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- 30 August 2011
  12:50
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav requests Judge Rodion Kireiev to alter penalty imposed on Julia Tymoshenko “Without an intention to influence the court decision, I do want to draw Your attention to the fact that Y. Tymoshenko is one of the leading state and political figures of the modern Ukraine and, therefore, the use of such a severe measure with respect to her provokes considerable social tension and sharpening of the existing divisions,” - wrote the Head of...
- 30 August 2011 12:29
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav installed Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainian Faithful of Byzantine Rite in Great Britain The Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, paid a pastoral visit to the UGCC faithful in Great Britain on 1-8 August 2011. The pastoral visit began with a Pontifical Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Holy Family in Exile in London on Tuesday 2 August (the feast of St. Prophet Elijah) on the occasion of the installation of the fifth Apostolic Exarch for...
- 29 August 2011 11:45
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with the UGCC missionaries On the day of celebrations of St. Volodymyr’s Baptism, which were held in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, His Beatitude Sviatoslav celebrated a Divine Liturgy along with the UGCC priests serving abroad. “Today, first of all, I would like to greet present here priests serving for the Ukrainians who find themselves far away...
- 29 August 2011 11:22
- “The UGCC must be ready to serve everyone” – Major Archbishop-retired Lubomyr “The UGCC must be ready to serve everyone” - said Major Archbishop-retired Lubomyr (Husar) during a meeting with the Greek Catholic missionaries. The former Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church told the priests about the history of Ukrainian missionary work and shared his thoughts on modern Greek Catholic Missiology. His Beatitude Lubomyr...
- 29 August 2011
  11:03
- Head of the UGCC awards missionaries from Portugal and Russia The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, granted a protopresbyter cross to the Director of the Migrant Service of the Portugal Bishop’s Conference (Obra Católica Portuguesa de Migrações), Fr. Francisco Sales, and a letter of gratitude to Fr. Ivan Kovba – a priest of Sambir-Drohobych Eparchy who has served for...
- 30 July 2011 11:58
- Around 500 pilgrims will participate in the pilgrimage of immigrants’ families from Sambir to Zarvanytsia “We want to organize the pilgrimage from Sambir to Zarvanytsia to communicate more with people from abroad, to listen to them, and we have for those 10 days.” These were the words spoken about the idea of the International foot pilgrimage of immigrants’ families by Rev. Vasyl Potochniak, the executive secretary of the Pastoral-Missionary Office of the...
- 30 July 2011 11:55
- Rev. Dmytro Hryhorak - a new Bishop of the UGCC On July 23 it was announced that the Holy Father, Benedict XVI, gave his consent to the canonical election carried out by the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church of Rev. Dmytro Hryhorak O.S.B.M., Apostolic Administrator «ad nutum Sanctae Sedis»of the Eparchy of Buchach of the UGCC, as Eparch of the same Eparchy. ...
- 30 July 2011
  11:49
- Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh) took part in the enthronement ceremony of a new Bishop of Maramuresh Eparchy in Romania. Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, as a delegate of His Beatitude Svitoslav, the Head of the UGCC, joined a Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the enthronement of a new Bishop of Maramureş Eparchy of the Romanian Greek Catholic Church - the Most Rev. Vasile (Bizău). The celebrations took place on 23 July 2011 in Baia-Mare...
- 30 July 2011 11:39
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav prayed in Evpatoria On July 24, 2011, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the UGCC, visited the Protection of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish in Evpatoria of Odessa-Crimea Exarchate. The main aim of the UGCC Primate’s visit was to pay a tribute to the icon of Holy Martyr Petro Verhuh.
- 30 July 2011 11:33
- “Volodymyr the Great – Saint, Baptizer and Enlightener” – Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh) The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church commemorated the baptizer of Rus’-Ukraine, Prince Volodymyr the Great, with a Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv. According to an UNIAN journalist, Bishop Bohdan, who presided at the Liturgy in concelebration with Bishop Mykhail (Koltun), called in his sermon Prince...
- 28 July 2011
  06:07
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav calls on clergy, religious and faithful to take part in the celebrations on the occasion of the feast of St. Volodymyr the Great The Head of the UGCC calls on “the clergy, religious, UGCC faithful and all people of good will to take part this year in the solemn celebrations on the occasion of the feast of St. Volodymyr the Great, the Enlightener of Rus’-Ukraine,” thus reads the Appeal of the UGCC Primate on the occasion of the feast and the renewal of baptismal vows. According to His...
- 27 July 2011 01:48
- The Archbishop of Barcelona, Cardinal Luis Martinez Sistach, felt that Ukrainians are a believing nation “The great number of people present at the Divine Liturgy in Zarvanytsia is a testimony that the Ukrainians are a believing nation.” These words were said by the Archbishop of Barcelona, Cardinal Luis Martinez Sistach, during the celebrations of All-Ukrainian and youth pilgrimage to Zarvanytsia on 16-17 July. Cardinal Sistach arrived in Ukraine at the...
- 27 July 2011 01:20
- A new General Superior of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate has been elected On July 18 during the XII General Chapter of the Congregation of the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate, taking place in Rome, Sr. Theresa Slota was elected a new General Superior of the Congregation. Prior to this, Sr. Theresa served as the Provincial Superior of the Province of Christ the King (Canada). The honorary Head of the meeting, during which the...
- 27 July 2011 12:45
- “Ukrainians are a Christian nation which has always lived, lives and will live in unity with the successor of St. Peter” – His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the pilgrimage to Zarvanatsia Marian Shrine. On Sunday, 17 July 2011 Zarvanytsia welcomed pilgrims from all over Ukraine. The common prayer began with a Pontifical Divine Liturgy presided at by His Beatitude Sviastoslav (Shevchuk), the Head of the UGCC. Concelebrating along with the UGCC Primate was His Eminence Luis Martinez Sistach, Cardinal of Barcelona (Spain). The prayer was joined by a...
- 22 July 2011 06:16
- “10 years ago we could see with our own eyes John Paul II, the Peter of our days, and hear his word” – His Beatitude Sviatoslav in Sokal (Lviv region) On July 12, on the Cathedral feast of the Apostles Sts. Peter and Paul, the Eparchy of Sokal-Zhovkiv solemnly celebrated the 10th anniversary of John Paul II’s visit to Ukraine as well as proclaiming him as a Blessed of the Catholic Church. These celebrations were combined with his first official visit to the Eparchy, by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of...

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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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