NEWS of the UGCC news

- 19 January 2012
  09:15
- Bishop Mykhailo Koltun visits Lviv Prison No. 48 with European delegation of chaplains On the third day of the conference of the International Commission of Catholic Prison Pastoral Care (ICCPPC) of Europe, held in Lviv on January 9-13, 2012, prisons chaplains from Europe and Ukraine visited Lviv Prison No. 48 in order to learn about the prison system in Ukraine.
- 19 January 2012
  09:13
- Patriarch Sviatoslav shares his first Christmas Prosphora with faithful This year’s Christmas Prosphora in the Ukrainian Greek Catholics was somewhat unique for it was attended by two patriarchs – His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar and His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk. The event, which for several years the UGCC has held in Kyiv, was like another Christmas, but in Kyiv. It is always a great opportunity to meet with the large...
- 17 January 2012
  08:56
- Website of Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center launched “The newly created website of the Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center (PPC) presents the results of the two years of work of the center which is mainly designed to tell all Christians about the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and show its presence in Ukraine,” said the head of PPC, Mr. Dmytro Myronenko.
- 29 December 2011
  11:50
- Children from a village in the Lviv region give a gift to people with disabilities On December 27, 2011, assistants at the Center for Leisure and Social Rehabilitation for People with Special Needs, which is run by Caritas of the Stryj Eparchy of the UGCC in Stryi, received from school children in the village of Drohovyzh, Lviv region, beads for making various handicrafts, which has become an integral part of this center....
- 27 December 2011
  11:28
- UGCC communities in Italy complete first joint pilgrimage to St. Peter’s tomb On December 26, the second day of Christmas according to the new calendar, a pilgrimage from all over Italy was held to St Peter’s tomb in the Vatican. The celebration in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican began with a Divine Liturgy, headed by Bishop Dionysiy (Liakhovych), Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy and Spain, in...
- 27 December 2011
  05:24
- Head of Church attends meeting of UGCC Commission on Matters of Monasticism “In accordance with the decision of the last Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, we call on the entire church to nurture and support those who have a calling to consecrated life. This strategy, adopted by the bishops, is not only the vocation to priesthood but also to monastic life,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the UGCC, said at a meeting of the...
- 25 December 2011
  10:29
- Patriarch Sviatoslav greets Roman Catholics in Ukraine on Christmas On December 24, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, took part in the Christmas Mass (Pastyrtsi) of the Roman Catholics in Ukraine in the Church of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin in Lviv. Archbishop of Lviv of the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki during the sermon expressed great...
- 25 December 2011
  08:24
- Patriarch Sviatoslav in Drohobych: ‘This enthronement completes a special year in the history of our church’ “This enthronement completes a special year in the history of our Church, which will forever be recognized by the many different introductions to the throne in Ukraine and abroad,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) said during the enthronement of the Bishop of Sambir-Drohobych Jaroslav Pryriz, which took place on December 24 in Drohobych, in the...
- 24 December 2011
  10:12
- Caritas Kyiv presents a sociological study on HIV/AIDS situation in Ukraine Recently, representatives of Caritas Kyiv participated in a conference held at the news agency Ukrayinski Novyny (Ukrainian News) in Kyiv, which was dedicated to HIV/AIDS. During the conference Caritas Kyiv presented the results of the survey “The current situation in the area of treatment, care and support for children infected with HIV” to its...
- 24 December 2011
  10:10
- Today UGCC has 1,012 Mothers is Prayer communities On December 21, 2011, in the Metropolitan Palace on St. George’s Hill in Lviv, Bishop Benedict (Aleksiychuk), auxiliary bishop Lviv Archeparchy of the UGCC, met with eparchial coordinators of the movement Mothers in Prayer of Ukraine. Expressing their views on the further development of the movement, all the coordinators presented their eparchial...
- 23 December 2011
  09:36
- Patriarch Sviatoslav proclaims Ternopil-Zboriv Metropolitanate On December 22, during the hierarchical liturgy in Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary, Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), primate of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), proclaimed the Ternopil-Zboriv Metropolitanate of UGCC. The first metropolitan of Ternopil-Zboriv became Bishop Vasyl (Semeniuk), Eparch of...
- 22 December 2011
  07:06
- Military of Kyivan Archeparchy celebrate St. Nicholas Day St. Nicholas Day was celebrated in the Kyiv garrison. The event was organized by military chaplains Fr. Damian Gabor and Brother Teoktyst Mishchuk, OSBM.
- 20 December 2011
  10:43
- Volleyball tournament dedicated to Christian vocation held in Lviv region A volleyball tournament dedicated to Christian vocation was held in the Pidkamin deanery of the Eparchy of Sokal on December 17-18. Twenty-one teams of boys an girls aged 13-15 from all parishes of the deanery took part in the tournament.
- 20 December 2011
  10:30
- In Siberia, UGCC faithful celebrated St. Nicholas Day St. Nicholas Day was celebrated in the parish of Three Saints, which is in the Megion, Russia on December 18, 2011. After taking part in the Divine Liturgy, children of the parish presented a small play dedicated to St. Nicholas, said Vasyl Melnykovych, pastor of the parish of the Three Saints.
- 20 December 2011
  10:26
- His Beatitude Lubomyr Husar: ‘Cherkasy region is the heart of Ukraine, and if the heart is beating well, then all Ukraine will be fine’ On Sunday, December 18, as part of the fifth Ukrainian Social Days of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, inhabitants of the Cherkasy region had a chance to meet with His Beatitude Archbishop Lubomyr (Husar). In Cherkassy His Beatitude was accompanied by the person responsible for the Social Days of the UGCC in Ukraine Fr. Ihor Shaban, a personal...

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