NEWS of the UGCC news

- 22 October 2020 11:04
- "The temptation in the Lord's Prayer means a maturity test for the believer," His Beatitude Sviatoslav in the video catechesis The word "temptation" in the context of the books of the New Testament, in particular the Lord's Prayer, means a test, a test of maturity. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, said this in a video catechesis about prayer, explaining the content of the last request of the Our Father prayer - "and do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us...
- 22 October 2020 11:02
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav united three commissions into a new one - the UGCC Commission for Family and Lay People The Primate of the UGCC united three commissions of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church: on Family Affairs, on Justice and Peace, and on Lay Affairs into one Commission of the UGCC on Family and Lay Affairs. The Head of the Church appointed Mr. Yuriy Pidlisny as the Chairman of the Commission. This is stated in the decree of the Father and Head of the Ukrainian...
- 20 October 2020 11:52
- President Zelensky asked Church leaders to help counter the spread of COVID-19 His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, took part in a joint meeting of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organization with President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss the deteriorating situation with the coronavirus.
- 20 October 2020 11:51
- Head of the UGCC on the Day of Responsibility: "Respecting another person means recognizing one’s own dignity" The Gospel calls for loving one's neighbor as oneself. By despising our neighbor, we despise ourselves and, in fact, abuse our own freedom. That is why Christ tells us, "And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise." This was emphasized by Father and Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav during the online marathon dedicated to the Day of...
- 19 October 2020 15:55
- Despite the Covid-19 Pandemic, Pa. South Anthracite Deanery Surpasses One Million Dollar Mark in Funds Raised Since 1985 for Support of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Seminary Long Branch, NJ— During the annual clergy retreat held here September 21-23 at San Alfonso Retreat House, the South Anthracite Deanery clergy presented Metropolitan-Archbishop Borys Gudziak and Bishop Andriy with a check in the sum of $22,500 which represented proceeds raised this year by the deanery for the support of St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic...
- 19 October 2020 10:51
- A new church was consecrated in the Diocese of Chicago The faithful of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy in Chicago gathered on a crisp, sunny October morning to consecrate the newly-built Immaculate Conception Ukrainian Catholic Church and Shrine of the New Martyrs of Ukraine of the 20th Century, in Palatine, IL. It was the first time in 44 years that a new church had been consecrated in the Eparchy....
- 18 October 2020 11:49
- Head of the UGCC: "We ask people to fulfill their civic duty and choose those who truly love Ukraine" The great trouble of our Ukrainian society is that we have few people who are able to truly love another. This opinion was expressed by Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav in a sermon to the faithful on Sunday, October 18, 2020.
- 15 October 2020 16:52
- The Head of the UGCC: Our whole Church should join the action "Feeding the Poor" The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is launching a long-lasting action "Feeding the Poor." This was announced by Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the priests of the Kyiv Archeparchy during a meeting via zoom.
- 14 October 2020 15:00
- "The rosary unites," starting from Pokrova, Zhyve TV invites you to pray the rosary every day "Zhyve Television," starting from the feast of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin, will broadcast a prayer on the rosary live every day. The prayer will begin at 20:00 Kyiv time.
- 14 October 2020 14:58
- "We must share God's forgiveness of our sins with others by forgiving them," Head of the UGCC in the catechesis In the Our Father prayer, when we ask forgiveness for our sins, we say, "Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who trespass against us." Therefore, we must share God's forgiveness of our sins with our neighbors by forgiving them. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, emphasized this in a video catechesis on the Lord’s Prayer, explaining the...
- 12 October 2020 15:00
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav: "Let us remember that the Lord God is in the boat with us” Today we feel like we are all in the same boat. If we allow Jesus to enter it, if we cast a net upon His word and do what He tells us, even when human logic says otherwise, then we will see the appearance of God in our life. Then we will be able to understand the essence of the Christian vocation and life. This was emphasized by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head...
- 11 October 2020 10:07
- In Italy metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky was awarded a title of a Righteous The Committee for the Gardens of the Righteous Worldwide– Gariwo, Milan acknowledged metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky a Righteous, inserting his name into the list of Righteous of Monte Stella. An award ceremony was held on October 7 at the Garden of the Righteous in Milan.
- 08 October 2020 15:36
- The Head of the UGCC addressed the participants of the 13th Ecumenical Week: "Responsibility for the environment should not be the concern of only one Church in Ukraine" Man has become the cause and at the same time the victim of the current environmental crisis, which is gaining global proportions. This opinion was expressed by Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav in a letter to the participants of the 13th Ecumenical Social Week entitled "Hearing the Cry of the Earth: Integral...
- 08 October 2020 15:33
- "Our daily bread" means Jesus Christ who gives Himself to us in the Sacrament of the Eucharist, His Beatitude Sviatoslav in the video catechesis It is important to take Holy Communion every day, to seek it, to live by it. The Fathers of the Church said that when we consume this bread of ours, then a very interesting thing happens to us. We become the One we consume. This was said by His Beatitude Sviatoslav in the Saturday catechesis about the prayer "Our Father," in which he explained the meaning of the...
- 07 October 2020 10:32
- Take up a cross means to enter a community of people who have taken up a responsibility, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav Christ invites to face everyday reality. If I don’t leave my own world of illusions and change my conception of the world I live in, I will not be able to find myself and God in this world. Furthermore, I won’t manage to take the first step on a way of a Christian life. Only when a person faces the truth, they have a chance to see the presence of a living God. It was...

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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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