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- 21 June 2022 22:15
- From the Head of the UGCC on the 117th day of the war: The fear of God is not to fear God, but to stand in awe of His beauty The fear of God arises when a person sees a reality that fascinates her and at the sight of what she holds her breath. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said this in his daily address on the 117th day of Russia's bloody war against Ukraine.
- 20 June 2022 23:05
- O God, breathe with Ukraine so that Ukraine and her youth may live, - from His Beatitude Sviatoslav on 116th day of the war The gift of piety from the Holy Spirit is not piety as a set of certain religious rituals and practices by which a person seems to want to isolate herself from danger or force God to do her own will. This is the inner feeling of the original source of the existence of all creation, the feeling of God as the breath of Love to the world, which gives strength and...
- 19 June 2022 22:35
- From the Head of the UGCC in Poltava: Victory calls for victors who are morally superior to our attackers On June 17, 2022, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, paid a pastoral visit to Poltava.
- 19 June 2022 22:25
- We ask the Holy Spirit for the gift of knowledge to feel the archangel Michael who is fighting evil alongside the Ukrainians, - from the Head of the UGCC on 115th day of the war Ukraine has been standing and fighting the Russian aggressor for 115 days. Heavy fighting in the east and south of the country, occupied cities and villages, tens of thousands of civilian lives, total destruction is the price that the Ukrainian people pay for their freedom and dignity, for their country and state. Ukrainians today need the gift of...
- 19 June 2022 20:08
- From the Head of the UGCC on the Sunday of All Saints: Woe to the man who already considers himself a saint To be holy means to share all that we have, and to be ready to serve one another in the name of God's love without seeking compensation, honor, or other rewards, only the eternal reward that the Lord prepares for all of us. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said this during a homily to the faithful on All Saints'...
- 17 June 2022 23:46
- From the Head of the UGCC in Kharkiv: We will restore everything, but now we need to save lives His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church paid a pastoral visit to Kharkiv on June 16, 2022.
- 17 June 2022 10:50
- The Head of the UGCC on Day 112: The source of military aggression is found within Russia itself In today's world of half-truths and lies that pretend to be the truth, reason, a gift of the Holy Spirit, makes it possible not to succumb to this delusion and to see the real cause and effect of events. This is especially important when it comes to the causes, motives, and roots of Russia's open military aggression in Ukraine: Reason is the antidote to the...
- 15 June 2022 22:49
- Wisdom as a gift of the Holy Spirit is the ability to know the truth, to see the perspective of God’s plan, - the Head of the UGCC on the 111th day of the war The gifts of the Holy Spirit are a blessing to a person, created in the image of God, and a blessing to the world as God's creation. One of these gifts is wisdom, a gift that gives the ability to know the truth, to see everything in the perspective of a God's plan. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC reflects on wisdom as a gift of the Holy Spirit...
- 15 June 2022 22:31
- “We ask the Holy Spirit to clothe the defenders of Ukraine with His power – to be defenders of God’s peace:” from the Head of the UGCC on Day 110 On the day after Pentecost, the liturgical tradition of the Church addresses the Holy Spirit, the person of the Trinity closest to man, the Spirit of life, and the peace of God. In these days of war, the Church prays that the Holy Spirit will empower the defenders of Ukraine as defenders of peace and make all Ukrainians builders of God's peace, the forerunner of...
- 14 June 2022 16:14
- The Holy Spirit is a balm that can heal all our pains and wounds, - His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Pentecost During the war we need the Comforter so much! The Holy Spirit is the only balm that can heal all our pains and wounds. Therefore, today we will kneel to call on Him as the only Comforter in bitter moments of life. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC said during a homily in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv on the...
- 14 June 2022 10:37
- From the Head of the UGCC on the 109th day of the war: The fire that rested on the apostles today calls us to overcome evil by power of the Holy Spirit Today, June 12, is the 109th day of Ukraine’s opposition to the Russian invasion, the 109th day of the terrible war on our land. This Sunday, on the feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit, when the mad ruler of this world brings anguish to Ukraine, steals our lives, we say in prayer: Heavenly King, Advocate, Spirit of Truth, come and dwell within us, cleanse us of...
- 12 June 2022 19:21
- “The Holy Spirit is the soul of our soul,” His Beatitude Sviatoslav in a greeting on the Feast of the Descent of the Holy Spirit Owing to the presence of the Holy Spirit, God is near to us, the Lord himself is alive among us today. And the Word of the Holy Gospel is a force that revives, inspires, enlightens and gives birth to eternal life. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC assured in a video greeting for the faithful on the occasion of the Feast of the Descent of the...
- 12 June 2022 19:18
- From the Head of the UGCC on the 107th day of the war: “We thank all volunteers for their testimony of faith” On this day, we want to pray especially for those who do works of mercy and preach the Word of God through their actions. For a volunteer is a person who is not paid for his or her ministry, does not expect an order from his or her superior to work and act, but responds to the call of their own conscience. A true volunteer is always honest and fair, because they do not...
- 11 June 2022 14:23
- On the 106th day of the war the Head of the UGCC called on the international community not to buy the goods Russia looted in Ukraine Today I appeal to the global community, to the conscience of people around the world: do not buy what was looted in Ukraine! Otherwise, you become accomplices in the crimes committed by the occupiers when they came to Ukrainian land. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church said in his daily address on the 106th day...
- 10 June 2022 21:32
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with employees of the Patriarchal Curia On Thursday, June 9, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC held the first meeting with the staff of the UGCC Patriarchal Curia after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. The meeting was held online.

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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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