NEWS of the UGCC news

- 08 November 2010
  11:44
- "Saint Nicholas Visits Orphans" The charity event “Saint Nicholas Visits Orphans” has begun in the Ivano-Frankivsk eparchy. Bishop Volodymyr (Viytyshyn) blessed the beginning of the event, which is conducted by the Maltese assistance service and Caritas of Ivano-Frankivsk of the UGCC.
- 05 November 2010
  11:42
- New documents about Andrey Sheptytsky exhibited in Lviv Numerous documents regarding the life and activity of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church were presented at the Lviv Historical Archives in an exhibition dedicated to the 145th anniversary of the birth and 66th anniversary of the death of the metropolitan. The materials include the coat of arms and installation...
- 05 November 2010
  11:41
- In the Mykolayiv region police visit Greek Catholic nuns In Vradiivka of the Mykolayiv Oblast, within the territory of the Odesa-Crimean Exarchate, local police checked on Greek Catholic nuns. Sister Pokrova reported that the building where three nuns temporarily stay has been visited by police.
- 05 November 2010
  11:39
- Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh): Catholics in Middle East have to compete for survival Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) reported the results of the activity of the Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church, which was held in Vatican on October 10-24. According to the Secretary of Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, Christians in Ukraine who were persecuted by the...
- 04 November 2010
  11:05
- Patriarch Lubomyr: Ukraine was and will always be a part of Europe On November 2, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Lubomyr, met with a deputy of the European Parliament and co-head of the parliament’s Committee for Supervising Elections in Ukraine, Pavel Koval. The participants of the meeting discussed the issues of integration of Ukraine in the European Union. “Ukraine has been and will...
- 04 November 2010
  11:02
- Parishes’s press services participate in competition The competition “The Information Side of a Parish,” which was held as part of the 4th Social Days of UGCC, exposed the success of the parishes’ press services. In the contest participated 20 periodicals and 5 web pages from UGCC parishes in Ukraine as well as Canada, Spain, and Poland....
- 04 November 2010
  07:47
- Ukrainian delegation participates in 55th general conference for military chaplains The 55th General Conference of Catholic Military Chaplains was recently held in Germany. This year's theme of the meeting was: "Evangelism of post-secularism.” The conference was organized by the military ordinariate of Germany.
- 04 November 2010
  12:38
- Diplomas in theology obtained in foreign universities to be acknowledged in Ukraine On October 26, the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine announced during the Public Council for Cooperation with Churches and Religious Organizations that diplomas in theology obtained in foreign universities will be acknowledged in Ukraine.
- 02 November 2010
  11:14
- Official website of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul Church in Lviv launched On October 27, during a press conference in the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul Church (Jesuits’ Church) in Lviv, the official website of the church was presented, which is found at the following: www.petrapavla.org.ua.
- 02 November 2010
  11:12
- The second series of webinars of the UGCC to be devoted to bioethics At noon on Tuesday, November 2, the UGCC will begin a series of webinars on bioethics. The first online seminar, "The History and Reasons for the Emergence of Bioethics,” will be conducted by Fr. Ihor Boyko, Ph.D., the dean of the Philosophy and Theology Department of the Ukrainian Catholic University. Web seminars on bioethics will be held twice a month....
- 02 November 2010
  11:08
- Patriarchal Cathedral celebrates eighth anniversary On October 27 the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ on the left bank of Kyiv celebrates its eighth anniversary. Exactly eight years ago the Greek Catholics of Ukraine and the world laid the cornerstone of the cathedral. The cathedral is already called the second Sophia in Kyiv. Bishop Joseph (Milian), head of the supervisory board for...
- 02 November 2010
  11:04
- Pastoral meeting of Greek Catholic priests of Russia and Kazakhstan From October 19 to 22, in the Russian city of Cheliabinsk, a pastoral conference of the Greek Catholic clergy was held with the participation of the Apostolic Nuncio in Russia Antonio Mennini, Ordinary of the Greek Catholics in Russia Bishop Yosyf Vert, Apostolic Delegate of the Congregation of the Eastern Churches for Greek Catholics in the Eastern and...
- 26 October 2010
  01:32
- Patriarch Lubomyr in an interview to Day newspaper: ‘It is not the church’s task to say whom to vote for’ When it tries to influence the electoral process, the church crosses the limits of its jurisdiction, stated the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, Patriarch Lubomyr, in an interview to the newspaper Day. “We preach the Divine Law, and nowhere there is it said that we have to specify which person or political force to vote for. The church says, very...
- 26 October 2010
  01:26
- Social Days of the UGCC to be conducted in seven cities of Ukraine On November 7, the fourth Social Days of UGCC will begin in Kyiv. The theme of this year’s event is “In the beginning there was the Word: Communication in the 21st century.” The events will last for the whole month of November and will be conducted in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Kharkiv, Odesa, Kherson, Kirovohrad, and Lutsk....
- 23 October 2010
  07:56
- UGCC is not against construction of Moscow Patriarchate church in Lviv It is not the UGCC’s business to allocate or not allocate land to the Moscow Patriarchate (MP), as there are authorities for that, “but whether we are against it or not, we certaintly do not mind,” said the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Lubomyr, in an interview to the newspaper Day. “I myself wrote a letter to the city...

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