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- 27 July 2009
  05:32
- The UGCC celebrates the anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’-Ukraine On July 26-28, the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church will celebrate the 1021st anniversary of the Baptism of Rus’-Ukraine. All the Liturgies will include a reading of the “Appeal of Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church for the special occasion of the day of Saint Volodymyr and Baptizing of Rus’-Ukraine.” Also, after every Liturgy,...
- 27 July 2009
  05:30
- Bishop Svyatoslav (Shevchuk) undertakes pastoral visits to the northern Vicariate of Argentina On Saturday, July 11, Bishop Svyatoslav (Shevchuk) served the Hierarchal Liturgy in the pro-cathedral church of Saint Volodymyr, in the city Posadas, Misiones, as part of church feast celebrations. The church was overcrowded with parishioners who arrived to greet their bishop. Bishop Svyatoslav spoke to them in Spanish and presented the figure of...
- 26 July 2009
  09:16
- Pastoral visit of Bishop Stephan in Kharkiv region Reverend Bishop Stephan (Meniok), Exarch of Donets’k and Kharkiv, visited the parish of the city Dymytrova, Kharkiv region. The Hierarch was accompanied by the clergy of the Exarchate. The Bishop greeted the local community while it celebrated it’s 6th anniversary from its inception and blessed a 12 meter deep well on the territory of the church. The well...
- 26 July 2009
  09:15
- Representatives of UGCC visit the city of Berdyans’k Recently, Bishop Stephan (Meniok), Exarch of Donets’k-Kharkiv, Father Serhiy Kovbel', pastor of the church of Holy-Martyr Josaphat, celibate priest of the Order of the Holy Redeemer, Father Mykhail Zaverchuk, all visited the city of Berdyans’k in the Zaporizhzhya region. There, the delegates met with the Berdyans’k city mayor. The mayor expressed a...
- 26 July 2009
  09:10
- All Ukrainian Pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya (Sunday, July 19) On Sunday, July 19, the spiritual program began with an Utrennja service in the Cathedral of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsya. Afterwards, the procession of bishops and priests took place from the Cathedral to the podium on the miraculous place, where they were joined by the President of Ukraine Victor Yushchenko, who together with his family, took part in...
- 26 July 2009
  09:07
- All Ukrainian Pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya (Saturday, July 18) The All Ukrainian Pilgrimage to Maria’s Spiritual Center in Zarvanytsya began on July 18. This year’s pilgrimage took place within the framework of the yearlong celebration of the Divine Calling. The pilgrimage began with registration of participants on Saturday, July 18, followed by a Rosary prayer at 12:00 at the Mother of God of Zarvanytsya sculpture...
- 26 July 2009
  09:04
- A public hearing concerning the problems faced by Ukrainian labor migrants took place in Portugal Changes in Ukrainian legislation related to labor migrants has sparked discussions and protests from Ukrainians living in Italy, Portugal and Spain. Representatives of many public organizations from these countries claim that the legislation panders to populist worries over Ukrainians living abroad, and politicians play on this fear to hide their...
- 26 July 2009
  08:58
- The government intends to work through issues of state-church relations in Ukraine: the conclusion reached at a meeting between Yulia Tymoshenko and leaders of confessions On July 13, 2009, Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko met with members of All Ukrainian Council of Churches and religious organizations. She told them the government was willing to work through questions of state church relations. Among them, the head of government commented on a proposal to reduce payments on natural gas and public utilities for...
- 23 July 2009
  02:36
- The “Mothers in prayer” group gathered in Kolomyja for their third meeting After the benediction by Bishop Mykolay (Simkaylo) on July 9, in Kolomyja, the third gathering of the “Mothers in prayer” group from the Kolomyja-Chernivtsi eparchy took place. About 450 mothers from more than forty communities took part in the meeting. Kolomyja blossomed with picturesque embroideries from all regions of the eparchy. ...
- 23 July 2009
  02:34
- One of the main themes of the 37th convention of the Secretary Generals of the European Episcopal Conferences was the encyclical “Caritas in Veritate” One of the main themes of the 37th convention of Secretary Generals of European Episcopal Conferences, which took place July 9-12, 2009, at a retreat in Brukhovychi near Lviv, was the third encyclical of Pope Benedict XVI entitled “Caritas in Veritate” (Mercy in truth). This document, written by the Holy Father, was signed on June 29, 2009, and was...
- 21 July 2009
  02:38
- Recognition of the historical repression of the UGCC will give rise to a better approach to its currents needs “In relation to what we expect from this decision (recognition of the repression of the UGCC – aut.), it follows to establish the suffering inflicted on the Church morally and spiritually, the widespread destruction of the churches as well as priesthood, the repression of the faithful and the clergy. It is also important to note the financial losses the...
- 21 July 2009
  02:36
- The Synod of Bishops of Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric of the UGCC holds its 45th session From June 29 to July 1, 2009, in the town of Novoyavorivs’k, Lviv region, at the Youth Spiritual Retreat Center of Metropolitan Andrey and Archimandrite Clementiy brothers Sheptytskyj, the 45th session of the Synod of Bishops of Kyiv-Halych Major Archbishopric of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church took place. There were 18 members of the Metropolitan...
- 14 July 2009
  01:18
- Caritas in Veritate in re sociali. 37th Meeting of the General Secretaries of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe - Lviv, Ukraine The General Secretaries of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe held their meeting at the Redemptorist Centre of Bryuchovychi near Lviv (Ukraine), from 9th to 13th July 2009. Twenty-seven countries were represented: Albania, Austria, Belarus, Croatia, France, Germany, England and Wales, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the...
- 14 July 2009
  01:48
- Joint ecumenical prayer for the prosperity of Ukraine On July 2, 2009, a joint prayer for the prosperity of Ukraine took place at the Kyivan National Center for Organ and Chamber Music of Ukraine. The event was organized by the Ukrainian Biblical Society. In the opening speech, Hryhoriy Komendant, president of the Ukrainian Biblical Society (Christian non-confessional society which is devoted to...
- 09 July 2009
  06:43
- Pope Benedict XVI blessed crowns for Hoshiv’s miraculous icon of the Mother of God On July 1, 2009, a copy of the Hoshiv miraculous icon of the Mother of God was presented to Holy Father Benedict XVI during the general audience on Saint Peter’s Square in the Vatican.

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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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