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- 28 May 2018 20:32
- Almost 170 children received their First Confession and First Communion at one of the parishes in Stryi Eparchy In Novyi Rozdil, what belongs to Stryi Eparchy, in Church of Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary 169 children received their First Confession and First Communion.
- 26 May 2018 19:18
- I am grateful to Catholic Church in Italy for its closeness to Ukrainian people, Head of UGCC in his letter to Italian Episcopal Conference May 21 – 24, 71st General Assembly of Italian Episcopal Conference is being conducted in Rome. The topic of today’s meeting of bishops from around Italy is a mission of Church in a modern mass-media context. Working sessions were opened by His Holiness Pope Francis in Vatican Synodal Hall.
- 24 May 2018 13:42
- The Holy Father greeted the Ukrainian military and wished peace for the dear Ukrainian land. This morning, Ukrainian soldiers, participants of the 60th pilgrimage to Lourdes, took part in a general Papal audience on St. Peter's square in the Vatican. His Holiness Francis congratulated the pilgrims and wished peace for "dear Ukrainian land."
- 23 May 2018 19:54
- The UGCC marks the anniversary of the departure into eternity of His Beatitude Lubomyr On May 31, 2018, at 9:00 am in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, the events commemorating the anniversary of the departure to eternity of His Beatitude Lubomyr will begin.
- 22 May 2018 09:00
- Head of UGCC on Ascension of Christ: Everyone who is baptized, called to be a missioner Missionary Decade starts in UGCC. All of us are ought to read and listen to the Word of God daily, as well as pray for a missionary work of our Church. Because today, me and all of you are called to preach repentance and forgiveness of sins to those, who might not know it yet. Everyone who is baptized is called to be a missioner. Head and Father of Ukrainian Greek...
- 19 May 2018 12:41
- The power that takes away the right to life is criminal! Head of the UGCC on the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Genocide against the Crimean Tatar People The right to life is the first and most important fundamental human right. Believers admit that this right is not given to us by earthly, secular authority but, first of all, by the Creator, Who is the source of life.
- 16 May 2018 20:22
- Ukrainian Delegation of military set out for a 60th International military pilgrimage On Sunday, May 13, 2018 Ukrainian military with chaplains set out for 60th International military pilgrimage to Lourdes. This year a delegation of pilgrims from Ukraine is the most numerous over the last years and reaches 200 people. Ukrainian delegation is headed by bishop Mykhailo Koltun, head of Military Chaplaincy Department of Patriarchal Curia of...
- 16 May 2018 13:46
- Sunday, June 10 Will be a Memorable Day as the Ukrainian Catholic Church Honors Archbishop Emeritus Stefan Soroka for His Dedicated Years of Service in the Vineyard of the Lord Philadelphia, Pa.—Sunday afternoon, June 10 will be a memorable milestone in the history of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in the United States as the clergy, religious and faithful gather in prayer to give thanksgiving to God for blessing the Philadelphia Metropolitan Archeparchy with The Most Reverend Stefan Soroka, Archbishop Emeritus and his...
- 13 May 2018 21:50
- VII All-Ukrainian pilgrimage of UGCC clergy was held to Peremyshliany On May 9, 2018 VII All-Ukrainian pilgrimage of priests of UGCC clergy was held to Peremyshliany, Lviv region, where blessed holy martyr Omelian Kovch, a patron of priests in UGCC carried out his service.
- 07 May 2018 17:29
- The Head of the UGCC blessed the Patriarchal administrative center of the UGCC in Kyiv His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, sanctified and opened the premises of the Patriarchal Administrative Center of the UGCC in Kyiv on May 7, 2018.
- 06 May 2018 21:24
- Challenges of death civilization were discussed by the representatives of monastic orders at the meeting in Yaremche On April 26-28, 2018 with the initiative of UGCC Association of Consecrated Life together with RCC in Ukraine a formation meeting of representatives from monastic orders was called at the retreat center of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky which belongs to fathers-redemptorists. A meeting was led by Fr. Orest Demko, vice-rector of Episcopal institute of...
- 06 May 2018 17:24
- On Sunday, the whole church community congratulated His Beatitude Svyatoslav on his birthday On May 5, 2018, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Svyatoslav celebrated his 48th birthday.
- 04 May 2018 20:53
- Ukrainians in Budapest honored victims of Chornobyl catastrophe On April 29, victims of Chornobyl were honored in the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Parish of the Veil of Our Lady in Budapest. After the Divine Liturgy, a memorial service was held.
- 26 April 2018 13:04
- The Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma (USA) Held an Annual Conference for Its Clergy The clergy of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma held their annual conference on April 24-26, 2018 at the Loyola Retreat House in Clinton, Ohio (USA).
- 26 April 2018 12:50
- Bishop Paul Chomnycky,OSBM, Stamford Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy Settles Super Bowl LII Wager; Delivers Boston Cream Pies to Archbishop-Emeritus Stefan Soroka and Philadelphia Archeparchy Chancery Staff Philadelphia, Pa.--On Wednesday April 25, 2018, Bishop Paul Chomnycky, OSBM delivered quite a number of Boston cream pies to Archbishop-emeritus Stefan Soroka and the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy Chancery Staff in Philadelphia.

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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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