Expert thought
2 January 2020, 15:59 | Analysis |
Ukrainian Orthodox Church 2019 – results of the year
The past year has highlighted two main areas of development. First, it is the recognition of the OCU, actual first, by virtue of concelebration of individual clergymen, and further at the level of Synodal decisions and concelebration of the Primates. Secondly, the transformation of the ROC into a mono-national church
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.
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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Colloguium of the European Parishes in Lviv
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UGCC
22 February 2020, 11:21 | UGCC |
Eastern Catholic bishops in US have particular pastoral concern for immigrants
In the United States, Eastern Catholics face many of the same challenges as Latin rite Catholics, but the Eastern Catholic Churches are particularly concerned about growing anti-immigrant rhetoric and the plight of Christians overseas, a Ukrainian Catholic archbishop said Wednesday.
22 February 2020, 11:07 | UGCC |
U.S. Eastern Catholic bishops thank pope for lifting ban on married priests
Pope Francis “is a father who knows very well his daughters and sons,” including those who belong to the Eastern Catholic churches, said the Armenian Catholic bishop of the United States and Canada.
21 February 2020, 09:47 | National religious question |
On February, 20 at 19:00, bells in the temples of the UGCC remembered great sacrifice of the Heroes of the Maidan in the struggle for the freedom and independence of Ukraine. Such an order was issued by His Beatitude Sviatoslav in response to requests from the families of the Heroes of Heavenly Hundred.
20 February 2020, 16:40 | Religion and society |
His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Father and Head of the UGCC, appealed to the Ukrainian public about the situation around people's reaction to the evacuation of Ukrainians from Wuhan, covered by the coronavirus epidemic. “It is very painful for me to hear about the resistance of Ukrainian citizens to the return of our compatriots who are in the danger zone of the coronavirus in China. This reaction of people is not Christian at all,” said His Beatitude Sviatoslav. The UGCC Department for Information report.
20 February 2020, 09:24 | Religious relations |
The chief Rabbi of Ukraine will help in finding additional evidence for the recognition of Metropolitan Andrey as the Righteous Among the Nations. This was discussed during a meeting of the city Chairman of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi with the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine of the All-Ukrainian Congress of Jewish Religious Communities, Moshe Reuven Azman. Thus, the latter will join a special Public Council organized in Lviv to search for additional evidence for the recognition of Metropolitan Andrey as the Righteous Among the Nations.
19 February 2020, 12:37 | Charity, social service |
UGCC Patriarch transfers medical equipment to Irpin Hospital of Armed Forces of Ukraine
On February 18, Patriarch of the UGCC Svyatoslav Shevchuk transferred medical equipment to the surgery department of the Irpin hospital of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and provided financial assistance.
18 February 2020, 12:05 | UGCC |
UGCC and doctors to promote the diagnosis of cancer in women
13 Feb 2020 team members who work in the framework of the signed Memorandum “Cancer Prevention in the Lviv Region” met with the Auxiliary Bishop of Lviv Archeparchy Volodymyr Grutsa. The meeting was held in Lviv, in the Metropolitan Chambers on the St George's Mountain.
18 February 2020, 11:13 | UGCC |
UGCC bishops from the US arrive in Rome for Ad limina Apostolorum
The bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church from the United States, along with all the bishops of the Eastern Catholic Churches of America, arrived in Rome for ad limina Apostolorum (pilgrimage to the tombs of the Supreme Apostles.
17 February 2020, 10:03 | UGCC |
Patriarch Sviatoslav called in Rome upon monastics of UGCC to nurture unity and to pray for Ukraine
On February 15, Patriarch Sviatoslav met with representatives of the general houses of orders and congregations of the UGCC in Rome. The meeting was held at the St Sophia Cathedral in Rome, according to the UGCC Information Department.
14 February 2020, 16:21 | UGCC |
An archival document revealed to debunk the myth about Andrey Sheptytsky as a German collaborator
In the context of the discussions around the figure of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky that are currently ongoing in Ukraine, historian researcher of the Sheptytsky family, Ivan Matkovsky, published on Istorychna Pravda (Historical Truth) a manuscript with an appeal to Ukrainians, signed by Metropolitan Sheptytsky at the beginning of July 1941 after Lviv was occupied by German army.
14 February 2020, 14:50 | UGCC |
On the initiative of His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head of the UGCC, the Association of the Garden of the Righteous - Gariwo of Milan, accepted the nomination of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky for the title of Righteous and decided to place his name for his services to Humanity in the Virtual Garden of the Righteous.
14 February 2020, 14:30 | UGCC |
UGCC Head awards creators of the films about Patriarch Josyf Slipyj with patriarchal certificates
On February 12, 2020, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the UGCC, presented the Patriarchal Certificates to the creators of two documentaries about the life and ministry of Patriarch Josyf Slipyj: "The Case File ‘The Reefs’" and "His Beatitude." The certificates for the film director Olena Moshynska and producer Pavlo Kazantsev were presented in the presence of Fr. Andriy Maksymovych, administrator of the Patriarchal Curia, and Fr. Lubomyr Yavorsky, patriarchal econom.
13 February 2020, 12:26 | International relations |
The Yad Vashem memorial responded to Rabbi Moshe Asman who requested to confer on Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky the title of "Righteous Among the Nations".
13 February 2020, 10:37 | Religion and society |
The Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Svyatoslav Shevchuk, thanked the chief rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine, Moshe Reuven Asman, for the initiative to confer on Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky the title of "Righteous Among the Nations".
7 February 2020, 14:57 | Church-state relations |
On February 6, 2020, his Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head of the UGCC, met with Dmytro Kuleba, Vice Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration of Ukraine. They talked about European identity, the Istanbul Convention, and gender ideology. The meeting was initiated by the Deputy Prime Minister.
6 February 2020, 11:51 | UGCC |
“A modern bishop is one who, by the example of Christ, calls people. Above all, he must be the brother of Jesus,” said Bishop Kenneth in an interview, the UGCC Department for Information report.
6 February 2020, 09:00 | UGCC |
Evidence of rescue of Jewish children by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky to be collected in Lviv
On February 5, the Embassy of Israel in Ukraine jointly with the Lviv City Council held a ceremony honoring six families from Lviv, Lviv, Volyn and Rivne regions, recognized as the Righteous among the Nations for the courageous rescue of the lives of Jews during the Holocaust. The ceremony took place in the Potocki Palace.
5 February 2020, 21:11 | Vatican |
| The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church welcomes the meeting of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky with the Holy Father Pope Francis, which is to take place on February 8, 2020 during the official visit of the President of Ukraine to Italy and the Vatican. This was stated by Father and Head of the UGCC, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, during the Open Church program.
4 February 2020, 09:27 | Interchurch relations |
On behalf of the UGCC, Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh congratulated the Primate of the OCU
Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh on behalf of the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Sviatoslav and the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC congratulated His Beatitude Epifaniy, the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine with the first anniversary of his enthronement and forty-first birthday, the UGCC Department for Information report.
3 February 2020, 11:50 | UGCC |
Iconostasis in the Patriarchal Cathedral is planned to begin with the installation of the crown
On February 1, 2020, a working meeting was held in the Patriarchal House in Lviv devoted to building an iconostasis in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ the UGCC in Kyiv.
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