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- 11 October 2009
  12:37
- Delegation of the UGCC takes part in the Catholic public Social Days of Europe The first Catholic Social Days of Europe are taking place this weekend, October 8-11, 2009, in Gdansk, Poland. The delegate of the meeting from the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the head of the Commission of UGCC for assistance of unity between Christians Dr. Ihor Shaban, underlined that the slogan of the congress, in which about 500 delegates from 30...
- 11 October 2009
  12:07
- One more church of the UGCC was blessed on in Ternopil' region On October 4, 2009, in the village Hermakivka Mel'nytsya of the Podillya deanery of the Ternopil’ region, a reconstructed church was blessed, which was an important event for the villagers. Due to the efforts of the believers and of the pastor Father Mykhail Hryts’vik, the inactive church was returned to life and now has become an adornment of the village....
- 07 October 2009
  12:51
- Jubilee of the ecumenical collegiums of Sainaintt Thomas College in Vienna On October 2, 2009, in the assembly hall of the Viennese Archeparchial Seminary (Vienna, Austria), took place a symposium devoted to the celebration of the 90^th anniversary of the ecumenical St. Thomas Aquinas College.
- 07 October 2009
  10:58
- Head of the UGCC met with the Ambassador of Germany On October 5, 2009, at the office of the Patriarch’s administration, the working meeting of His Beatitude Lubomyr with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Ukraine Ph.D. Gans-Yurgen Gaymziot was held. During the meeting the sides discussed the religious situation in Ukraine and the status of...
- 06 October 2009
  08:04
- «Children’s Gospel» united the largest main traditional Christian Churches of Ukraine On October 5, 2009, in Kyiv, took place the presentation of the book “Children’s Gospel: Stories about Jesus.” The book, which was issued by the publishing house “A-BA-BA-GA-LA-MA-HA,” was presented by representatives of the UOC-MP, the UOC-KP and the UGCC, and also the director of the publishing house Ivan Malkovych and the main artist Kost' Lavro....
- 06 October 2009
  08:00
- The bishops of Europe studied the question of restitution of Church’s property From October 1 to 4, 2009, an annual plenary meeting of the Council of Episcopal Conferences of Europe (Consilium Conferentiarum Episcoporum Europae (CCEE)) was held in France, in which the heads and official representatives of the 34 national Episcopal conferences of Europe took part. From the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC, as the representative of His...
- 06 October 2009
  07:56
- First complete school year of the Ukrainian school of city Brussels The new Ukrainian school of Brussels recently held its opening ceremony. With this celebration began the first complete school year of the Ukrainian school, which was opened on March 22, 2009, as part of the UGCC of Brussels. In the ceremony participated the head of the school priest Oleh Zymak, CSSR, the administrator Mgr. Adriana Semenchenko, teachers,...
- 06 October 2009
  07:53
- Head of the UGCC congratulated the possible beginning of a dialogue of three churches of a divided Ukrainian Orthodoxy In an interview for the Ukrainian service of BBC in London, which was aired on radio “Era” on September 28, 2009, His Beatitude Lubomyr welcomed the steps for the start or renewing of a dialogue of three Orthodox Churches in Ukraine. Previously the Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate made a decision to renew or begin a dialogue...
- 06 October 2009
  07:48
- Head of the government met with the Archbishop of Lviv of the UGCC On October 2, 2009, the Ukrainian Prime Minister Julia Tymoshenko met with Archbishop Ihor (Voznyak) of Lviv of the UGCC. The meeting took place as part of a working trip of the head of the government to the Lviv region.
- 06 October 2009
  07:46
- Patriarch Lubomyr: UGCC Is Accused Without Any Evidence In an interview with the BBC Ukraine service, which aired on September 28, 2009, Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, commented on the accusations against Greek Catholics expressed by Archbishop Illarion of Volokolamsk, the head of the Department of External Church Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, during...
- 05 October 2009
  08:31
- Prayer of TAIZE in Kyiv will become inter-confessional On September 27, 2009, in the church of Mykolaj the Good, in Podil, a duty prayer meeting in the spirit of Taize was held. "This was the largest meeting – there were 50 participants. Those who personally took part in Taize abroad, their friends, and all interested in what Taize is came here," reports Father Roman Syrotych....
- 05 October 2009
  08:26
- The Permanent Synod has made the necessary steps for the preparation of this year’s Patriarch’s Synod of Bishops The work of the Permanent Synod of Bishops of the UGCC was completed in London. During three days the members of the Synod considered the important themes of church life. Necessary steps were taken for the preparation of this year’s Patriarch’s Synod of Bishops, which will be held from November 29 to December 9, 2009, in Lviv-Bryukhovychi. The next steps...
- 05 October 2009
  08:14
- Patriarchal Cathedral has Begun to be Covered with Copper “In the middle of September we began to cover the central vault of the Patriarchal Cathedral of Resurrection of Christ with (green-colored) copper plates. The construction administration entrusted the work to the Kyivan company Alruf. Weather permitting, all four segments of the central vault of cathedral will be covered this year,” Fr. Petro Fedyuk,...
- 05 October 2009
  08:12
- Meeting of the Permanent Synod of Bishops of UGCC held in London From September 24 to September 28, 2009, a meeting of the Permanent Synod of Bishops of the UGCC was held in London. The Permanent Synod is a group of bishops that works on behalf of the Patriarch’s Synod and is the advisory body for the head of the Church. The main task of the Permanent Synod is to prepare a meeting of the Patriarch’s Synod. This year the...
- 05 October 2009
  08:07
- Eparchial pilgrimage to the pilgrim’s place in Altoiting took place On Sunday, September 27, 2009, in the town of Altoiting (Germany), the eparchial pilgrimage to the miraculous statue of the Mother of God “Black Madonna” took place. The hierarchical Divine Liturgy in the Church of Saint Conrad was led by the Reverend Bishop Peter (Kryk), in concelebration of fathers: Bohdan Pidlisetskyj, Lyubomyr Fedorak, Andrey...

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