Expert thought
13 September 2019, 14:53 | Open theme |
Ukrainian autocephaly. After one year
All this past year the CEMES foundation worked on a scholarly project, which examined the Ukrainian crisis from a theological, historical and canonical perspective, always in relation to the triptych: Primacy-Conciliarity-Autocephaly.
10 September 2019, 11:16 | Viktor Yelenskyi's column |
Interference impossible to ignore, or what should the state do with religious policy?
All states of the world have in place a policy regarding religion and associations that citizens set up based on this religion's ground. The atheistic government of China and theocratic government of Iran, the mighty United States and tiny Andorra – just every one of them.
Religious Studies
22 November 2018, 14:51 | Religious studies |
In the context of recent events in the Orthodox world, disputes over the boundaries of church institutions often arise between the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Kyiv and Moscow. Ukraine accuses Russia of misappropriating the territory of the Kyiv Metropolis.
25 September 2018, 14:21 | Religious studies |
A Different Approach to the Ecclesiastical Discussion about Ukraine
The first question that arises concerning Ukraine is this: with what right and based on which holy canons, does Russia today claim the ecclesiastical and administrative dependency of the Metropolis of Kyiv?
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UGCC
15 November 2019, 13:26 | UGCC |
Fr. Stepan Sus appointed as Bishop of the Curia of the UGCC Supreme Archbishop
On Friday, November 15, 2019, Vatican officials announced that the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, having received prior approval from the Pope, conducted the canonical election of Father Stepan Sus, priest of the UGCC Archdiocese of Lviv, as a Bishop of the Curia of the Kyiv-Halych Supreme Archbishop.
15 November 2019, 11:32 | Social questioning |
| In Ukraine, “Just Orthodox” and Greek Catholics prevail, - survey results
According to the results of a sociological study for 2019 conducted by the Razumkov Center, the percentage of those who call themselves "Just Orthodox" is growing among Orthodox Ukrainians.
15 November 2019, 09:46 | Church-state relations |
Head of UGCC and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine discussed a number of joint projects
On November 14, 2019, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, met with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Vadym Prystaiko at the latter's invitation.
13 November 2019, 16:20 | UGCC |
Cardinal Schoenborn receives the highest UGCC award – The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Order
The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, presented Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, Archbishop of Vienna, with the UGCC's highest award - The Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Order. The award ceremony took place on November 12, 2019, in Vienna, in St. Stephen's Cathedral, during a requiem concert in memory of the victims of the Holodomor and honoring cardinal Theodor Innitzer.
13 November 2019, 11:28 | International relations |
As part of his visit to Austria, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the head of the UGCC, visited on November 12 the Abbey of Klosterneuburg, which was founded at the beginning of the XII century by Saint Leopold III, the patron Saint of Austria. The head of the UGCC spoke about the war in Ukraine, which almost daily replenishes its list of dead and wounded. He shared his impressions of a recent visit to a military hospital in Kyiv, where hundreds of soldiers are healing their wounds.
12 November 2019, 11:33 | International relations |
UGCC Patriarch met with Austrian politicians and foreign minister
On November 11, 2019, Patriarch Sviatoslav of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church met with foreign Minister Alexander Schalenberg during his visit to Austria. This is reported by the Information Department of the UGCC.
9 November 2019, 15:25 | UGCC |
Pope appoints Apostolic administrator for Toronto eparchy of UGCC in Canada
6 November 2019, 11:27 | Religious ceremonies and pilgrimage |
UGCC Patriarch to make a pastoral visit to Austria
On November 7-12, 2019, UGCC Patriarch Sviatoslav will pay a pastoral visit to Austria. The program of the visit includes events in two cities – Innsbruck and Vienna.
5 November 2019, 14:25 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
Head of the UGCC urges Ukrainians in Canada to be active participants in the birth of new Ukraine
In his welcome letter on the occasion of the XXVI Congress of Ukrainian Canadians held November 1-3 in Ottawa, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav urged them to remember that the greatest gift parents can pass on to their children is faith in God.
