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- 17 June 2011
  05:33
- The Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav is visiting Rome on a working visit On Tuesday June 14, 2011 at 18.30 the Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, during his visit to Rome met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to the Holy See, Tetiana Izhevska. During the meeting, both sides discussed organizational issues related to the set up of Christmas Tree on St. Peter’s Squares in Rome in December 2011...
- 17 June 2011 01:50
- Presentation of the UGCC Catechism to take place on 24 June 24-25 June, an All-Church science-practical conference dedicated to a long awaited event in the life of our Church, namely presentation of the UGCC Catechism “Christ is our Easter”, will take place in Lviv. This unusual event was blessed by His Beatitude Sviatoslav. The UGCC Patriarchal Catechetical Commission and Catechetical-pedagogical...
- 14 June 2011 11:31
- Bishop Hlib Lonchyna - new Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainian Faithful of Byzantine Rite in Great Britain. On Tuesday, 14 June 2011 the Holy See reported that the Holy Father Benedict XVI, having taken into consideration the decision of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, appointed Most Rev. Bishop Hlib (Lonchyna) Apostolic Exarch for Ukrainian Faithful of Byzantine Rite in Great Britain. Prior to this appointment, Bishop Hlib was Apostolic Administrator “sede...
- 12 June 2011 12:11
- “I want to believe that the ecclesiastical and national revival of Ukraine begins here in the seminary” – His Beatitude Sviatoslav On the Sunday of the Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Archbishop of Kyiv and head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, paid a visit to the Three Holy Hierarchs Spiritual Seminary in Kyiv on the occasion of the conclusion of the academic year. The festivity began with Matins service followed by the Rite of the...
- 09 June 2011 06:58
- 500 catechists participate in the All-Ukrianian Congress of catechists in Hoshiv June 4, 2011 around 500 catechists – representatives of Eparchies and Exarchates from all our Ukraine – took part in the Congress convoked on the occasion of 20th anniversary of catechetical ministry. The Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav blessed the Congress. The aim of the meeting was to help the public “understand the importance of Christian...
- 06 June 2011
  11:25
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav consecrated a new church in Vinnytsia region June 2, 2011 the Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav arrived to village Pohrebyshche in Vinnytsia region to consecrate a newly built Ascension church. Before entering the church building, the UGCC Primate was met by children of the parish who welcomed him with a traditional Ukrainian bread (korovaj) and flowers. As it was reported by the parish...
- 06 June 2011
  11:22
- The Head of the UGCC stated to the “Correspondent” magazine that he believes in the creation of the one Ukrainian Church The Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav in an interview to the magazine “Correspondent” stated that he believes in the possibility of creation of the one Ukrainian Church. According to the publication, His Beatitude asserts the possibility of communion of the UGCC with all the Ukrainian Orthodox Churches. Then the question was asked by the...
- 03 June 2011
  03:57
- 52nd session of the Synod of Bishops of Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric of the UGCC The 52nd session of the Synod of Bishops of Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric of the UGCC took place in Lviv-Briukhovychi 25-26 May 2011 presided by the newly elected Father and Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk). All the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Bishops with jurisdiction on the territory of Ukraine participated in the session. Also...
- 02 June 2011
  02:55
- Resurrection Day is the greatest and the most important Victory Day for us Such a conclusion reaches the Synod of Bishops of Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric of the UGCC in its Appeal for preservation of social peace. The Synod sets forth its conclusion by referring to the fact that “on the day of Resurrection an enemy of the human race, i.e. devil, was defeated, and in Christ all of us gained the victory”. The most important gift...
- 30 May 2011 10:38
- “Society and power” – new audio book of His Beatitude Lubomyr 2 June 2011 at 11.30 at UNIAN (4 Khreshatyk str, conference hall), His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) will present another of his audio books entitled “Society and power”. It is the first part of the new trilogy of the former Head of the UGCC under the title “Society.” The audio book, as the previous one, is in the form of an interview (two hours) recorded on 2 CD’s. ...
- 30 May 2011 10:34
- “You are the hands of the Loving Father who embraces our people in those place where they may suffer the most” – His Beatitude Sviatoslav. 27 May 2011 in press-conference hall of Lviv Archeparchy at St. George’s Cathedral in Lviv the Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with the people who carry on their ministry among immigrants. As the Pastoral-Missionary Department of the UGCC reports, present at the meeting were: Bishop Josyf (Milian) – the Head of the Pastoral-Missionary...
- 28 May 2011
  11:01
- Holy Father greets Ukrainian military pilgrims On Wednesday 25 May 2011, at St. Peter’s square in Vatican, the Holy Father again delivered a greeting in the Ukrainian language. This time the greeting was addressed to the Ukrainian military men participating in the 53-rd International military pilgrimage to Lourdes. The Holy Father said, “I extend my cordial greetings to all the Ukrainian military men...
- 26 May 2011
  11:19
- “God’s creation entrusted to us: a shared responsibility of the East and of the West” – the theme of a solidarity action of “Renovabis” On Sunday May 22, during a Divine Liturgy in the Cathedral of the Archdiocese of Munich-Freising, an official opening took place of the 19th solidarity action of “Renovabis”. It takes place in Germany every year before the Pentecost and concludes with collection of money to support those in need. The theme of this year’s action is: “God’s creation...
- 26 May 2011
  11:17
- Presentation of the UGCC Catechism in June A meeting of the Heads of church commissions of the UGCC started with a Divine Liturgy celebrated in St. George’s Cathedral in Lviv on May 23. Then the meeting continued in a conference hall of Lviv Archeparchy. Rev. Petro Rak, the Head of the Department of church commissions of the UGCC, opened the meeting....
- 23 May 2011
  02:32
- Академический визит немецких гостей, занимающихся проблемой миграции 16 мая в Украину прибыли гости из Германии – профессора и студенты факультета социальной педагогики Католического университета города Ейштадт (Бавария). Таким образом продолжается сотрудничество Комиссии УГКЦ по делам мигрантов с немецкими коллегами. Началось оно в сентябре 2010 года, когда в Украину для изучения социальной ситуации уже...

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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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