NEWS of the UGCC news

- 03 September 2009
  08:10
- UGCC is a source for unity for the Ukrainian community: Apostolic administrator of the Exarchate for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain In an interview with the Religious Information Services of Ukraine (RISU), Bishop Hlib (Lonchyna), apostolic administrator of the Exarchate for Ukrainian Catholics in Great Britain, explained the role of the UGCC and its patriarchal mode.
- 03 September 2009
  08:07
- Celebrating the Transfiguration of the Lord in penitentiary institutions of Ukraine The Transfiguration of the Lord was celebrated in penitentiary institutions of Ukraine on the 22^nd and 23^rd of August. In Kyiv, money was collected to buy the traditional offering of honey and fruits in preparation for the exhibition “Transfiguration through God’s Love.”
- 02 September 2009
  08:58
- Celebration of Independence Day in Moldova For the special occasion of Independence Day on Augusts 23, 2009, in the UGCC church “Veil of Holiest Mother of God” located in the city of Chisinau (Moldova), a festive Divine Liturgy took place.
- 01 September 2009
  12:08
- The President of Ukraine rewarded representatives of UGСC on Independence Day The President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko signed decree № 622/2009 “Honoring the religious figures of Ukraine with State rewards.” This document allows for the “honoring of personal contributions to the development of spirituality in Ukraine and for the strengthening of the Church’s activities, on this special occasion – the 18th anniversary of the...
- 31 August 2009
  11:59
- Head of the UGCC prays that Ukrainians “live truthfully, be just in your actions, and love your nation” on Independence Day During the celebration of Ukraine’s 18th year as an independent country, a prayer service for our country took place at the St. Sofia Cathedral in Kyiv. It is a tradition to begin Independence Day celebrations with a prayer for Ukraine and the Ukrainian nation that was initiated a few years ago by Victor Yushchenko. From the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic...
- 31 August 2009
  11:57
- Days of Good European Neighbors 2009 From August 29-30, 2009, on the banks of the river Buh, near the village of Krechiv, city Novovolyns’k (region of Volyn’) and island Kryliv (Liublin province), the Days of Good European Neighbors is scheduled to take place. Specifically for this event, a bridge will be built across the river Buh, connecting Ukraine and Poland. The program for these days...
- 27 August 2009
  11:50
- The exhibit “Sacral art of Halychyna” opened in Vinnytsya During the Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord, on August 19, in Vinnytsya’s regional museum, the opening of the exhibition entitled “Sacral art of Halychyna” took place. Plenty of works from the Lviv Museum of History and Religion and Museum of Sacral Art of the Lviv UGCC Archeparchy were put on display....
- 27 August 2009
  11:48
- Christian summer camp in Spain The Catechetical-Pedagogical Institute and the Patriarchal Catechetical Commission for the Benediction of Bishop Dionisiy (Lyakhovych), in cooperation with Fr. Ivan Lypka (pastor for the UGCC Ukrainian community in the city of Madrid), organized and conducted the Christian summer camp “In the search of treasures” for Ukrainian children and...
- 27 August 2009
  11:47
- “Mothers in Prayer” from the eparchy of Stryj organized the IV eparchial convention in Kokhavyno, Lviv region Close to a thousand mothers from all districts of the eparchy of Stryj gathered together for the IV convention at the Redemptionist Fathers monastery located in the village of Kokhavyno in the Zhydachiv district. On August 15, 2009, in the monastery’s church Protection of the Holy Mother of God, Bishop Taras (Sen'kiv) celebrated the Hierarchical Liturgy...
- 26 August 2009
  08:58
- Bishop Mykolay (Simkaylo) blessed the festival "Sources of Pokuttya" This past weekend, the second regional festival of Pokuttya of amateur art entitled "Sources of Pokuttya" was held in Horodenko. Celebrations began with the Divine Liturgy, which was led by Reverend Bishop Mykolay (Simkaylo), Eparch of Kolomyja-Chernivtsi.
- 26 August 2009
  08:46
- “Week of Practical Evangelization” in the Kyivan archeparchy From August 21st to the 26th, the “Week of Practical Evangelization” took place in the Kyivan archeparchy. This follows the foreseen increase of evangelization of parishes in the cities of Kyiv, Vyshgorod and Brovary. In particular, “Street evangelization” or evangelistic meetings with the parish youth, children, and seniors and prayer in the...
- 26 August 2009
  01:54
- “Caritas-Pechers’k” sent 76 care packages to the needy Parochial service of mercy “Caritas-Pechers’k,” based out of the Church of Saint Nicolas on Askol'd’s grave, sent 76 care packages to the needy. A portion of the gifts are intended for children, whose mothers are imprisoned, while the rest is for families that became victims of severe flooding in the village of Voskresentsi, Kolomyja district of the...
- 26 August 2009
  01:53
- Head of the UGCC took part at the opening of an exhibition of art created by prisoners On August 19 2009, at 10:00 am, in the show-room of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Saint Basil the Great (Kyiv, 7 Voznesenskyj Uzviz), an exhibition of art created by prisoners was formally opened to the public.
- 18 August 2009
  11:49
- Residents of Kyiv will take part in a jubilee pilgrimage to Zazdrist’ and Zarvanytsya Through the initiative of the Christian community of the Greek-Catholic church Nicolas the Miracle Worker on Askol'd’s Grave and support of other Christian communities of the UGCC, the 5th annual All Ukrainian Pilgrimage is scheduled to take place on the first Saturday of the week after September 7 (the day of departure in to eternity of Patriarch Joseph...
- 18 August 2009
  02:00
- The pedestrian pilgrimage from Sambir to Zarvanytsya Almost two hundred pilgrims took part in a pedestrian pilgrimage from Sambir to Zarvanytsya in order to pray to the Lord on behalf of workers, those addicted to alcohol and drugs, and for Divine Calling to priesthood for our Church. The pilgrimage lasted ten days and spanned a distance of over 250 km through Lviv, Ivano-Frankivs’k and Ternopil’ regions....

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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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