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- 26 November 2010
  10:49
- In Paris Ukrainians commemorate and pray for the victims of the Holodomor On Saturday, November 20, a flower-laying ceremony was held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with representatives of the Ukrainian community and of the Embassy of Ukraine in France.
- 26 November 2010
  10:48
- Victims of the Holodomor commemorated in Moldova On November 21, 2010, on the initiative of the Consulate General of Ukraine in the city Balti, Moldova, a memorial service and “Light a Candle” event were held for the victims of the Holodomor.
- 25 November 2010
  07:21
- Director of the Institute of Church History: On the arrival of the Germans Sheptytsky pinned his hopes on the future of Ukraine, not on Nazi Germany During the German occupation, the Ukrainian government had to adhere to God's laws and recognize the equality of everyone before the civil law. According to Metropolitan Sheptytsky, these were two elements of just orders and wise leadership, which the Christians had to obey. The hidden meaning of this doctrine lies in the fact that in the case of failing to...
- 25 November 2010
  07:19
- Meeting with Ukrainian Greek Catholic pastors in Austria With the blessing of the head of the UGCC Patriarch Lubomyr, on November 22, 2010, in Vienna, Austria, a work meeting of the head of the Pastoral Missionary Department (PMD) Bishop Joseph (Milyan) with the UGCC pastors in Austria was held. The delegation included Secretary General Fr. Vasyliy Potoczniak and Secretary Andrew Hah....
- 25 November 2010
  07:17
- Bishops of UGCC and RCC in Ukraine discuss problem of religious sects The regular meeting of bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine took place on November 22-23 in Lviv. The main theme of the meeting was the problems of religious sects, which are felt by today's Christians. The bishops stressed that reducing the influence of sects and their activity is only possible by the...
- 25 November 2010
  07:15
- Greek Catholic and Orthodox hierarchs of the USA and Canada jointly appealed to the Ukrainian on the occasion of 77th anniversary of Holodomor In a joint pastoral letter "The call to prayer and living voice of justice,” the hierarchy of the Ukrainian Churches in North America write that we must remember the more than 7 million innocent men, women, and children who simply tried to protect themselves from the violent politics of Soviet collectivization....
- 25 November 2010
  07:14
- Patriarch Lubomyr’s third audio book recorded in Kyiv The third audio book of the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Patriarch Lubomyr, "The Path to God," has recently been recorded in of Kyiv's studios. The recording will continue a series of talks with the head of the UGCC, which began with his first two audio books "The Road to Oneself" and "Path to Thy Neighbor." It is expected that the last book...
- 25 November 2010
  07:07
- Memorial complex to fallen soldiers in Afghanistan blessed in Chortkiv The memorial complex to soldiers who never returned from the war in Afghanistan was blessed on November 20, 2010.
- 18 November 2010
  04:27
- Patriarch Lubomyr: ‘We are not looking for conventional solutions, but a way which the Lord God would want us to go’ On November 14, with a thanksgiving liturgy in the Annunciation of the Holy Mother Cathedral in Kyiv, the Congress of the Laity of Central, Eastern, and Southern Ukraine came to an end. The congress was attended by representatives and exarches of the Kyiv Archeparchy, the Donetsk-Kharkiv Exarchate, the Odesa-Crimea Exarchate, and the Lutsk Exarchate,...
- 18 November 2010
  04:23
- ‘For a long time monasticism was considered bloodless martyring,’ Patriarch Lubomyr about the role of monasticism in the life of the Church On November 10, a meeting of the Commission on Matters of Monasticism and heads of monastic orders and congregations of the UGCC with the head of the UGCC Patriatch Lubomyr was held. The meeting was attended by Bishop Taras (Senkiv), apostolic administrator of the Stryj Eparchy responsible for the UGCC’s monasticism, the Most Rev. Benedict...
- 12 November 2010
  10:59
- Educational courses for priests of Ternopil-Zboriv Eparchy Two hundred twenty priests of the Eparchy of Ternopil-Zboriv are attending educational courses. These pastors, who are in their second year of studies, deepen their knowledge of the history of the Ukrainian Church, dogmatic theology, the Holy Scripture, and liturgy.
- 12 November 2010
  10:58
- Patriarch Lubomyr: The time of persecution was a time of blessing! Our Church was destroyed twice, but it has survived On November 10, Patriarch Lubomyr, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, arrived in Zhytomyr to speak with locals about the 4th Social Days of the UGCC. "Our Church has begun its so-called Social Days, which aims to draw the attention of the faithful to social values. After all, our relationship with God makes us family," said the head of the...
- 12 November 2010
  10:56
- Bishop Joseph (Milian): ‘I have a hope that all our people will understand that 2011 is the last year of work on the Patriarchal Cathedral’ “I have hope that all our people will understand that 2011 is the last year of work on the Patriarchal Cathedral,” Bishop Joseph (Milian), head of the supervisory council for constructing the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv, said about the condition of the cathedral. In addition, the bishop said that before the Feast of the...
- 11 November 2010
  09:35
- Patriarch Lubomyr: "Church must address each nation in its own language" In his speech at the round table "The Church and the Ukrainian Language,” the head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Patriarch Lubomyr stressed that the human community is naturally divided into nations, so the church must address each nation in its own language. The patriarch noted that the church has two aspects. "First, ecumenical – the...
- 08 November 2010
  11:46
- Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh): We want to think about the essence of the Eastern Catholic Churches "We want to think about the essence of the Eastern Catholic Churches, taking into consideration the theological, canonical and pastoral aspects, so we may better carry out our mission in the Catholic Church and successfully fulfill our pastoral ministry," said Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh), Secretary of the Synod of Bishops, of the goal of the Meeting of the...

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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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