NEWS of the UGCC news

- 11 February 2011
  01:38
- Preparation for 5th session of Patriarchal Council of UGCC begins in Brazil The 5th session of the Patriarchal Council of UGCC on consecrated life will be held from August 31 to September 3, 2011, in Prudentopolis, Brazil, reports the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). The Secretariat of the council – consisting of representatives from all the continents where the UGCC is active and with the...
- 11 February 2011
  01:35
- Monastics of UGCC begin courses at the School of Spirituality "Why is it necessary for doctors to constantly improving their skills? Consecrated persons also need to sharpen their spiritual knowledge because they also reach moments of stagnation. Even Pope John Paul II in one of his encyclicals spoke about the need for permanent formation (education), for no one can say that he knows everything. One should...
- 11 February 2011
  01:33
- Patriarch Lubomyr at roundtable: "The state wants to control the church because it is afraid of it" "The state wants to control the church because it is afraid of it. Why? Because the church, even at the social level, defends freedoms, educates conscious, responsible citizens, and is unprofitable for the state authority," the head of church His Beatitude Lubomyr said today in Kyiv at a roundtable discussion "Church-State Relations in Ukraine:...
- 11 February 2011
  01:31
- Patriarch Lubomyr to share his vision for the church and university as a place of freedom for the youth The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr will take part in the roundtable discussion titled “The Church and the University as a Place of Freedom for the Youth." The event will be held on February 15 at 6 p.m. at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. It is organized by Federation of Ukrainian Catholic Students Obnova....
- 11 February 2011
  12:48
- His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) leaves the office of Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church On February 10th at a press conference in Kyiv His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar) announced that today Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation from the office of Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). A request regarding this matter had been sent to the Holy Father by the Head of the UGCC when he turned 75 years of age. "Today, when...
- 05 February 2011 03:16
- Funeral services for +msgr. Peter Skrincosky (1922-2011) On Monday, January 31, about twenty priests of the Philadelphia Archeparchy and the Stamford Eparchy gathered in St. NIcholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Minersville, PA to celebrate a Priestly Parastas for the repose of the soul of Rt. Rev. Msgr. Peter Skrinkosky who was born and raised in nearby St. Clair, PA....
- 04 February 2011
  01:41
- Great Kolyada Festival comes to an end in Lviv The final gala-concert of the Great Kolyada Festival was held on January 30, 2011. Bishop Ihor (Voznyak), Archbishop of Lviv, attended the closing ceremony of the festival, where he congratulated the organizers and thanked them and the participants of the festival: “I am very pleased to see such wonderful colourful Ukrainian costumes, and even more the...
- 04 February 2011
  01:39
- ‘After the Lord's Christmas’ seminar in Pryluky juvenile facility The volunteers of penitentiary chaplaincy of the Kyiv Archeparchy held a meeting “After the Lord’s Nativity” with the inmates of Pryluky juvenile correctional facility on January 29, 2011. The initiators of this event were Taras Pshenychnyi and Christina Shon. The meeting was organized as a three-hour seminar and included a presentation about the...
- 04 February 2011
  01:37
- A nondenominational approach to the history of the Ukrainian Christian tradition presented in Lviv The monograph "Halych (Lviv) Eparchy from the 12th to 18th Centuries: Organizational Structure and Legal Status,” written by historian Ihor Skochylias, dean of the Humanitarian Faculty of the Ukrainian Catholic University, will be presented in Lviv on January 31.
- 01 February 2011
  12:51
- Patriarchal Choir visits children's hospital in Kyiv The choir of the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv, led by Tatiana Stefanyshyn, visited the surgical and orthopaedic division of First Children's Hospital of the city Kyiv on January 26. The choir, which was invited by Fr. Vitalii Voyetsa, performed Christmas carols for the patients....
- 01 February 2011
  12:47
- 10 years ago His Beatitude Lubomyr described the church’s prospects Ten years ago, on January 26, 2001, it was officially announced that His Beatitude Cardinal Lubomyr was elected the new head of the UGCC. On January 28, 2001, in St. George’s Cathedral in Lviv a Hierarchal Liturgy was celebrated, during which the newly elected hierarch of the church was enthroned. In his enthronization speech His Beatitude Lubomyr...
- 31 January 2011
  11:21
- Department for Pastoral Care in the Armed Forces launches website The Web portal of the UGCC Patriarchal Curia Department for Pastoral Care in the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been launched. The portal will help inform representatives of chaplaincy structures, the civil society and other interested persons about the state and prospects of pastoral care in the armed forces and other military units of Ukraine, report...
- 31 January 2011
  10:05
- Patriarch Lubomyr completes audiobook series with ‘The Path to God’ As the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr celebrates a decade of patriarchal ministry, he presented his third audiobook “The Path to God.” This is the final part of his trilogy of interviews, where he answers questions about the duties of a person, about vocation and talent, and where he reflects on whether state censorship is...
- 31 January 2011
  09:00
- UGCC to teach pastoral ministry of migrants through seminars The UGCC will hold seminars in pastoral care of migrants, Bishop Josyf (Milyan), head of Pastoral Missionary Department of the UGCC (PMD), reported to a SoborNews correspondent.
- 31 January 2011
  08:59
- Greek Catholic Church to minister migrants with help of Skype The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church will provide pastoral care to migrants through Skype, the head of the Pastoral Missionary Department of the UGCC Bishop Josyf (Milyan) reported to a SoborNews correspondent.

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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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