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- 23 February 2010
  02:56
- New magazine “The Christian and the World” was presented in Ternopil On February 16 in the administration of Ternopil'-Zboriv Eparchy of the UGCC,a presentation of a new magazine of Christian-social character “The Christian and the World” took place. Viktor Zhukovskyj, professor of the Ukrainian Catholic University, editor-in-chief, Ph.D. of Theology, presented the publication to the workers of mass media of...
- 19 February 2010
  12:58
- His Beatitude Lubomyr blessed the cornerstone of a future church in Brovary On February 14, 2010, His Beatitude Lubomyr, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, made a pastoral visit to the parish of Three Sanctifiers of the town Brovary. The visit took place on the occasion of the church’s feast, which is celebrated on February 12.
- 18 February 2010
  11:20
- In Sevastopol a military chaplain of the UGCC began cooperation with the Naval Lyceum For the first time on Sunday of forgiveness, Fr. Mykola Kvych, the main military chaplain of the Odesa-Crimean Exarchate, visited the Navel Lyceum of Sevastopol. Students of the lyceum had the possibility through mutual forgiveness to take a step toward self-recognition, patience, and understanding. First off Fr. Mykola explained the meaning of the...
- 18 February 2010
  11:17
- Bishop Ihor blessed the iconostasis of the Protection Veil Church and visited the domestic house “Protection Veil” On the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus Christ, on February 14, 2010, Archbishop of Lviv, Bishop Ihor (Voznyak) celebrated the festive Liturgy in the Protection Veil of the Mother of God Church, which is cared by the Salesian community of the “Mary Help of Christians” (Beginning of existence: 1936; canonically founded: 1994)....
- 18 February 2010
  11:15
- Blessing of renovated building of the Ivano-Frankivs’k Spiritual Seminary On February 12 Bishop Volodymyr (Viytyshyn), Eparch of Ivano-Frankivsk, blessed one of the floors of the residential building of the Ivano-Frankivsk Spiritual Seminary. “…It is a good beginning, let the Lord bless this work for the good and spiritual teaching of future pastors,” remarked the bishop in a short speech after the blessing, and also thanked...
- 18 February 2010
  11:12
- On the Day of Consecrated Life head of the UGCC met with monastics On February 14, 2010, in Kyiv, in the St. Basil the Great Church, on the occasion of the Day of Consecrated Life (February 15), a meeting of His Beatitude Lubomyr, the head of the UGCC, took place with the monastics. The main theme of the meeting was dedicated to spiritual exercises. The speaker was His Beatitude Lubomyr. First of all, the attention of those...
- 18 February 2010
  10:52
- Weather will not prevent the initiative of pilgrimage As we reported before, currently the monitoring group of the Patriarch’s Pilgrimage Center of the UGCC is conducting its work. The monitoring group has already succeeded in visiting over 20 pilgrimage places. Specialists continue for the second week to examine shrines of churches, study nearby accommodations and canteens, and meet with deans and...
- 18 February 2010
  10:45
- Legislative changes extend rights of prisoners regarding freedom of religion Within the next few days the changes to the Criminal Executive Code of Ukraine will come into effect, which provide rights for convicted persons in prisons. Among them are those which are directly related to the activity of religious organizations and the right for convicted persons to the freedom of religion. The corresponding law, which the parliament...
- 16 February 2010
  10:34
- Course on “The Basics of the Christian Faith and Ministry in the Parish” to be held in Kyiv The Catechetical Commission of the Kyivan Archeparchy in cooperation with the Patriarch’s Catechetical Commission, the Catechetical-Pedagogical Institute of the Ukrainian Catholic University, and the Inter-Eparchial Commission, is organizing the educational program “The Basics of the Christian Faith and Ministry in the Parish,” which will...
- 16 February 2010
  10:32
- On the Easter holidays migrants can arrive home in their own cars On February 11, 2010, the Supreme Council of Ukraine approved a project of legislation №4166, which considerably facilitates the procedure to enter Ukraine in one’s own car which is registered with the organs of foreign countries. In support of the bill, migrants actively collected signatures through the migration portal NAVIGATOR (see here)....
- 13 February 2010
  05:49
- Duet Pysanka dedicated their anniversary to the Church On Sunday, February 7, the capital of Bukovyna carolled, sang folk songs, and covered with flowers the main stage of the region – the Olha Kobylyanska Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater. For the occasion of the anniversary there were two sold out concerts with the participation of the duet Pysanka. Oksana Savchuk and Ivan Kavacyuk completed the anniversary...
- 13 February 2010
  05:47
- Conference of monasticism took place in Yaremche monastery For the occasion of the proclamation of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC of the year 2010 as God’s Year of Christian Vocation with a special emphasis on the vocation to consecrated life, on February 8, 2010, representatives of monastic communities and congregations from the areas of the Kolomyja-Chernivtsi Eparchy gathered in the monastery of Yaremcha....
- 13 February 2010
  02:20
- “Churches were simply returned to its proprietor” “Allegations that the Greek Catholics violently took away Orthodox churches are absolutely untrue. They simply returned them to its proprietor. And we in letters to the top authorities mention that such assertions we heard, but where is the proof that those are your churches? Please let someone give some notarized and reliable evidence because we do not...
- 11 February 2010
  12:50
- The XXI International Conference of Military Chaplains took place in Madrid Already from 1990 military chaplains of different country and different religions of the world meet together. This year the meeting took place in Madrid, Spain, and it was devoted to the role of military chaplains in the Armed Forces.
- 10 February 2010
  11:37
- “God says: ‘You want it? – Here it is’…”: His Beatitude Lubomyr The interview of His Beatitude Lubomyr, the head of the UGCC, was issued with this title for the magazine Glavred (on our web page it can be read at this reference: www.ugcc.org.ua/1080.0.html). The head of the UGCC said these words in the context of the second round of presidential elections of Ukraine. Answering the question about whether our current...

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