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- 09 July 2009
06:41 - Commission for Public Morality must act as a sensitive mother, “politely, but decisively” “I do not know how much authority this commission holds (National Expert Commission for Public Morality of Ukraine – aut.), but as a state institution it is obliged to pay special attention to things that, from a moral point of view, can be harmful to the state or society. This does not need to be a police institution, but rather a structure that draws the...
- 09 July 2009
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- 09 July 2009
06:39 - “I would personally be very happy to see a free, independent Russian church, without excessive association with the state” His Beatitude Lubomyr On July 3, 2009, an interview with His Beatitude Lubomyr, Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, was published in the newspaper “Levyj Bereh.” In the interview, the Head of the UGCC was asked why Greek-Catholics are “moving” to the East, what are the prospects for the relationship with the Moscow Patriarchate and how to unify a country that has been so...
- 09 July 2009
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- 08 July 2009
12:05 - Another fundraising concert tour to help build cathedral in Kyiv On July 2, 2009, at the conference hall of the Archeparchy of Lviv, Bishop Joseph (Milyan), auxiliary bishop of Kyivan Archeparchy, met with representatives of eparchies in Ukraine to inform them about a second tour of fundraising concerts....
- 08 July 2009
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- 08 July 2009
12:01 - Pope Benedict XVI announces upcoming release of his third encyclical On Monday, June 29, 2009, while addressing the faithful after the “Lord Angel” prayers, Pope Benedict XVI informed them that his third encyclical, named “Caritas in veritate” or Love in truth,” will soon be released and will address various social questions.
- 08 July 2009
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- 05 July 2009
04:36 - Triple jubilee for Metropolitan Ivan (Martynyak) On Sunday, July 5, a three-day celebration will begin as part of the triple jubilee for Most Reverend Bishop Ivan, Metropolitan of Peremyshl-Warsaw of the UGCC. It will be his 70th birthday, 45th anniversary of priesthood and 20th anniversary of his Episcopal ordination. ...
- 05 July 2009
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- 02 July 2009
04:02 - Social Project of the Apostolic Visitor for Ukrainians Greek-Catholics of Italy and Spain Ukrainians in Italy feel an increasing need to unify. On June 25, 2009, Apostolic Visitor Bishop Dionisiy (Lyakhovych) invited a group of social workers with experience working for the Ukrainian community in Italy to discuss this topic. More specifically, the purpose of the meeting was to discuss effective methodologies to unify and to bring about the...
- 02 July 2009
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- 02 July 2009
04:00 - Celebration of Constitution Day at the Lviv Regional State Department for Automobile Inspection On June 26, 2009, at the headquarters of the Lviv Regional State Department for Automobile Inspection, workers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) met with representatives of a branch of the Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church responsible for chaplaincy of government institutions of Ukraine....
- 02 July 2009
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- 02 July 2009
03:28 - Survey: “Ukrainians of Rome and the world economic crisis” On June 15, 2009, a survey was conducted, at the social services center that operates under the auspices of the Christian Society of Ukrainians in Italy, on the topic “Ukrainians of Rome and the world economic crisis.” One hundred citizens of Ukraine, who live and work in Rome, answered the questions in the questionnaire. The information was then compiled...
- 02 July 2009
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- 29 June 2009
07:54 - Work on the creation of the UGCC Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center continues On June 19, 2009, members of a working group that was created by the decree of His Beatitude Lubomyr, met in Kyiv to discuss the creation and development of a UGCC Patriarchal Pilgrimage Center. The main purpose of this meeting was to present and discuss the work that is in progress at this stage. In particular, the terms of implementation were set and...
- 29 June 2009
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- 29 June 2009
07:53 - Presentation of new project “UNIAN Religion” On 23 June, 2009, a presentation of a new project “UNIAN Religion” (http://religions.unian.net/) took place at the news agency, UNIAN, as part of a round table discussion “Religious subjects in the secular mass media: problems and prospects.”
- 29 June 2009
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- 25 June 2009
11:05 - Head of the UGCC took part in the international conference “Legal Guidelines for Prison Ministering” On June 6, 2009, in Kyiv, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), in cooperation with the State Department of Ukraine for Execution of Punishment, participated in the international conference “Legal Guidelines for Prison Ministering” organized by the International Catholic Commission of Prison Pastoral Guardianship (ICCPPC) and by the...
- 25 June 2009
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- 24 June 2009
11:53 - 7 thousand pilgrims took part in a pilgrimage to the village Bylychi On Sunday, June 14, All Saints day, the annual all-eparchial pilgrimage took place in the village of Bylychi. Pilgrims from many different areas of the eparchy joined the procession. The Festive Liturgy was delivered by Bishop Yulian (Voronovskyj), Eparch of Sambir-Drohobych, and Bishop Yaroslav (Pryriz), auxiliary bishop, in the presence of about 50...
- 24 June 2009
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- 23 June 2009
10:08 - Round table discussion on the topic: “At a crossroads: What’s next for Ukrainian migration?” On June 11, 2009 from 11:00am to 1:00pm at the Ukrainian House on 2 Khreschatyk St. in Kyiv, a round table discussion on the topic: “At a crossroads: What’s next for Ukrainian migration" took place. According to Mr. Hryhoriy Seleschuk, Head of the Commission of the UGCC in matters of migration, the results of year long research on the current status of...
- 23 June 2009
PUBLICATIONS
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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