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- 26 May 2010
  10:10
- Exhibition of Polish Photographer about People The opening of a photo exhibition of Polish photographer Witold Flak will take place on May 25, 2010, at 5:00 p.m. in the lobby of the Theology and Philosophy Faculty of UCU (35 Khutorivka St.).
- 26 May 2010
  10:07
- The relics of Saint Peter the Apostle to Arrive in Odesa The pastor of St. Andrew’s Church Fr. Ihor Taras reported that the relics of St. Peter the Apostle will arrive in Odesa on May 30 and will be in the St. Andrew the First-Called Church until June 13.
- 26 May 2010
  10:06
- Rector of UCU publishes his account of the attempt of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) to put pressure on the administration of the university The rector of the Ukrainian Catholic University shared with the general public in Ukraine and abroad his memorandum about the visit to UCU of the SBU agent responsible for contacts with Churches, which took place on May 18. The conversation of the SBU agent with the rector lasted for 40 minutes, after which Fr. Borys Gudziak, Ph.D., declared that “UCU will be...
- 25 May 2010
  11:51
- “The Holy Spirit acts the same today as He did two thousand years ago”: Head of the UGCC on Pentecost On May 23, 2010, on the feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit, His Beatitude Lubomyr, the head of the UGCC, took part in the festive Divine Liturgy that was celebrated in the Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God Church of the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. That day six children, members of the parochial community,...
- 21 May 2010
  08:30
- Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches in Ukraine Hold Joint Spiritual Retreat On Sunday, in the Kyiv church of St. Oleksandr, the spiritual exercises (retreats) of the bishops of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) and the Roman Catholic Church (RCC) in Ukraine began with a Liturgy. The spiritual exercises last for three days in the seminary of the Kyivan-Zhytomyr Diocese of the RCC in Vorzel. The studies are led by Bishop...
- 21 May 2010
  08:27
- Victims of political repressions prayed for in Moldova On May 16, 2010, Ukraine marked the Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Political Repressions. On this day in Chisinau, Moldova, in the parish of the Protection Veil of the Holy Mother of God of the UGCC, prayer services were held for the deceased. Following the services, adviser and delegate of the Embassy of Ukraine in Moldova, candidate of historical...
- 21 May 2010
  08:26
- UGCC to Help People with Alcohol or Drug Addictions On May 17, 2010, Fr. Andriy Login, the head of the sub-commission of the UGCC For a Sober Life and Fr. Ihor Kozankevych, the head of Nazareth Rehabilitation Center, met to work out a plan for the rehabilitation center of the UGCC to help people with alcohol or drug addictions. The meeting was also held to increase the cooperation between the Nazareth...
- 16 May 2010
  10:53
- Over 50 Rectors of Catholic Institutes in Europe to Gather at the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv Lviv will gather the university elite of Europe. From May 20-23, 2010, for the first time in Lviv, a General Assembly of the European Federation of Catholic Universities (FUCE) will be held. Over 50 rectors, vice-rectors, and heads of international departments of Catholic universities in Europe will take part. ...
- 16 May 2010
  10:51
- “Sing, heart, to God and Ukraine” The tenth International Competition of Contemporary Religious Music “Song of the Heart” will be held. The purpose of the competition is to spread and enrich the cultural and spiritual values of the Ukrainian nation by creating and popularizing contemporary religious music among Ukrainian Christians of the world....
- 16 May 2010
  10:49
- Head of the UGCC called to help guarantee spiritual and social-economic rights of workers “A person is the crown of God’s creation. His rights must be properly defended, especially his spiritual and social-economic rights. The worker and the employer can not exist without the other. There need to be harmonious Christian relations between them. Free democratic labor unions must have a decisive role. It is an important Christian task,” said...
- 13 May 2010
  11:06
- Mother’s Day Celebrated for Tenth Time in Rome On Sunday, May 9, Ukrainians in Italy celebrated Mother’s Day for the tenth time. Though the first holiday in 2000 was not celebrated on such a large scale, it led to the establishment of a great tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day by Ukrainians in Italy near the St. Sofia Cathedral in Rome.
- 13 May 2010
  12:09
- “Mother’s Workshop” On May 7-8, 2010, in Lviv, took place the educational event “Mother’s Workshop,” devoted to Mother’s Day. The event was organized by the Administration of Social Protection of Lviv. About 60 children from ages 8 to 17, from families in need of social protection, participated in the workshop that took place in the monastery of Sisters Servants of the...
- 13 May 2010
  12:07
- Bishops of the UGCC take part in the 48th General Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil Bishop Volodymyr (Kovbych), Eparch of Kurytyba Eparchy, Bishop Efrem (Kryvyj), Bishop-emeritus, and Bishop Myron (Mazur) and Daniel (Kozlynskyj), auxiliary bishops of Kuritiba eparchy, take part in the 48th General Assembly of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil.
- 10 May 2010
  09:37
- Ukrainian Youth Association in Ukraine greets women on Mothers’ Day Close to a thousand gifts will be distributed to Ukrainian women who live in the different regions of Ukraine by members of Ukrainian Youth Association (SUM) in Ukraine for Mother’s Day.
- 10 May 2010
  09:34
- Hrytsenko: “Victor Yanukovych himself confirmed the transfer of the Institute of Ground Forces to Lviv. And this is not the matter of Church” On May 7, 2010, Anatoliy Hrytsenko, the chairman of the parliamentary committee for national defense and security and former minister of defense, commented to the news agency ZIK that the final decision to transfer the Institute of Ground Forces to the western Ukrainian city of Lviv was based on the study of questions approved by the government headed then...

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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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