Pastoral Letter of the 2022 Synod of Bishopsof the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Churchto the Clergy, Monastics and Laity of the UGCCand to All People of Good Will Greater love has no one than this,that someone lay down his life for his friends (Jn. 15:13). Beloved in Christ! For the fifth month, a large-scale, brutal war has […]
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MASI Study Days: July 15-17, 2022
Drinking from the Hidden Fountain: Thinking and Living with the Patristic Heritage At the heart of the Eastern Christian tradition is the first millennium of Christianity. This period, its figures, and its controversies determine the theology, worship, and spirituality that Eastern Christians are submerged in today. MASI’s 2022 Study Days dives deep into this wellspring […]
Patriarch Sviatoslav’s Paschal Letter 2022
Most Reverend Archbishops and Bishops, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, Venerable Brothers and Sisters in Monastic and Religious Life, Dearly Beloved Laity in Christ of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Christ is Risen! You have descended into the depths of the earth, O Christ,And have broken the eternal bonds which held the captive,And like Jonah from […]
Paschal Letter of the Bishops of Canada 2022
On the Occasion of the Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord To the Very Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Religious Sisters and Brothers, Seminarians and Laity of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada: Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen! Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid” (Matthew […]
An Extraordinary Life for Extraordinary Times
by Lidia Wasylyn Who could have guessed that a child born February 17, 1892, into a humble, deeply religious family in Western Ukraine would become a prince of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, leading his flock into the 20th century? Such was God’s plan for this child and from an early age, his faith pulled him […]
Concerning the Current Political and Humanitarian Crises in Ukraine
Statement of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada Dear Brothers and Sisters Christ is Among Us! During these most difficult days when Ukraine endures the threat of Russian invasion, the clergy, religious and faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada reach out to our brothers and sisters in Ukraine. We want to ensure you […]
Our Holy Father Nicholas
by Fr. David Petras One can easily say that the greatest saint of the Byzantine Church is Nicholas the Wonderworker, Archbishop of Myra in Lycia. Yet the only thing we know of him for certain is his name, and that a holy man named Nicholas was the bishop in Myra in the fourth century. He […]
The Hope to Which the Lord Call Us
Pastoral Letter of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic ChurchTo the Clergy, Religious, and all the Faithful of the UGCC I do not cease to give thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers,that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory,may give you a spirit of wisdom and of […]
Letter from the Catholic Bishops of Saskatchewan on the Unmarked Graves at the Former Marieval Indian Residential School at Cowessess First Nation
Dear First Nations, Metis, and Inuit communities; Families and Citizens: With the news this morning of the location of 751 unmarked graves at the former Marieval Indian Residential School at Cowesses First Nation, the Catholic Bishops of Saskatchewan acknowledge that this experience is heartbreaking and devastating for all – and especially residential school survivors, their […]
The Bond of Our Peoples
Dear Ukrainian Catholic Faithful, Слава Ісусу Христу! Glory be to Jesus Christ! Many of us were saddened earlier this week when we learned that the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Parish, Calgary, had been vandalized by individuals acting on their own – not once but twice, alongside many other Roman Catholic parishes […]