NEWS of the UGCC news

- 08 January 2018 18:03
- Pope Francis in the letter to the Head of UGCC: "I sincerely ask for peace and mercy for beloved Ukraine" I would like to tell you that I am together with you, that in my prayers and in everything I bring to God everyday, you have a special place. In particular, in serving Holy Mysteries of Christ and in bringing broken Bread and poured-out Cup, those lives which are broken with hatred and that blood which is constantly spilled because of hostility among people in...
- 07 January 2018 21:58
- Head of UGCC about corruption: “Corruption emerges in a country when big business and authority coalesces” Convergence of money and power is the bitterest grief of Ukraine, as people feel themselves as kind of a supplement. Business and authority treats people as a resource only, labor power which doesn’t need to be paid fairly. Or, likewise, they consider people being their actual electors who will help them to gain power. ...
- 06 January 2018 13:40
- The Head of the UGCC about the church scandal in Zaporizhzhia: "We not only should but also must pray for members of other Churches" We mustn't justify disrespect for a human being by any rules or confessional limitations. We must respect another person's pain because both human and Christian love urges us to do so.
- 05 January 2018 00:18
- Dobriany Deanery of Eparchy of Stryi had a meeting of priests and their families before the Nativity On January 2nd, 2018 at the Church of Holy and Glorious Great-Martyr Demetrius, which is located in Dobriany near Stryi, there was a meeting of priests and their families, who belong to Dobriany Deanery. Such meetings are held every year before the Nativity of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 04 January 2018 12:40
- Days of recollection before Christmas in Lychakiv correction facility № 30 Good opportunity to properly prepare to the celebration of the Nativity of Christ inmates of Lychakiv correction facility № 30 had on last weekend.
- 02 January 2018 16:46
- The Malteser Relief Service summed up the results of “Saint Nicholas Goes to Orphans” campaign Throughout many years in Ivano-Frankivsk with the blessing of Archbishop and Metropolitan of Ivano-Frankivsk Volodymyr Viytyshyn the Malteser Relief Service before Saint Nicholas Day organizes a campaign called “Saint Nicholas Goes to Orphans”, the aim of which is to help Saint Nicholas visit places where he is especially needed, - orphanages of...
- 01 January 2018 12:30
- "May this New Year become a good occasion to raise and go ahead," the Head of the UGCC May this New Year become a good occasion to raise and go ahead. May it be a year of God's grace and God's power, so we will understand that when we do good, it helps us.
- 29 December 2017 16:39
- Priest Advisor “Pastoral visitations of parishioners on Epiphany Day” was released Visiting parishioners by their parish priest is a special occasion and mission at the same time to visit each home, talk to family members, care for those needy ones, sick, invalids, children, widows, orphans and all people of a good will.
- 28 December 2017 21:22
- “Meeting with the Church” on the parish of Resurrection of Christ in Lviv In Lviv on the parish of Resurrection of Christ on December 26, 2017 there was the second “Meeting with the Church” – a project started by fr Serhii Shvahla. This project brings together all school teachers from the parish.
- 24 December 2017 21:08
- Members of Christian Families Movement had a meeting on importance of communication in a marriage Christian Families Movement, which is associated with the Lutsk monastery of Saint Basil the Great, had its last meeting on importance of communication in a marriage.
- 22 December 2017 23:24
- The Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma held Emmanuel Youth Rally in Charlotte, NC Over 60 youth, young adult leaders, volunteers, and clergy from the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of St. Josaphat in Parma and beyond gathered together on December 8-10, 2017 at Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School and St. Ann Catholic Church in Charlotte, North Carolina for the Emmanuel Youth Rally that was held in the city for the first time. The theme of the...
- 21 December 2017 22:44
- The biggest UGCC philanthropic campaign in Ternopil was conducted – Saint Nicholas didn’t pass by more than 2000 children In the run-up to Saint Nicholas Day, December 18, more than 2000 needy children from Ternopil got their gifts under the project “Saint Nicholas remembers you”. Dozens of volunteers after the numerous preparation days moved to places where the youngest Ternopil citizens were expecting them. Children accepted all the gifts joyfully, which were packed at...
- 21 December 2017 21:07
- Vice Rector of UCU Oleh Turii received state award of Vatican Vice Rector for External Affairs of UCU, Director of Church History Institute, Oleh Turii, Ph.D, was awarded the Cross for the Church and Pontiff. This is the highest award, which lay person can receive in the Catholic Church.
- 21 December 2017 15:10
- The Head of the UGCC in Rivne: "Only love and abundance of good deeds are necessary in building free and independent Ukraine" The Father and Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the Feast of St Mykolaj consecrated the Pro-cathedral of St Mykolaj (Lutsk Exarchate) in Rivne. The arch hierarchical rite of blessing the church was led by His Beatitude Sviatoslav.
- 16 December 2017 21:03
- Lviv invites senior students for ecumenical weekend During January 27-30, 2018 Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU) will run a school “Lviv – the city of a dialog”. The school is a part of Master Program “Ecumenical studies: Christianity in dialog with world religions, society and media”.

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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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