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  • 16 July 2019, 12:15 | History, archaeology | 

    Relic with Metropolitan Sheptytsky's signature found in Bosnia

    In the city of Banja Luka, Northern Bosnia, a relic signed by the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church Metropolitan, Andrey Sheptytsky, was found. The sinkel for the monks in the Lviv Archeparchy of the UGCC Justin Boyko wrote about it on Facebook, Gal-info reports.

  • 16 July 2019, 09:36 | UGCC | 

    Head of UGCC says when Church will finish building Patriarchate

    We are a Patriarchal Church. The Patriarchate is not granted. Patriarchate is a certain way to be together for our Church, which exists in Ukraine and around the world. When we learn to be together as one Church, to overcome what separates us, each such time we become more of a Patriarchal Church.

  • 14 July 2019, 09:54 | UGCC | 

    UGCC Patriarch: Our Church counts faithful among Chinese as well

    Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) has recently received a letter from a Chinese parish of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. It was written by the Greek Catholics of Chinese origin.

  • 11 July 2019, 13:32 | Vatican | 

    Pope creates Apostolic Exarchy for Ukrainians in Italy

    A new Exarchy has been erected to provide for the pastoral care of Ukrainian Greek-Catholics living in Italy, Vatican.news reports.

  • 10 July 2019, 22:58 | UGCC | 

    Patriarch Sviatoslav: After meeting with Pope, three dreams of UGCC are closer to realization

    The Pope's visit to Ukraine, the granting of the Patriarchate to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the beatification of Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky became closer to realization after a recent meeting with the Pope. This belief was expressed by the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav in an interview with the Italian media outlet ACI Stampa. The text of the interview was distributed by the Information Department of the UGCC.

  • 10 July 2019, 21:54 | UGCC | 

    When Pope comes to Ukraine, it will be work on ending war

    During a meeting with the Pope in the Vatican, the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church invited the Pontiff to visit Ukraine. "I'll think about it," was the Pope's answer.

  • 10 July 2019, 21:29 | UGCC | 

    Head of UGCC: division in Orthodoxy is big problem for Ukraine

    "The churches live by their own prejudices against each other... People understand that there are dogmatic, theological and spiritual differences between Catholics, Orthodox and Protestants, but they do not understand why the Orthodox themselves are divided among themselves," the Primate added. Division in Orthodoxy is a big problem for Ukraine. This opinion was expressed by the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav, in an interview for the Italian media outlet ACI Stampa after the meeting of the UGCC hierarchs with Pope Francis.

  • 7 July 2019, 09:14 | Vatican | 

    Vatican releases communiqué following meeting of Pope Francis with UGCC leaders

    On July 5-6, 2019, His Holiness Pope Francis met with the Patriarch of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Metropolitans, members of the Permanent Synod and heads of competent dicastries of the Roman Curia. As the communiqué notes, which was published by the Vatican press service, inviting the hierarchs of the UGCC to Rome, the Pope sought to express his closeness to the Greek Catholics.

  • 5 July 2019, 14:34 | Vatican | 

    Ukrainian Greek-Catholic leaders meet with Pope at the Vatican

    A two-day meeting with leaders of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, convened by Pope Francis, begins Friday at the Vatican. Present for the encounter are the Greek Catholic Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych, Sviatoslav Shevchuk; the members of the Permanent Synod and the Metropolitans of the Church; and the heads of various discasteries of the Roman Curia,Vatican News reports.

  • 5 July 2019, 09:13 | UGCC | 

    The meeting of the UGCC hierarchs with the Pope begins today in the Vatican

    The Pope has invited the Metropolitans of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church and the Permanent Synod to a meeting that will take place in Rome on July 5 and 6, 2019. His Beatitude Sviatoslav shares his expectations of the upcoming meeting.

  • 3 July 2019, 09:46 | International relations | 

    "We ask you about three things: remembering, solidarity and prayer" — UGCC Bishop Bohdan Dziurakh at the meeting of General Secretaries of Europe's Bishops Conferences

    On July 1-4, 2019, the 47th annual Meeting of the General Secretaries of Europe's Bishops Conferences, which is held by the Council of the Bishops' Conferences of Europe (CCEE), is taking place in the British city of Birmingham. Bishop Bohdan Dzyurakh, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church represents UGCC at this meeting.

  • 2 July 2019, 10:43 | Interchurch relations | 

    Filaret: Moscow prevents Rome from granting patriarchate status to UGCC

    Moscow believes that Ukraine is its canonical territory, and therefore no Patriarchate – neither Orthodox nor Greek Catholic – should be present here. Patriarch Emeritus Filaret said it on air of ZIK TV channel.

  • 2 July 2019, 10:37 | UGCC | 

    Cardinal of Naples hands St Januarius' relics over to UGCC

    On June 28, Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Archbishop of Naples, transferred to the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church a piece of the relics of St. Januarius, the most revered patron saint of the local population, a martyr of the 4th century. It is reported by the Information Department of the UGCC.

  • 1 July 2019, 09:33 | UGCC | 

    Cathedral of Mother of God of Zarvanytsya receives Minor Papal Basilica status

    On June 30, Zarvanytsya Marian Spiritual Centre hosted the solemn proclamation of the new status of the Cathedral of the Mother of God of Zarvanytsya which, according to the Decree issued by the Holy Father Francis, now holds a title of the Minor Basilica.

  • 30 June 2019, 11:55 | Religion and society | 

    UGCC Head: It's impossible to negotiate with aggressor but one can only stop him

    Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church warns of excessive trust in those who say that the war can be stopped quickly.

  • 29 June 2019, 15:05 | UGCC | 

    Archbishop Borys (Gudziak) became first Ukrainian to get Notre Dame University Award

    On June 29, the President of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Archbishop Borys Gudziak of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church was conferred on the Notre Dame Award.

  • 28 June 2019, 12:32 | UGCC | 

    UGCC Head on future meeting with Pope: we will have no taboo topics for discussion

    The hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church are ready to meet with the Pope, a meeting which will be held in Vatican on July 5-6, and will openly raise all issues without any restrictions.

  • 28 June 2019, 12:30 | Religion and society | 

    UGCC Head gives advice to Ukrainians on parliamentary elections

    The snap elections to the Ukrainian parliament will take place on July 21, 2019. The CEC completed the registration process on June 25. More than 2,000 candidate MPs on the electoral lists of 21 political parties have been registered.

  • 28 June 2019, 11:27 | Faith and weapon | 

    UGCC Head: If peace means agreeing to aggressor’s terms, it is not peace, but capitulation

    We have paid a high price for our freedom, for the right to be ourselves, so the war cannot end with peace at any price.

  • 24 June 2019, 12:15 | UGCC | 

    Priceless find for UGCC: genealogy of Sheptytsky brothers recovered

    An invaluable exhibit was found in the funds of the Vernadsky National Library: geneological tables of the Sheptytsky family, collected and ordered by Jan Kantii Sheptytsky, described by eyewitnesses in memoirs. It is planned to hand them over to the Museum of Sheptytsky, which is scheduled to open in Lviv in the parish of the Blessed Hieromartyr Klymentiy Sheptytsky, through the efforts of Fr Sevastyan Dmytrukh.

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