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Ukrainian Plast members to spread Bethlehem Fire


On 11 December, the Ukrainian delegation of Plast members together with scouts from other countries will participate in the celebratory Mass in the Vienna Cathedral, where an international relay race "Bethlehem Fire of Peace." After the mass, the scout organizations will begin to spread the Bethlehem fire of peace in the European countries.

All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Reigious Organizations vainly seeks meeting with President


Assessing the church-state relations since Viktor Yanukovych took power, Secretary of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate Bishop Yevstratii (Zoria) noted that despite all the negative tendencies of "the expectations of Patriarch Kirill and some hotheads from MP [Moscow Patriarchate] that the authorities embodied in Viktor Yanikovych will by all means help destroy the structure of the Kyivan Patriarchate have not proved true at all."

New Protohegumen of Ukrainian Redemptoris elected


On November 28, Fr. Ihor Kolisnyk of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer was elected the new protohegumen of the Lviv Province of the Order of the Most Holy Redeemer for the next four years. He replaced the previous protohegumen, Fr. Vasyl Ivaniv.

Lviv to participate in Cities for Life Day


On November 30, 2010, the city of Lviv for the first time is to join over 1,200 cities around the world in illuminating one of its central monuments - the Boim Chapel, thus joining the international campaign "Cities for Life - Cities Against the Death Penalty!"

Christmas Fast begins in Ukraine


Great Christian feasts always are accompanied with pre-feast fast. In the end of the year, there is a long fast, Pylypivka before Christmas. In the Ukrainian Orthodox and Greek Catholic churches, it begins on 28 November (according to the new style) and lasts until 6 January.

Sect problem was a main topic of UGCC and RCC bishops meeting


Another meeting of UGCC and RCC bishops had been held in Lviv on November 22-23. The main topic of the discussion had been sect problem which modern Christians face today.

Heads of UOC-KP, UGCC, UAOC and RCC in Ukraine to lead memorial service for victims of Holodomor


On the last Saturday of November, Ukraine remembers the victims of the Holodomor genocide of 1932-1933. On the Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Holodomor, on November 27, memorial events will be held in all the regional centers of Ukraine. The Day of Remembrance of Victims of the Holodomor will also be widely marked abroad. The memorial events in Kyiv will begin at 2:30 p.m. with a procession to the National Memorial of Holodomor Victims, where the heads of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate, Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church, and Roman Catholic Church in Ukraine will serve a memorial service.

Lviv City Council now has its own chaplain


Lviv city mayor Andriy Sadovyy asked the head of Lviv Archeparchy of UGCC, bishop Ihor Voznyak, to appoint a chaplain for Lviv City Council. The city mayor announced this at the first working session of Lviv City Council of the 6th convocation on November 25.

A new religiosity of the Ukrainian youth


The book "Modern religiosity. In that and how youth in Ukaine believes", which was recently published in Germany, shows the pecularities of the religiosity of students of secular and religious schools.

Light a candle for victims of Holodomor


27 November, to commemorate victims of Holodomor and political repressions in Ukraine, everyone is invited to join the all-Ukrainian action "Light a candle for the victims of Holodomor.

Birth rate increasing in all regions of Ukraine


The birth rate in the third quarter of 2010 increased in all regions of Ukraine apart from Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk Oblasts, Justice Minister Oleksandr Lavrynovych has said with reference to data from relevant agencies, the Kyiv Post reports.

U.S. Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor on religious freedom in Ukraine


The American Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor published its annual International Religious Freedom Report. The report analyzes religious demography, policy framework and legislation, restrictions of religious freedom, and societal respect for religious freedom.

Public Committee urges teachers to hold Holodomor memory lessons in face of official sabotage


The Public Committee on Honoring the Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor Genocide of 1932-1933 has appealed to Ukrainian school teachers to continue the tradition of holding Holodomor memory lessons on Novеmber 22-26 ahead of the national Holodomor remembrance day on November 27.

Pope Sends Message for Ukrainian Independence Day


VATICAN CITY, AUG. 26, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI sent a message of congratulations for the 19th anniversary of Ukrainian Independence Day.

On Independence Day the Head of UGCC Called Faithful “to Follow Divine Orders and Not the Political Situation”


"What place does prayer have when we mark this great state holiday, or other similar events? Why do we want to pray today?" asked Patriarch Lubomyr, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) in his Independence Day Address. His speech was read on August 24, on Independence Day of Ukraine, in the Church of the Annunciation to the Holy Mother of God during Hierarchal Divine Liturgy.

In Ternopil-Zboriv Eparchy the Year of Vocation to Consecrated Life Celebrated


The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church on December 5, 2009, declared the year 2010 the Year of Christian vocation with an emphasis on the vocation to consecrated life.

Pilgrimage of the Kyivan Archeparchy to Vyshhorod to be Held in September


On September 11 - 12, 2010, a pilgrimage of the Kyivan Archeparchy of the UGCC to the city Vyshhorod will take place. The pilgrimage will offer different Christian communities to meet in one of the oldest centers of Kyivan Christianity.

Pilgrimage of Greek Catholics on the Appearance Mountain near Peremyshl was held


On Sunday, August 15, the annual pilgrimage of Greek Catholics to the Appearance Mount near Peremyshl took place. The pilgrimage was organized by the parish of Arch Cathedral Church in Peremyshl.

August 28 Orthodox and Greek Catholics celebrated the Assumption of Virgin Mary


The Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics celebrate the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Dormition of the Theotokos (the falling asleep of the Mother of God) on August 28, preceded by a 14-day fast period. Eastern Orthodox Christians believe that Mary died a natural death, that her soul was received by Christ upon death, and that her body was resurrected on the third day after her death and that she was taken up into heaven bodily in anticipation of the general resurrection. Her tomb was found empty on the third day."

Pilgrimage of families of migrant workers to Zarvanytsya has begun


On July 6, 2010, began the fifth pedestrian pilgrimage from Sambir, Lviv region, to Zarvanytsya, Ternopil region, of families of migrant workers. The pilgrimage began in the Nativity of the Holy Mother of God Church, with a Hierarchal Divine Liturgy led by Bishop Yaroslav (Pryriz), Coadjutor of the Sambir and Drohobych Eparchy.

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