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- 28 January 2009
  12:49
- “When we sincerely wish good for our neighbor, only then can we sincerely pray” – His Beatitude Lubomyr For a whole week in churches of different confessions (Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Churches of Christians of the Evangelical Faith of Ukraine (Pentecostals), Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine, and the UGCC), as part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity...
- 28 January 2009
  12:45
- Third day of prayers for Christian unity As part of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, on Wednesday January 21, the scheduled prayer took place in the Philadelphia Church of Christians of the Evangelical Faith (Pentecostals). From the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr and Rev. Fr. Oleksa Petriv, Head of the Secretariat of the Major Archbishopric of the UGCC, took part...
- 28 January 2009
  12:43
- “People divide because they do not comprehend unity or feel responsible for it" – His Beatitude Lubomyr On Monday January 19, in the Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God (Myl’nykivsko-Slobids’ka St, 5), His Beatitude Lubomyr, Head of the UGCC, began the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. Talking to those participating in the prayers, His Beatitude Lubomyr noted in particular: "We human beings are called to make happen on the earth...
- 28 January 2009
  12:38
- The faithful of different confessions in Odesa can write down their prayers for unity in the symbolic book of unity In Odesa, as well as in other regions of Ukraine, on January 18 the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity began. During this period Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants will pray together for unity. This practice in Odesa was begun by the chancellor of the Odesa-Crimea Exarchate of the UGCC, Fr. Volodymyr Zhdan....
- 28 January 2009
  12:36
- The head of the UGСC took part in the opening of the Museum of the Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1919 On January 22, 2009, in Kyiv the Museum of the Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1919 opened. So far the display occupies one large room in the former premises of the Central Council (Kyiv City Teacher’s House). In the future it is promised to extend the museum. In the displays of the Museum of the Revolution are pictures, documents, and personal items of heroes of...
- 28 January 2009
  12:32
- Christmas in the orphanages of Zaporizhzhya From January 12 to 16, 2009, “Christmas celebrations in the orphanages and children’s institutions of Zaporizhzhya” were organized by the social center Rays of Light [Prominnya] (city of Zaporizhzhya) with the support of the local charitable fund Good Hope, the community of Saint Michael the Archangel of the city of Zaporizhzhya (UGCC) and students of...
- 27 January 2009
  09:39
- Bishop Peter Stasiuk, Ukrainian Catholic Bishop of Australia, New Zealand and Oceania to receive Order of Australia On “Australia Day” 26th January, 2009 the office of the Governor General of Australia, Ms. Quentin Bryce, released the names of those who had been appointed as recipients in the General Division of the Order of Australia within the Australian Honours System.
- 21 January 2009
  09:16
- Vandalism in the church of the UGСC in the city of Kirovohrad The religious community (parish) of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church of the city of Kirovohrad reports: on the night from January 13 to 14, 2009, the Church of the Mother of God of Perpetual Help, which is situated on Heroes of Stalingrad Street near building № 32 in the city of Kirovohrad, was broken into and...
- 21 January 2009
  09:13
- The Head of the UGCC prayed in Uzhhorod for the repose of Bishop Ivan (Semediy) On January 14, 2009, on the day of the Feast of the Circumcision of Our Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ, at the Cathedral Church of the Mukachiv Greek-Catholic Eparchy in the city of Uzhhorod, on the fortieth day after the death of Bishop Ivan (Semediy), a Divine Liturgy in his memory was celebrated. The service, in concelebration with Bishop Bohdan...
- 21 January 2009
  09:11
- For the third year in a row the Jordan water-blessing will take place on the Dnipro On January 18, 2009, the Sunday before the Theophany, His Beatitude Lubomyr, Major Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych, at 9.00 in the Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God, which is built on the territory of the future Patriarchal Center of the UGCC in Kyiv, will celebrate a pontifical Divine Liturgy. After this the Head of UGCC will lead a Great...
- 21 January 2009
  09:07
- A new Apostolic Visitator will take care of Greek-Catholics in Italy and Spain From January 7, 2009, Bishop Dionisiy (Lyakhovych), according to the advice of the Patriarchal Synod of Bishops, which took place on September 2-9, 2008, was named by His Holiness Benedict XVI as Apostolic Visitator for Ukrainian Greek-Catholics in Italy and Spain. The web page of the UGCC in Italy, www.chiesaucraina.it, reported about this. In...
- 21 January 2009
  09:04
- Christian Churches of Ukraine for the third time will join the world Week of Prayer for Christian Unity The week of Prayer for Christian Unity starts on January 19. Orthodox, Catholics and Protestants will pray together. Prayers will take place daily in churches of different confessions, where brothers from other Churches are invited. This world practice is celebrating now its 41st year, and it was initiated by the World Council of Churches together with...
- 16 January 2009
  12:49
- The first audio project of the Head of the UGCC was presented Power and riches, the Church and youth, immigration and attitudes toward foreigners, journalists and businessmen, morality in political and public life… Talks on these and other themes of His Beatitude Lubomyr (Husar), Major Archbishop of Kyiv and Halych of the UGCC, can now be heard on three compact disks. Their general name is: «The road to oneself.»...
- 16 January 2009
  09:26
- An auxiliary bishop has been appointed for the faithful of the UGCC in Argentina On January 14, 2009, at 13.00 in the Vatican it was announced that His Holiness Benedict XVI has blessed the decision of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church to appoint Reverend Father Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Ph.D., rector of Holy Spirit Seminary in Lviv, Auxiliary Bishop of the Eparchy of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God in...
- 06 January 2009
  10:48
- His Beatitude Lubomyr considers that the current crisis may be used for benefit On December 31 in the Church of the Annunciation of the Most Holy Mother of God at the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, a prayer service of thanksgiving on the occasion of the completion of 2008 took place. The prayer was led by Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), auxiliary bishop of the Kyiv Archeparchy. Present at the prayer service was His...

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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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