NEWS of the UGCC news

- 13 October 2011
  11:30
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: ‘One national church in Ukraine cannot be a political project’ One national church cannot be a political project, implemented at the initiative of a politician, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said in an interview to Fakty. He said the union should proceed from the inner intention of the churches. "For us, for example, it is important that we,...
- 12 October 2011
  03:10
- Greek Catholic community of Donetsk left without church On October 3, 2011, the parish of St. Andrew the Apostle in Donetsk of the Donetsk-Kharkiv Exarchate of the UGCC was denied permission to rent a church on the territory of the former State University of Informatics and Artificial Intelligence, the press service of the exarchate reported.
- 12 October 2011
  03:06
- UGCC priests in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kyiv learn how to provide pastoral support to people with alcohol dependence From October 4 to 7 members of the UGCC subcommittee For a Sober Life held a series of seminars for UGCC clergy in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kyiv. The main topic of the meetings was about providing pastoral support for people with alcohol addiction through spiritual therapy, as well as learning about ways to promote a sober lifestyle in parish communities....
- 11 October 2011
  06:24
- Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) and Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev) want to meet “I am very glad that meetings are held between the Apostolic See and the Moscow Patriarchate,” said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav, during a press conference at UNIAN as he commented on the meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and Metropolitan Hilarion (Alfeyev). The head of the UGCC stressed that such meetings are very...
- 09 October 2011
  09:31
- Local Catechisms should inculturate the Gospel in modern life His Beatitude Sviatoslav during discussions on the main theme of the Plenary Assembly of the Council of European Bishops’ Conferences (Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae, CCEE) – New Evangelization – said that local Catechisms should inculturate the Gospel in modern life. The church primate recalled the thought of John Paul II expressed in...
- 09 October 2011
  09:27
- Strategy for Developing UGCC for next 10 years: ‘Living parish – meeting place with living Christ’ “Lord God instructed the church to fulfill the mission of preaching the good news, that is, evangelization. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church as an integral part of the Ecumenical Church also participates in the mission,” said the head of the UGCC, Patriarch Sviatoslav, in his introductory address at a press conference at UNIAN on October 5, 2011, as he...
- 09 October 2011
  09:24
- Catechism of UGCC presented in Moscow The UGCC Catechism “Christ is Our Easter,” was officially presented in Moscow on September 29. The Catechism was presented by Fr. Serhii Nikolenko, administrator of the parish of St. Ihnatiii Антіохійського, and Oleksandr Shvedov, editor of the official site of the residency for Catholics of Byzantine rite in Russia (www.rkcvo.ru)....
- 09 October 2011
  09:21
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with new Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine October 6, 2011 His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC, met with a new Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine – Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson. The meeting took place in Kyiv in the Apostolic Nunciature in Ukraine.
- 07 October 2011 05:17
- UGCC Bishops sent a letter to the President of Ukraine “We are concerned that on the eve of the parliamentary elections in Ukraine, some politicians and political groups are trying again to use Ukrainian language as small change. We are also concerned about closing of Ukrainian schools in some regions of our country. We are convinced that such extremely short-sighted and irresponsible policy does not...
- 07 October 2011 03:41
- New Evangelization of Europe – the central theme of the Plenary Assembly of the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences “New Evangelization of Europe” was at the center of the work of the Plenary Assembly of the Presidents of Europe’s Bishops’ Conferences (CCEE - Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae), which took place in Albania, in Tirana, from 29 September to 2 October 2011. His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) –Head of the UGCC and Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh) –...
- 28 September 2011 11:44
- The second day of the pastoral visit of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to Chicago On the second day of his pastoral visit to Chicago, His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with Francis Cardinal George, Archbishop of Chicago. After the meeting, the Head of the UGCC participated in the youth conference, held in the cultural center of the Ukrainian Village in Chicago, entitled “The Unique Contributions of the Eastern Church to the World's...
- 28 September 2011 11:41
- First Pastoral visit of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the US The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, is making his first pastoral visit to the United States. The UGCC Primate is visiting Chicago where he will participate in the celebrations on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Nicholas. As the Chancery of Chicago...
- 27 September 2011 10:32
- “Today we are standing in this church not as owners but neither as guests” – Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh during the celebrations of the millennium of St. Sofia’s Cathedral of Kyiv "Today we are standing in this cathedral not as owners but neither as guests. We are the bearers and heirs of the Baptism of Volodymyr, and as a Church we are direct successors of the ancient Kyivan Metropoly. Yes, the Ukrainian Church suffers in her body from the wounds of disunity caused by the interference of external forces and by our own faults. Though...
- 26 September 2011
  02:25
- “UCU has to discover a treasure of faith of the Church for young people” – His Beatitude Sviatoslav in Lviv On September 19th, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) for the first time as the Head of the UGCC visited the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv. The Grand Chancellor presided at the Pontifical Divine Liturgy in the church of the Blessed New Martyrs and met with students and professors in the new buildings of the campus which is being in the process of...
- 19 September 2011 11:37
- The first Bishop’s Cheirotonia administered by His Beatitude Sviatoslav On 18 September 2011 in Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Chortkiv (Ternopil region) took place a Bishop’s Ordination (i.e. Cheirotonia which literally means the laying of the hands) of the Most Rev. Dmytro (Hryhorak), the Eparch of Buchach. The Ordination was accomplished by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC. It was actually his first...

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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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