NEWS of the UGCC news

- 15 December 2008
  05:54
- On 60th anniversary of signing of Universal Declaration of Human Rights UGCC published book ‘Human Rights of Prisoners’ "Criminality is a fact which it is impossible to avoid, but it is not always clear for us what to do with it, and how. How should we behave with criminals, how do criminals themselves have to examine the status of their soul?" So wrote His Beatitude Lubomyr in the introduction to the book "Human Rights of Prisoners." Thus the Head of the UGCC poses such questions:...
- 15 December 2008
  05:47
- Meeting of the organizing committee of the Kyiv Archeparchy on the theme of evangelization On December 9, 2008, in Kyiv, with Reverend Bishop Bohdan (Dzyurakh), auxiliary bishop of the Kyiv Archeparchy, as chair, a meeting of the organizing committee of the Council of the Kyiv Archeparchy took place on the theme of evangelization. A council will be conducted with the slogan: "To accept Christ, to live by Christ, to witness Christ."...
- 15 December 2008
  05:46
- For the good of the city On December 12 at the invitation of the city head of Ivano-Frankivs’k, Mr. Viktor Anushkevychus, Reverend Bishop Volodymyr (Viytyshyn), Eparch of Ivano-Frankivs’k, blessed a new rescue car for the necessities of the Ministry of Emergencies (ME) of the city of Ivano-Frankivs’k, which was given by the city head for the city administration of the ME....
- 15 December 2008
  05:40
- Pastoral work with alcohol dependent according to method of spiritual therapy in Vinnytsya and Kyiv On November 26, 2008, in Vinnytsya the seminar “Pastoral work with the alcohol dependent according to the method of spiritual therapy” for clergy of the Vinnytsya and Zhytomyr Deanery and on December 10, 2008, for clergy of the Kyiv and Vyshhorod Deanery of the Kyiv Archeparchy was held.
- 15 December 2008
  05:35
- Dome and cross of UGCC church blessed in Luhans’k On December 6 the cross and dome of the Church of Christ the King of the UGCC was blessed in the city of Luhans’k. Bishop Stepan (Meniok), Exarch of Donets’k and Kharkiv, performed the blessing. The participants of the important historical moment were the pastor of this parish, Fr. Mikhail Yuschyshyn, Fr. Rostyslav Mukhovskyj from Donets’k, Fr. Ivan...
- 11 December 2008
  09:54
- Bishop Bohdan (Dziurakh) summarizes his visit to the USA "The first result – we had the chance to inform our donors, our bishops and laity, about the process of construction of the Patriarchal Cathedral. This is very important, because this information assists in informing donors about the work executed and at the same time encourages them to make new donations. Second – there was a chance to conduct a joint...
- 11 December 2008
  09:50
- "We do not stop praying for our boys and trust that God’s hand of help will be more effective than human [hands]" The Somali pirates are not content that the process of paying the ransom for the Ukrainian crew of the ship "Faina" is lasting too long. About this reports UNIAN with reference to a source in Mogadishu. According to a source in Somalia, the ransom is 3.5 million USA dollars and "it was discussed for a week, but is not clear why the transfer of money is delayed," a...
- 09 December 2008
  01:22
- Action “Saint Nicholas for the unborn” On December 19, 2008, from 14.00 to 18.00 in Lviv (near the monument of T. H. Shevchenko on Prospect Svobody) the Pro-life Movement will conduct a prayerful and educational action in defense of unborn life, "Saint Nicholas for the unborn."
- 09 December 2008
  01:21
- Pilgrimage to Zarvanytsya for professionals On December 5 in Ternopil’ the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine and Ukrainian Chamber of Notaries conducted a seminar-practice for notaries. The activity took place on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Association of Private Notaries of the Ternopil’ Region.
- 08 December 2008
  10:36
- CIPs will teach faithful of the UGCC how to manage money correctly "A very close prospect is the opening in every eparchy/exarchate of the UGCC consultative-informational points (CIPs) where it will be possible for everybody to get complete information on this fund in particular, and systems of non-government pension provisions generally. We are doing this in order to teach people how to manage money, how to save it...
- 08 December 2008
  10:35
- Bishop Wlodzimierz (Juszczak) addressed the faithful of his eparchy to explain the conduct of the collection “Andrew’s pence” On Sunday December 14, 2008, after the Divine Liturgy in all parishes of the Wroclaw-Gdansk Eparchy (Poland), the monetary collection "Andrew’s pence" will be conducted for the needs of our Church in those countries where there are not yet established church structures. Traditionally in the Wroclaw-Gdansk Eparchy this collection is united with the...
- 08 December 2008
  12:10
- Bishop Ivan (Semediy) has died On December 6, 2008, in the 88th year of earthly life, 31st year of episcopal ministry, and 62nd year of priestly ministry, the Reverend Bishop Ivan (Semediy), Bishop emeritus of the Mukachevo Greek-Catholic Eparchy, passed away. The official web page of the Mukachevo Eparchy reports about it: www.mgce.uz.ua....
- 08 December 2008
  12:04
- The Head of the Department of the Patriarchal Curia in Matters of Chaplaincy in the Power Structures of Ukraine sent a greeting to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine On December 6 the Military Forces of Ukraine celebrate the 17th anniversary of the day of foundation. On this occasion, Reverend Bishop Mikhail (Koltun), Head of the Department of the Patriarchal Curia of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in Matters of Chaplaincy in the Power Structures of Ukraine, sent a greeting to the Minister of Defense of Ukraine....
- 08 December 2008
  12:02
- Lviv City Council acknowledges UGCC status as repressed Church On December 4, 2008, during a session of the Lviv City Council, a decision acknowledging the status of a [formerly] "repressed Church" for the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church was passed.
- 05 December 2008
  07:26
- Third National Conference of the All-Ukrainian Interconfessional Religious Christian Military Brotherhood On November 28, 2008, in Kyiv, on the premises of the Central Building of Officers of the Military Forces of Ukraine, the Third National Conference of the All-Ukrainian Interconfessional Religious Christian Military Brotherhood took place. The basis of this event was the signing of a memorandum on cooperation in matters of pastoral care of workers of 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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