting, the twelfth of its kind and concluding a cycle of discussions on the social and ecclesiastical realities of the south-east...
- 01 March 2012
  09:29
- Patriarch Sviatoslav greeted participants of seminar for men’s institutes of consecrated life of UGCC A seminar on the topic "Psychological Growth of ConsecratedPeople” began on February 28, 2012, in the Basilian Institute of Philosophy and Theological Studies (in Briukhovychi near Lviv). The event was organized by the Council of Superiors of men’s institutes ofconsecrated life of the UGCC in Ukraine....
- 29 February 2012
  08:05
- In Vyshhorod His Beatitude Lubomyr speaks about person’s role in society The former head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), visited Vyshhorod on Feb. 26. In the Dyvosvit center the archbishop talked about the individual’s role in society, his dignity and spirituality, and answered parishioners’ questions.
- 28 February 2012
  09:46
- Patriarch Sviatoslav: ‘To fast is above all to abstain from sin, bad habits and passions’ “We should remember that to fast does not mean only to limit oneself in food and entertainment. To fast is above all to abstain from sin, bad habits and passions. It is also a rejection of indifference, evil thoughts and selfishness. The Great Lent is an invitation for each of us, wounded with sins, burdened with infirmities and exhausted by daily chores, to...
- 26 February 2012
  09:37
- Program of 10th National Pilgrimage of Catholic Schools to Zarvanytsia discussed in Lviv A meeting of directors of UGCC Catholic schools, which was organized and hosted by the head of the UGCC Commission on Matters of Primary Education Sister Khrystofora Bushtyn, SSMI, was held on February 23, 2012, at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. The participants agreed on the program for the 10th National Pilgrimage of Catholic Schools to...
- 25 February 2012
  08:05
- First ski camp for Youth of Incarnate Word held in Bukovel From February 15 to 19, 2012, at Bukovel ski resort in Ivano-Frankivsk, the first Carpathian ski camp for the Youth of the Incarnate Word was held. Thirty participants headed by organizer of the camp Fr. Sofronii Zelinsky spent four days relaxing and improving their skills in skiing, said Vasyl Tsidylo....

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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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