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His Beatitude Lubomyr thanks entrepreneurs for their activity and courage


On December 2, 2010, administrators of the Kyiv-Mohyla Business School (kmbs) met with His Beatitude Lubomyr, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church. The topic of the meeting was "Business and Spiritual Values."

His Beatitude Lubomyr blesses future Andrey Sheptytsky School


Head of UGCC His Beatitude Lubomyr blessed the future Andrey Sheptytsky School, which is to open in September 2012 in Kyiv. According to SoborNews, the presentation of the new school was held on November 30 at the Patriarchal Curia of the UGCC.

The Head of UGCC, uniting with Pope, prayed for every nascent life


"Nowadays, great evil, called abortion, reigns in the world. Abortion is an act of killing an unborn child. And today we have gathered to pray for life, for the preservation of life, for God's help for all those who strive with the temptation to deprive own's child of life in their womb," said His Beatitude Lyubomyr during his prayer uniting with His Holiness Benedict XVI's for every nascent life.

Third Audio Book of Patriarch Lubomyr to appear


The third audio book of the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) Patriarch Lubomyr, "The Path to God," has recently been recorded in of Kyiv's studios. The recording will continue a series of talks with the head of the UGCC, which began with his first two audio books "The Road to Oneself" and "Path to Thy Neighbor." It is expected that the last book will appear in January 2011, during the Christmas holiday, reports the Information Department of the UGCC.

Patriarch Lubomyr: ‘We are not looking for conventional solutions, but a way which the Lord God would want us to go’


On November 14, with a thanksgiving liturgy in the Annunciation of the Holy Mother Cathedral in Kyiv, the Congress of the Laity of Central, Eastern, and Southern Ukraine came to an end. The congress was attended by representatives and exarches of the Kyiv Archeparchy, the Donetsk-Kharkiv Exarchate, the Odesa-Crimea Exarchate, and the Lutsk Exarchate, as well as Patriarch Lubomyr, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.

‘For a long time monasticism was considered bloodless martyring,’ Patriarch Lubomyr


On November 10, a meeting of the Commission on Matters of Monasticism and heads of monastic orders and congregations of the UGCC with the head of the UGCC Patriatch Lubomyr was held. The meeting was attended by Bishop Taras (Senkiv), apostolic administrator of the Stryj Eparchy responsible for the UGCC's monasticism, the Most Rev. Benedict (Aleksiychuk), bishop of the archeparchy of Lviv, and Fr. Petro Rak, the head of the commissions department of the UGCC. The meeting took place as part of the Year of Christian Vocation with the special emphasis on the vocations to consecrated life. The purpose of the meeting was for monastics to understand their vocation and identity and witness for the church.

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.

Bishops of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church reflect on the issue of migration


The next Synod of Bishops Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church will be held September 2-9, 2010, in Lviv. On this occasion, Head of the Church Patriarch Lubomyr Husar asked the faithful to "pray for the success of this synod."

Patriarch Lubomyr “Pilgrimage of migrants must address their needs”


The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) expressed that the pilgrimage of migrants from Sambir to Zarvanytsya must be addressed to their needs.

His Beatitude Lubomyr blessed project to build monument for migrants


Fundraising in the UGCC has begun for a monument dedicated to Ukrainian migrants in the Maria Spiritual Center in Zarvanytsya. The monument will be built on the benediction of the head of the UGCC His Beatitude Lubomyr in the following year. For the realization of the project the head of the UGCC blessed the creation of a special supervisory council, which includes Bishop Joseph (Milyan), Bishop Vasyl (Semenyuk), Fr. Vasyl Potochnyak, Mrs. Oksana Pronyuk, and Mr. Hryhoriy Seleschuk.

Volyn Media: Patriarch Lubomyr called to renew the original unity of the Church and Ukraine


LUTSK - In Lutsk the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar) called to renew the original unity of Christ's Church, reports the Information Department of the UGCC with references to Volyn Truth, Volyn Information Portal, Pepper Kovel Style, and other publications of the Volyn region.

Head of the UGCC discusses building a cathedral in Lutsk with the authority of Volyn


The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr on June 29 officially met with the Lutsk city chairman Bohdan Shyba, reports the Volyn Information Portal. At the meeting the hierarch was accompanied with the members of Permanent Synod and Bishop Josaphat (Hovera), Exarch of Lutsk of the UGCC.

“The Holy Spirit acts the same today as He did two thousand years ago”: Head of the UGCC on Pentecost


On May 23, 2010, on the feast commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit, His Beatitude Lubomyr, the head of the UGCC, took part in the festive Divine Liturgy that was celebrated in the Annunciation of the Holy Mother of God Church of the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ. That day six children, members of the parochial community, received their First Holy Communion.

Head of the UGCC called to help guarantee spiritual and social-economic rights of workers


"A person is the crown of God's creation. His rights must be properly defended, especially his spiritual and social-economic rights. The worker and the employer can not exist without the other. There need to be harmonious Christian relations between them. Free democratic labor unions must have a decisive role. It is an important Christian task," said Patriarch Lubomyr during a meeting with Oleksandr Dzhulyk, president of the All-Ukrainian Union of Workers' Solidarity (VOST).

Head of the UGCC presented his second audio book


The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church His Beatitude Lubomyr presented his second audio book called "The Road to Thy Neighbor." The presentation, which took place in the in the Kyiv bookstore Ye [Є], began with an irmos performed by the vocalist of group Gorgisheli.

Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Lubomyr will present his second audio book


At noon on April 14, 2010, in the Kyiv bookstore Ye [Є] (3 Lysenko St.), Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, will presents his second audio book "The Road to Thy Neighbor." The distinguished Ukrainian journalist, director of the TV channel TVi Mykola Knyazhytskyj who interviewed the hierarch for the audio book will also take part in the presentation.

Memorial service held in Kyiv for the deceased in the plane crash near Smolensk


The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), on April 11, 2010, participated in the memorial service for the repose of the Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, and all the members of the delegation who perished in the plane crash near Smolensk in Russia. The service was headed by Apostolic Nuncio in Ukraine Archbishop Ivan Yurkovych.

To the venerable Mr. Jacek Kluczkowski, Ambassador of Poland in Ukraine


In his Easter sermon the head of the UGCC called Christians to unite


His Beatitude Lubomyr Major Archbishop of Kyiv-Halych of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in his Easter Hierarchal Divine Liturgy on April 4 in the St. Basil the Great Church in Kyiv expressed the importance to consider the division in the Christian world and to find a way to overcome the separation.

Head of the UGCC to invite faithful to joint in preparation of main theme of the Synod of Bishops


On March 26, 2010, at 10:00 a.m. in Lviv, in Metropolitan's chambers on St. George Mount (St. George Square, 5), a press conference will take place with the participation of His Beatitude Lubomyr, head of the UGCC. The theme of the press conference is "Immigration: the task of the church in ministering for immigrants." Immigration is the main theme of the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC in 2010. During the press conference the head of the UGCC will announce the beginning of the preparations to the Synod and, as already traditional, will invite faithful to participate in working out the main theme.

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