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- 22 March 2010
  09:22
- Relics of Saint Peter the Apostle are in Ivano-Frankivsk On March 21, 2010, at the conclusion of Road to the Cross in Ivano-Frankivsk, the relics of Saint Peter the Apostle, which are visiting from Rome, will be solemnly brought to the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. The action takes place on the benediction of Bishop Volodymyr (Viytyshyn), Eparch of Ivano-Frankivsk of the UGCC....
- 18 March 2010
  01:10
- Nina Matviyenko wrote the foreword to the second audio book of Patriarch Lubomyr Yesterday in Kyiv the folk artist of Ukraine Nina Matviyenko recorded the foreword for the audio book of His Beatitude Lubomyr, Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych of the UGCC. The record of the foreword completed the work for the second audio book of the head of the UGCC called “The Road to Thy Neighbor,” which will be presented in time for the Easter holidays. In...
- 18 March 2010
  01:07
- YouTube video clips about the UGCC watched over twenty thousand times during the year The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church increasingly uses modern technologies to communicate with faithful and with the people of good will. On February 4, 2009, on the benediction of His Beatitude Lubomyr, the UGCC became accessible on the popular video service YouTube. During the year on the separate channel of the Information Department...
- 16 March 2010
  04:17
- Spiritual retreats for wives of priests of Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric of the UGCC The Commission of the UGCC on Family Matters and the Commission on Family Matters of the Lviv Archeparchy are organizing one-day Lent retreats for the wives of priests of Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric of the UGCC and the fiancés of the seminarians in years 5 and 6, which will take place on March 20, 2010, at the Lviv spiritual seminary of the Holy Spirit...
- 16 March 2010
  04:10
- For the first time the Road to the Cross took place in Krementchuk, Poltava region On March 14, in the city Krementchuk, Poltava region, took place the first Road to the Cross. The event was initiated by the community of the Resurrection of Christ of the UGCC, with participation of the community of the parish of St. Joseph of the Roman Catholic Church.
- 16 March 2010
  04:09
- Conference about the Holy Scripture in the life of the Ukrainian nation to take place in Rome On March 19-20, in Rome, a conference will take place on the topic “The Holy Scripture in the life of the Ukrainian nation.” The annual conference for graduate students and young research workers is organized by the Institute of Pope Saint Clement of the Ukrainian Catholic University and will be held at the institute on Boccea St., 478. The program will...
- 15 March 2010
  09:43
- Patriarch Lubomyr holds press conference for Odesa’s journalists On March 10, His Beatitude Lubomyr, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, held a press conference for Odesa’s journalists. He, in particular, reported that the question of constructing a church of the UGCC in Odesa has not been resolved for three years now. According to him, a church cannot be built for there is no land. “Three years ago when I was in...
- 14 March 2010
  04:14
- Evidence of pseudo-synod of UGCC of 1946 presented March 10, 2010, marked the 64th anniversary of the end of the pseudo-synod of 1946 where by decree the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was liquidated in the USSR. The director of the Institute of Church History of the Ukrainian Catholic University Fr. Andrii Mykhaleiko, reports that the fact that the synod of 1946 was held by joint efforts of the Communist...
- 12 March 2010
  01:29
- Head of the UGCC met with Odesa leaders On March 9, 2010, Patriarch Lubomyr, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), met with the mayor of Odesa, Eduard Hurvits. During the meeting the mayor stressed: “For us it is very important to preserve the international, inter-confessional peace in Odesa. It is the most multinational city in the country, and all these years, thank God,...
- 11 March 2010
  11:47
- Bishop Paulo (Khomnytskyi) met with faithful of St. Volodymyr the Great Church in Kherson On Saturday evening Bishop Paulo (Khomnytskyj), Eparch of Stamford (USA), visited with the fathers of the St. Volodymyr the Great Monastery, who minister in Kherson. The bishop is a participant of the meeting of the Permanent Synod of Bishops (on March 6-10), which this year will take place in Odesa....
- 11 March 2010
  11:44
- The delegation of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the USA examines the Patriarchal Cathedral in Kyiv On March 9, 2010, the delegation of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of the USA headed by Cardinal Theodore E. C, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, visited the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ of the UGCC. “Kyiv is the center of Ukraine and I am glad that Greek Catholics are here because you should be in the center of the country. I hope...
- 10 March 2010
  08:51
- Head of the UGCC calls faithful to pray for the state throughout the whole year In the last few days His Beatitude Lubomyr issued an address to the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and to all people of good will with the appeal to pray for the state throughout the whole year. At the beginning of appeal the head of the UGCC states that “during many years our Church and other churches and religious organizations in...
- 10 March 2010
  08:41
- Greek Catholic community of the Russian city Omsk honored the memory of the “Kobzar” On March 9, 2010, in the Russian city of Omsk, the Greek Catholic community of the Veil of the Holy Mother of God, together with the Siberian center of Ukrainian culture Siryj Klyn honored the memory of Taras Shevchenko. A flower-laying ceremony took place at the stone where a monument to the poet is to be erected. Afterward, the parochial priest Fr. Theodore...
- 10 March 2010
  08:32
- Head of the UGCC met with the faithful of Odesa Staying in Odesa, where a meeting of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC is taking place, His Beatitude Lubomyr met with the Greek Catholics of Odesa. The meeting took place in the Church of St. Andrew the First-called Apostle.
- 10 March 2010
  01:46
- Cardinal from Washington visits Ukraine Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, Archbishop Emeritus of Washington, is on a pastoral visit in Ukraine from March 6 to 10, 2010. Accompanying him are Father James McCann, head of the Collection for the Church in Central and Eastern Europe of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Patrick Mark, executive director of the collection. 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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