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Patriarch Sviatoslav’s Letter to the Priests Great Thursday 2014
ПОСЛАННЯ БЛАЖЕННІШОГО СВЯТОСЛАВА до священнослужителів Української Греко-Католицької Церкви на Страсний четвер Всесвітліші, всечесні та преподобні отці − дорогі співбрати в Христовому священстві! Знову наближаємося до Великого четверга, коли, ідучи на хресну смерть і відкриваючи двері у воскресіння, наш Божественний Спаситель установив святе таїнство Священства. У зв’язку з цим прагну роздумати разом із вами над тим…
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Christmas Pastoral Letter of UGCC Bishops of Canada 2013-2014
2013/2014 PASTORAL LETTER OF THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF CANADA ON THE OCCASION OF THE FEAST OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD To the Reverend Clergy, Religious Women and Men, Monastics, Seminarians and Laity Christ is Born! Let us Glorify Him! Welcoming the Stranger in Our Midst! The birth of Jesus. Luke’s Gospel records the birth…
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Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom in Cantonese
This is a Divine Liturgy of St John Chrysostom celebrated in Cantonese on 2 October 2011 at the parish of Our Lady of Good Counsel, Hong Kong. The chief celebrant is a visiting Ukrainian Greek-Catholic priest from Melbourne, Australia, Rt Rev. Olexander Kenez.
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30th Anniversary Celebration
We wish to invite you to celebrate with us in this special year of milestones for our institutions. The Sheptytsky Institute was founded 25 years ago while Holy Spirit Seminary was established 30 years ago. As such, please accept our invitation to attend three events that we are planning together in the Ottawa are for…
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Paschal Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav
Christ is Risen! The day of resurrection – let us rejoice, O peoples! Pascha of the Lord, Pascha, for Christ God brought us from death to life and from earth to heaven – as we sing the victorious song! (Paschal Canon, Resurrection Matins) Today, on the day of the glorious feast of the Resurrection of…
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Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church elected Most Rev. Sviatoslav Shevchuk
(Lviv, Ukraine, 25 March 2011) Most Reverend Sviatoslav Shevchuk has been elected Major Archbishop [Patriarch] at an Electoral Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Lviv/Bruhovitchi 21-24 March 2011, in accord with the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches and the Particular Law of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC). His…
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Ukrainian Seminaries Full, Turning Away Candidates
SAMBIR, Ukraine, FEB. 4, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Ukrainian seminaries are having to turn away up to half of the young men seeking to become priests due to a lack of space. Coadjutor Bishop Jaroslav Pryriz of the Eparchy of Sambir-Drohobych reported to Aid to the Church in Need that in some places, there are three candidates…
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Subdeacon Alex Laschuk Awarded High Honour
We are very proud to announce that one of our seminarians, Subdeacon Alex Laschuk, has been awarded a very high honour from Saint Paul University. The Governor General’s Academic Silver Medal is awarded to the undergraduate student who achieves the highest academic standing upon graduation from a bachelor degree program. Alex achieved this last year.…
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Pascha 2010