Ukraine: First bishop of newly formed UGCC eparchy of Chernivtsi
Bukovyna is getting ready to a historical event: November 18, the installation of the first bishop of a newly formed eparchy of Chernivtsi, Josaphat Moshchych, is being held. Friday, November 10 he firstly met with journalists. Bishop told about himself, shared some of his plans and how Chernivtsi is getting ready to meet Head of UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav. It’s going to be the first official visit of the Major Archbishop to Bukovyna, as the eparchy, for the first time in 200 of UGCC...Ukraine: Council of Churches supported bill against domestic violence
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations delegated its representatives to the sessions of the Parliamentary Committee, which considered the draft of the law "On prevention and counteraction of domestic violence”. During the meeting, representatives of the Council of Churches supported the draft of the Bill No. 5294, reports the Institute of Religious Freedom. As a result of the discussion, the Committee on Family, Youth Policy, Sports and Tourism recommended the...Ukraine: Bartholomew calls to stop the war in eastern Ukraine
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called to put an end to the war and aggression in eastern Ukraine. This is stated in the message of the Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on the occasion of the 84th anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine. “While prayerfully commemorating the atrocity of famine, we would also like to make a prayerful appeal to all people of goodwill for the cessation of the war, aggression and ongoing violence in Ukraine, as well as to underscore the importance of respecting...Ukraine: UGCC Head specified an obstacle to Ukrainian-Russian reconciliation
Patriarch Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), the Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has said that the UGCC already starts talking about the need for Ukrainian-Russian reconciliation despite the war between Ukraine and the Russian Federation and almost daily victims in the east. He pointed out that this process will be difficult, because Russia still “does not recognize Ukraine as a party” to a possible dialogue. This was reported by the Voice of America.“Ukrainian society is not yet ready to...
Ukraine: Council of Churches to cooperate with the Conference of European Churches
The Secretariat of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations is drafting a memorandum on the interaction with the Conference of European Churches. The representatives of Ukrainian denominations discussed this issue during a meeting on October 18, under the chairmanship of Sheikh Ahmed Tamim, Chairman of the Religious Administration of Muslims of Ukraine, the Institute of Religious Freedom report. Earlier the AUCCRO already appealed to foreign inter-church associations to...Ukraine: Westlicher Weihnachtstag wird Feiertag
In der Ukraine wird ab sofort neben dem orthodoxen Weihnachtstag (7. Januar) auch der westliche Weihnachtstag zu einem arbeitsfreien Feiertag. Das ukrainische Parlament hat den 25. Dezember zu einem offiziellen Feiertag erklärt. Eine große Mehrheit der Abgeordneten (238) stimmte für die Änderung im Arbeitsgesetz, nur 7 Parlamentarier waren dagegen. Zugleich wurde die Abschaffung des bisherigen Feiertags am 2. Mai beschlossen, der 1. Mai hingegen bleibt bestehen. Der neue Feiertag soll laut den...Ukraine: The eldest bishop of the UGCC reposes in the Lord
His Eminence Andriy (Sapelyak), bishop emeritus of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, died on November 6 at the age of 98. According to the UGCC Department of Information, the funeral service will be further announced. Bishop Andriy Sapelyak was born on January 13, 1919 in the village of Ryshkova Volya, Yaroslavl district. He was the first child in the Ukrainian peasant family of Mikhaylo Sapelyak and Agafia Yarosh.After graduating from the Przemysl high school Andriy joined the congregation...