5 November 2019, 12:20 | Ukrainians outside of Ukraine |
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| Daughter of a prominent UGCC priest becomes an ambassador of Canada to Ukraine
Larysa Galadza, a professional diplomat, became a new ambassador of Canada to Ukraine. She is a daughter of a well-known Greek Catholic priest from Canada, Roman Galadza, who is originally from Terpopillya.
2 November 2019, 10:01 | UGCC |
Synod of Bishops of the UGCC Kyiv-Halych Metropolitanate meets in Kyiv
On November 1, 2019, the Synod of bishops of the Kyiv-Halych Metropolitanate began its work in Kyiv. The sixth session of the Synod is chaired by His Beatitude Sviatoslav. Meetings of the Synod are held in the Patriarchal residence.
1 November 2019, 09:46 | UGCC |
“Reconciliation with the aggressor does not mean compromise with evil,” head of UGCC said
Refraining from doing evil, telling the truth and communicating are important steps that can lead to reconciliation. However, we must not compromise with evil. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the head of the UGCC, noted this at the live broadcast "Open Church" on Thursday, October 31, 2019. This time the interlocutor of the Primate was Yuri Makarov – a journalist, TV presenter, documentary filmmaker, writer.
30 October 2019, 10:19 | UGCC |
| 30 years since the UGCC emerged from the underground
Between 1946 and 1989, the UGCC was the largest forbidden Church in the world. For 43 years, it operated while underground. Contrary to the will of the clergy and the faithful, its liquidation was announced at the Lviv Cathedral in 1946. Ancient churches were taken down, hierarchs imprisoned and sent to exile, believers forced to abandon their parents' church tradition.
29 October 2019, 12:02 | Interchurch relations |
Metropolitan Epifaniy calls the slogan "Autocephaly is the path to the union" mendacious
The Orthodox Church of Ukraine has a good relationship with the UGCC, but the slogan "Autocephaly is the path to the union" planted into the information space 30 years ago is mendacious.
26 October 2019, 19:39 | UGCC |
Head of the UGCC announces a new strategy and theme of the Patriarchal Council 2020
The theme of the next Patriarchal Council of the UGCC is "Emigration, settlement and global unity of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church". The slogan of the Council will be the phrase "Church is always and everywhere with you." This was stated by the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Patriarch Sviatoslav, in his video message on the occasion of the next session of the UGCC Council, which will be held on August 26-29, 2020 in Lviv.
23 October 2019, 14:52 | Religion and society |
Bishops of the UGCC said a decisive “No” to violence in all its manifestations
On October 14, the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC has released the Message on protection of children, minors and vulnerable persons from various types of violence.
22 October 2019, 11:30 | Church-state relations |
Head of the UGCC held a working meeting with the developers of the humanitarian policy of Ukraine
On October 18, the Head of the UGCC, Patriarch Sviatoslav, had a meeting and discussion with members of the office for the development of the humanitarian policy with the participation of Volodymyr Borodyansky, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports of Ukraine.
18 October 2019, 10:14 | Religious intolerance and vandalism |
Vandalism in Slavsk: Russian tile replaces paintings of Sosenko and Butsmanyuk
Interior repairs were launched in the Church of the Assumption of the Theotokos of the UGCC in Slavske: the priceless murals executed by the muralist Modest Sosenko were replaced by tiles, the ornament of which reminds either of a mosque or a bath.
15 October 2019, 15:28 | UGCC |
Chaplains of the Knights of Columbus get together for the first time at the All-Ukrainian Congress
The first Congress of Chaplains of Knights of Columbus in Ukraine was held on October 9-10 in Bryukhovychi (Lviv). More than fifty priests of the Greek Catholic and Roman Catholic Churches attended the meeting.
8 October 2019, 10:41 | International relations |
Kurt Volcker will be replaced by a graduate of lesser Basilian Greek Catholic Seminary
72-year-old Michael Kostiv can become a special representative of the US State Department on Ukraine instead of Kurt Volcker.
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