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- 23 June 2009
  09:53
- They did not come, but returned! On Thursday June 18, 2009, in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv, the Episcopal ordination of Bishop Joseph (Milyan), auxiliary bishop of Kyivan Archeparchy, took place. This type of Episcopal ordination in Kyiv, a first in the most recent history of the Church, last occurred 400 years ago. The Kyivan Metropolitan Mikhail...
- 22 June 2009
  10:53
- Ivano-Frankivs’k city council returns a building that belonged to the Church before the war On June 16, a working group, consisting of: Fr. Mikhail Klapkiv, eparchial economist and the vicar for external affairs, Fr. Oleksandr Levytskyj, vice-rector of IFSS, s. Yosyfa Kyjak, OSBM, Director of the Catholic school of Saint Basil the Great, and representatives of the regional state administration, examined a building (11 Shevchenko St. in...
- 20 June 2009
  01:14
- Adult life through the eyes of children On June 8, in Drohobych, pictures drawn by over 190 children from Sambir-Drohobych region were put on display at the Chaplaincy Youth Center as part of a competition. This contest for children of different ages was organized by NPF “Pokrova.”
- 20 June 2009
  01:13
- Episcopal ordination of the monk-priest Joseph Milyan At 9:00am on June 18, 2009, in the Patriarchal cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (5 Mykil'sko-Slobids’ka St. in Kyiv), the Episcopal ordination of monk-priest Joseph Milyan will take place. The Hierarchical ordination will begin the day before, on June 17 at 6:00pm, with the hierarchical nomination, where the candidate will publicly express his...
- 20 June 2009
  01:04
- An update from the Department of the Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC responsible for pastoral care of government institutions of Ukraine Representatives of the Department of Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek–Catholic Church responsible for pastoral care of government institutions of Ukraine contributed to the creation of a few important measures for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the Department of Defense of Ukraine....
- 20 June 2009
  09:07
- About the building of the Patriarchal center during the spring period "Internal elements made of glass-fiber concrete are being placed on the inside shell of the central dome [this shell was set into place in January of this year – author]. In the near future, we will begin work on the facade plaster of the central dome and pylons of the church, measuring 13.2 meters. We hope to complete this work by winter time” explained...
- 11 June 2009
  02:05
- In the village of Uhol'na, a chapel was blessed on the grounds of a burned down wooden church Residents of the village Uhol'na, Lviv oblast, have built a chapel on the grounds where, one and a half months ago, a fire destroyed an ancient wooden church. Along with the newly built chapel, the villagers have been building a new church since 2006.
- 11 June 2009
  01:11
- Ternopil’ city council acknowledges the repression of the UGCC On June 4, the Ternopil’ city council ratified an appeal to the President of Ukraine and Supreme Council of Ukraine to initiate the process for a historically just acknowledgement, on a national level, of the UGCC’s repression.
- 09 June 2009
  07:09
- The UGCC’s inter-eparchial subcommittee “Life in Sobriety” reaches a new level of activity From June 1st to the 2nd in the city of Ternopil’ the UGCC’s inter-eparchial subcommittee “Life in Sobriety” organized a scientifically-practical seminar for all the heads of the eparchial subcommittees. A new method of pastoral service for the co-addicted was presented based on a soon-to-be-published manual “Spiritual Therapy for the Co-Addicted.”...
- 09 June 2009
  07:07
- 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...
- 09 June 2009
  07:01
- Bishop Hlib (Lonchyna) appointed as Apostolic administrator On June 2, 2009, at 1:00 pm, the Vatican informed the press that the Holy Father Benedict XVI blessed the decision of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC to appoint Reverend Bishop Hlib (Lonchyna), Curial bishop of Curia of the Major Archbishopric, as the Apostolic administrator of the Exarchate for Ukrainian-Catholics in Great Britain. Prior to his...
- 05 June 2009
  11:52
- The president of Ukraine, Victor Yushchenko, met with students and seminarians of the Ukrainian pontifical collegiums of Saint Josaphat The president of Ukraine, Victor Yushchenko, along with his wife Mrs. Katrina Yushchenko, met with students and seminarians of the Ukrainian pontifical collegiums of Saint Josaphat in the Vatican.
- 04 June 2009
  02:56
- An international conference on prison chaplaincy “Area Juridica” will be held in Kyiv On June 6, 2009, the international conference “Juridical Measures of Prison Chaplaincy” will take place at the headquarters of the State Department of Ukraine for Execution of Punishment (81 Mel'nykova St.). The conference will examine the status of legislation in European countries for the safeguarding of humane practices in penitentiaries....
- 04 June 2009
  02:53
- The Current Status of Migration Requires a New Look at this Growing Phenomenon From May 25 to 27 the annual international conference for representatives of church social organizations of Europe is held in Lviv - Bryukhovychi. Over twenty participants from 10 European countries take part in it. The meeting is co-organized by Caritas of Europe and Caritas of Ukraine. As said by Andrey Vas’kovych, President of Caritas of Ukraine, in...
- 04 June 2009
  02:44
- Bishops of the UGCC and RCC in Ukraine conduct joint meeting On May 26-27, 2009, in Lviv-Bryukhovychi a joint meeting of the members of the Synod of Bishops of the Kyiv and Halych Major Archbishopric of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and Conference of Bishops of the Roman-Catholic Church in Ukraine took place. The Catholic bishops of Ukraine who carry on their ministry on its territory take part in the...

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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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