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- 06 October 2020 13:32
- The Head of the UGCC advises on how to forgive yourself Sometimes it is easier for us to forgive our neighbor than ourselves, because we always want to be better than we really are. Sometimes we disappoint ourselves. And it is to some extent good that we do not put up with our sins and weaknesses. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said this in response to young...
- 04 October 2020 19:44
- Head of the UGCC: Social ministry is one of the key ways of the Church's presence in the modern world Social ministry means love, which in modern circumstances is taking on a new form. It is a testimony that we are believing Christians. This love testifies that we perform the Liturgy not only when we are in the church, but also when we help a needy person with acts of charity. This was emphasized by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, in his...
- 02 October 2020 13:53
- The Forum of Social Ministry of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church “Social Ministry for human” will be held online on October 3 in Kyiv. The Forum will be opened by His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Head and Father of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. Among the leading themes of the event are acts of mercy, including “Feeding the Hungry”. The Forum is organized by the Department of Social Ministry of the UGCC and ICF “Caritas Ukraine”....
- 01 October 2020 12:45
- The Head of the UGCC explains how to quench spiritual hunger “What should we do when we can't go on pilgrimage?” – “First of all, I would advise you to hurry to God's church for the Divine Liturgy. Because this is the moment when we come to be together…” Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav said, answering the questions of the young people during the Wind of Hope Festival....
- 01 October 2020 09:56
- Mutual respect and love can heal the painful wounds of genocide, Head of the UGCC Ukrainians, like Jews, Armenians and Poles, are a post-genocidal nation, and the wounds caused by genocide still hurt. It is the religious leaders who are responsible for healing these wounds. Today, the Lord God gives Jews, Orthodox, Catholics, and Greek Catholics medicine to heal these wounds. And such medicines are mutual respect and love. This was...
- 29 September 2020 11:17
- Head of the UGCC: The Cross is the decoration of the universe and the glory of angels In modern circumstances, when humanity is confused, humiliated, we often do not fully understand what is happening to us. Where do we get the strength to endure everything? Where can we get the strength not to despair from day to day, but to rise and step forward with optimism?! This power is given to us through the Exaltation of the Cross, which is solemnly...
- 27 September 2020 15:15
- Head of the UGCC: Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky was a conscious patriot of the Ukrainian people Every Ukrainian, regardless of social status, was important, valuable, and noteworthy for Metropolitan Andrei. The UGCC was formed as an institution that cares for the spiritual and temporal interests of every citizen. This was stated by the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav in his letter to the...
- 27 September 2020 15:13
- For Ukrainians and Jews, Metropolitan Sheptytsky became a symbol of self-sacrifice and devotion, Head of the UGCC During the war, Andrei Sheptytsky had the courage to oppose the racial theory of Nazism, claiming that we are all children of Adam and Eve. He wanted his faithful to lend a hand to the Jewish people and build friendly relations with them.
- 25 September 2020 13:51
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav about His Beatitude Lubomyr: The united Kyivan Church in a single patriarchate was his dream and testament The Church of Kyiv in a single patriarchate, without inner conflict, but with the sharing of the gifts we have gathered on the way to this unity, was the dream of His Beatitude Lubomyr and his testament to all of us. This was said by His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, within the framework of the project "Join the Great," talking about the role...
- 24 September 2020 13:07
- The Head of the UGCC: The number of faithful tomorrow will depend on how much space for youth we have in our parishes today In the parish they pay attention to many things: to the leaking roof, to the lamps that need to be replaced, to the benches that are not soft enough ... But sometimes no one pays attention to a young man, with his problems, questions, doubts about faith, and moments of crisis…
- 23 September 2020 14:02
- The Head of the UGCC met with the Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met with the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Minister for Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleh Urusky, at the administrative building of the Patriarchal Center of the UGCC.
- 21 September 2020 13:49
- The Head of the UGCC: Some people come with smartphones even to the church and instead of praying, they start taking photos “His Beatitude Lubomyr used to say, ‘It is not enough just to have human qualities, it is necessary to be a person; it is not enough to have a family, it is necessary to be a family; it is not enough to go to church, it is necessary to be a part of the life of that community.’ Therefore, the Christian faith is a school of divine, Christian love.” His Beatitude...
- 18 September 2020 18:32
- Sometimes we have more time for gadgets than for a living person, Head of the UGCC to the youth Each of us needs to understand what is most important in our lives. There is a rule: if we put the Lord God first, everything will fall into its place. This was stated by Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav during an online conversation with young people at the festival "Wind of Hope."...
- 18 September 2020 18:30
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the youth: I sincerely wish each of you today to deeply experience the “Wind of Hope" Festival When the wind blows, it means that it changes and renews something. We want the quarantine restrictions to disappear. We hope that we will survive all difficulties. I really want to wish everyone that each of us deeply experienced the "Wind of Hope" Festival today. I want us all to be inspired today through our fellowship and return to our daily lives inspired...
- 18 September 2020 18:28
- The book by Oksana Zabuzhko and His Beatitude Sviatoslav “Four Conversations about Lesia Ukrainka” received an award On September 17, a solemn ceremony of awarding the best book of the Book Forum and presentation of the winners in other nominations took place.

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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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