NEWS of the UGCC news

- 21 October 2010
  09:06
- Bishop Bohdan Reports on Emigration at Synod of Bishops During his report at a plenary session at the assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops of the Catholic Church, Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), head of the administration of the Patriarchal Curia, Secretary of Synod of Bishops of UGCC, reported on the following three main themes: care for emigrants, the necessity of spiritual fathers, and the value of a...
- 21 October 2010
  09:03
- Bishop Joseph (Milyan): Our Church does not allow our priests to run for any level of governmental office During a press conference in Kyiv, Bishop Joseph (Milyan), auxiliary bishop of the Kyivan Archeparchy of the UGCC, reported that the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church does not allow its priests to run for any level of governmental office. He reminded that the decision on priests’ participation in the electoral process was passed in 2004 during the...
- 20 October 2010
  10:27
- Kharkiv City Council decision puts memorial plaque to Josyf Slipyj in danger of vandalism As reported the secretary of Commission of Toponymy and Protecting the Historical and Cultural Environment of the Kharkiv City Council Oleksiy Khoroshkovatyj, the city authority is preparing grounds to remove the memorial plaque to prominent religious and public figure of Ukraine, long-term political prisoner of Stalin’s camps, Patriarch of the...
- 20 October 2010
  01:10
- Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh) considers the emigration process a common challenge for the UGCC and the Universal Church in the Middle East One of the modern challenges for the church that unites the UGCC with the Universal Church in the Middle East is the problem of emigration, reported the secretary of Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), it in an interview for Radio Vatican. “He have a lot in common − a common faith, a common task of evangelization our people, and also common...
- 18 October 2010
  08:42
- Hebrew University of Jerusalem to start first program of Judaic studies in Ukraine The Hebrew University of Jerusalem will launch in Lviv the first program of Judaic studies in Ukraine. It will include studies of Jewish history, culture, ethnography, and literature of eastern Europe. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem develops the new program together with the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU). Similar university programs have...
- 17 October 2010
  07:46
- Agreement signed in Odesa about pastoral cooperation in military chaplaincy In Odesa, on October 14, 2010, on the Feast of Intercession, an agreement about pastoral collaboration in military chaplaincy between the Curia of the Odesa-Crimean Exarchate of the UGCC and the Center of Military Chaplaincy of the Curia of the Lviv Archeparchy of UGCC was signed. Present at the meeting were Bishop Vasyl (Ivasyuk), exarch of...
- 17 October 2010
  07:45
- “We need to minister the many Greek Catholics who live in the East,” Patriarch Lubomyr “We need to minister the many Greek Catholics who live in the East. We do not go to convert others, but to help those who have kept their faith. This is our task,” noted Patriarch Lubomyr, the head of UGCC, in an interview.
- 17 October 2010
  07:44
- ‘If will we lose the children and youth, we will lose the future of our Church,’ Bishop Dionisiy (Lyakhovych) “The Ukrainian nation is a gift of God,” stated Bishop Dionisiy (Lyakhovych), apostolic visitor for the Ukrainian Greek Catholics in Italy and Spain. The bishops of the EU who see that Ukrainian workers are industrious and good people, as well as very devout, agree because more and more families where Ukrainians work are attending the churches of the Roman...
- 17 October 2010
  07:41
- UGCC will pray for the workers of the Criminal-Executive Service of Ukraine Fr. Kostyantyn Panteley, referent of the Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC for chaplaincy in the penitentiary system of Ukraine, reported that on the request of the Ukrainian Interdenominational Christian Mission, after the Divine Liturgy on October 14, the UGCC will pray for the Criminal Executive-Service of Ukraine....
- 13 October 2010
  09:08
- Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization presented in the Vatican On October 12, 2010, the Apostolic Letter Motu Proprio “Ubicumque et semper” (Always and everywhere) was presented at a press conference in the Vatican. In the Apostolic Letter, Pope Benedict XVI formally established the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization The presentation was led by the president of the newly created dicastery...
- 13 October 2010
  09:07
- Bishop Taras Senkiv led a festive Liturgy for pilgrims of the Faith and Light community On Saturday, October 9, 2010, took place a national pilgrimage of the community Faith and Light to the miraculous icon of the Mother of God of Kokhavina, which is in the Redemptorist Saint Gerard Monastery in the village Hnizdychiv. Communities from Lviv, Ternopil, Kyiv, Stryj, Zhovkva, Uzhhorod, Khust, Mukachevo, Tyachev, Truskavets, Zhytomyr,...
- 13 October 2010
  09:06
- UCU opens a program in Eastern studies with the Warsaw University On September 3, 2011, in Lviv, the program in Eastern Studies will be launched. Within the framework of the program, students of the Historical Department of the Catholic University will study at the Warsaw University for a semester. Upon completing their studies, the students of the Ukrainian Catholic University will be have a chance to obtain diplomas...
- 12 October 2010
  04:10
- Mark Von Hagen: Historical studies should not depend on who comes to power in a country “Excellent interpretation of some historical periods in the different parts of Ukraine is not something new. Germany, Spain, and Belgium are living through a similar experience. The task of historians is to use various historical sources to better understand processes that took place in the different parts of country over a long period of time,” said...
- 11 October 2010
  11:44
- Pope blesses the participants of the World Congress of the Catholic Press “The search for truth must be pursued by Catholic journalists with a passionate mind and heart, but also with the professionalism of competent staff who are equipped with adequate and effective means. This is even more important in the present historical moment, which asks of the figure itself of the journalist, as mediator of the flow of information, to...
- 08 October 2010
  10:29
- The Internet, especially social networking sites, are powerful means of evangelization On the third day of the World Congress of the Catholic Press, which takes place in Rome from October 4 to 7, 2010, the participants discussed the possibilities of the Internet which, according to the speakers, both help and threaten the church. “The means of communication will be useful to the church only when the church will be able to assimilate them,”...

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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

A vast cemetery, a mass burial, was found near the city of Izyum, in which more than 400 innocently killed and tortured people have already been...

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