NEWS of the UGCC news

- 01 September 2017 21:47
- Six Seminarians at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Seminary Begin New Year of Formation The new year of formation for the six seminarians at St. Josaphat Ukrainian Catholic Seminary in Washington, D.C. began on Friday, August 25. Classes for the seminarians at The Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. commenced on Monday, August 28.
- 31 August 2017 11:48
- Statement of Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka on the Suffering and Hardships as a Result of Hurricane Harvey and its Aftermath Metropolitan Stefan Soroka, together with Bishop John Bura and Bishop Andriy Rabiy, clergy, religious and faithful, pray for those suffering as a result of the damage and flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey, especially in Texas and Louisiana.
- 29 August 2017 13:48
- His Beatitude Sviatoslav congratulated students, schoolchildren and educators on the beginning of a new academic year A new academic year of our students and schoolchildren start this week. Let me congratulate you, dear schoolchildren and students, teachers, educators, professors on this new time!
- 23 August 2017 18:20
- The Head of the UGCC together with minister Vadym Chernysh discussed the problems of internally displaced persons On August, 22, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav met with the minister for temporary occupied territories and internally displaced persons of Ukraine Vadym Chernysh and discussed the problems of internal resettlers and ways of their solutions. The meeting took place on the request of the minister....
- 23 August 2017 10:35
- Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy Restructuring Church Operations In Philly Buildings and the cost to maintain them prompted the leader of the Ukrainian catholic church in Philadelphia to take steps to begin a restructuring of church operations.
- 21 August 2017
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- The Head of the UGCC to Sisters Basilians: "At the time when modern world and culture are looking for power, the sisters took the vow of obedience for life" Today's Gospel tells us about debts which people owe each other. In today's parable we hear that a king had a servant who owed him ten thousand bags of gold. It's a fantastic amount, tons of gold. There is no such money in the whole golden currency reserve of Ukraine. In the ancient world, when this Gospel was written, no one in the whole Roman empire possessed...
- 20 August 2017 17:26
- Head of UGCC in Dobromyl: “Today I am calling our priests of Basilian order to Donbas and Crimea” Marking these historical events here, in Dobromyl’s monastery, we feel that this celebration is not something forgotten with past. They are called to restore our country and our nation… Father and Head of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav said, delivering his homily to the faithful in Basilian’s monastery in Dobromyl on the day of...
- 19 August 2017 13:02
- "This blind violence aimed to provoke us to respond with hatred. Our response will be Christian," the Head of the UGCC about terrorist attacks in Spain With great pain I accepted the news about two terrorist attacks in the center of Barcelona and in the city of Cambrils (Tarragona), which caused the death of 14 people and left more than a hundred people wounded. I want to express my sincere condolences to the wounded, families and close of those who perished and the whole community, entrusted to your pastoral...
- 15 August 2017 21:36
- Bishop Vasyl (Ivasiuk) participated in opening ceremony of International Hutsul Festival in Kolomyia On the 12th of August was held an opening ceremony of XXIV International Hutsul festival in Korolivka village, Kolomyia region. A unique hutsul’s celebration in the heart of Pokuttiahas been held for the third time.
- 12 August 2017 21:31
- Freedom – to know who you are: how UCU students create "Free Space" “Freedom is to know who you are”, “Freedom is when you have your own opinion,” “Freedom is to create.” Old vinyl disks with such inscriptions one could see on the walls and doors of the houses in different Ukrainian towns. They are posted by young active initiative people, students of the UCU and other universities, who create the community "Free Space."...
- 10 August 2017 22:55
- Date of Episcopal Ordination of Bishop-Elect Andriy Rabiy Announced Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia is pleased to announce that our newly nominated Auxiliary Bishop Andriy Rabiy will be ordained by His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk during the Opening Hierarchical Divine Liturgy for the Synod of Bishops to take place on Sunday, September 3rd, 2017 in St....
- 09 August 2017 17:01
- Archeparchy of Philadelphia Welcomes Father Andriy Rabiy as new Auxiliary Bishop Metropolitan-Archbishop Stefan Soroka and Auxiliary Bishop John Bura, together with the clergy, religious and faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia joyfully welcome the Holy Father’s appointment of Very Rev. Andriy Rabiy, a priest of our archeparchy, as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of...
- 07 August 2017 16:39
- "God is faithful, and His hand never stopped helping us," His Beatitude Sviatoslav in Krylos On August 6, during the All- Ukrainian Patriarchal Pilgrimage to Krylos, His Beatitude Sviatoslav in his homily was speaking about a boat − the Church.
- 07 August 2017 11:22
- Head of UGCC to scouts: “To become human, one ought to learn to love – love God and Ukraine” It is a special and heartwarming moment for me. I was able to trace my great precursors, metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky and in loving memory of patriarch Lubomyr, coming up this mountain to this plast’s camp “Sokil”. I thank God for making my way so I could visit you today, to be together, to pray together and think how to form, first of all, our own souls, our...
- 01 August 2017 17:25
- On the wall of St. Yura Cathedral a memorial plaque to honor Fr. Markiyan Shashkevych was consecrated On the occasion of 152-th anniversary of birth of the righteous Metropolitan Andrej Sheptytsky in the St. Yura Cathedral took place the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy celebrated with the participation of auxiliary Bishop of Lviv Archeparchy Volodymyr. After the Liturgy the memorial plaque in honor of Fr. Markiyan Shashkevych was opened, which 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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