His Beatitude Sviatoslav

His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) is the Father and Head of the UGCC. He was elected on March 23, 2011 by the UGCC Synod of Bishops, and was enthroned on March 27, 2011 at the Patriarchal Sobor of the Resurrection in Kyiv.
30 Posts
Dec
12
2017
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav
2017 Nativity Greeting from Patriarch Sviatoslav

2017 Nativity Greeting from Patriarch Sviatoslav

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CHRISTMAS PASTORAL LETTER OF HIS BEATITUDE SVIATOSLAV Most Reverend Archbishops and Metropolitans, God-loving Bishops, Very Reverend Clergy, Venerable Monastics, Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters, in Ukraine and throughout the world For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich. 2 Cor. 8:9 Christ is born! Glorify Him! Beloved in Christ! Today once again we share the unspeakable joy of the Holy Nativity, which fills the heart of each believer. The Son of God became one of us, having…
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Apr
07
2017
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav
Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Palm Sunday to the Youth

Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Palm Sunday to the Youth

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Dear Beloved Youth in Christ! Every year on Palm Sunday I rejoice that I have the opportunity to address you with this pastoral address and together with you to experience the Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem – the feast of the Lord’s triumph, which leads us into the Paschal Mystery of the sufferings, death and resurrection of Christ in order to be with the Lord in His eternal victory in one week. I confess to you that I receive great joy and inspiration from every encounter with you both in Ukraine and in the diaspora. These encounters give hope and faith…
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Apr
07
2017
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav
Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the Priests on Great and Holy Thursday

Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the Priests on Great and Holy Thursday

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Dear Brothers in the Priesthood! This year again, like Christ’s disciples at the Mystical Supper, we will sit with our Divine Saviour on this holy day at His mystical banquet. Today once again we will live through the humbling before us of our Teacher and Lord at the washing of the feet and we will rejoice in the gift of His Priesthood. In this way, as we enter into His Passion and await His glorious Resurrection, contemplating His ministry and extreme humility, to heal our wounds, I invite you to reflect upon one of the most important Mysteries of the…
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Apr
05
2017
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav
Easter 2017 Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Easter 2017 Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

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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! Like a yearling lamb, our blessed crown, Christ, was sacrificed of his own will for all, a Pasch of cleansing. And from his tomb he shines on us again, the splendid Sun of righteousness From Ode 4, Paschal Canon Beloved in Christ! Today throughout the whole Universe the joyful good news resounds with one voice: “Christ is risen!” In these words are found the power and profession of…
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Jan
03
2017
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav
Pastoral Letter on Gender Ideology

Pastoral Letter on Gender Ideology

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ENCYCLICALOF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPSOF THE MAJOR ARCHBISHOPRIC OF KYIV-HALYCHOF THE UKRAINIAN GREEK CATHOLIC CHURCHCONCERNING THE DANGER OF GENDER IDEOLOGY Dearly Beloved in Christ! Introduction 1. In the twentieth century, the people of Ukraine suffered from a godless Soviet regime that attempted to forcefully tear people from the roots of faith and impose an atheistic worldview. Presented as the only “scientific” one, this worldview denied human persons’ freedom of conscience and deprived them of the right to freely profess their religious beliefs. At the beginning of the twenty-first century, the world stands before similar challenges, which, however, are not accompanied…
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Dec
21
2014
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Christmas 2014 Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

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Most Reverend Metropolitans, Archbishops and Bishops, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, Venerable Religious and Monastics, Beloved Brothers and Sisters, in Ukraine and throughout the world Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord. (Luke 2:10-11) Christ is Born! With these angelic words from heaven, Christ’s Church announces news of salvation. Today for us a Saviour has been born: the Lord descended to earth, appearing in a human body in the…
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May
03
2014
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav
“The proper role of our diaspora: not to live for Ukraine, but to live”

“The proper role of our diaspora: not to live for Ukraine, but to live”

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Speech of His Beatitude Sviatoslav at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute Fundraiser, Toronto, May 2, 2014 Thank you, Ambassador Bennett, for your kind words of introduction. It is so gratifying to see members of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church in Canada like you, Your Excellency, serving their country in such high office. The Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church is not a Church made up solely of ethnic Ukrainians, as you so aptly demonstrate in your person. It is a Church that comes from the Ukrainian people - but it is a Church that is for the entire human race. I am grateful that…
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Dec
20
2013
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Christmas Epistle of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

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Christ is born! Hearing the voice of the angel which could be heard by the shepherds in the dark night, we are hurrying today to the poor stable in Bethlehem.  Here in the hands of the Blessed Virgin Mary, we see the Son of God who came into our world as a human being.  Together with them we rejoice, we sing praises, and we look upon the live and true God, who was born in a human body and gives himself to the hands of a person as a tiny, tender, unprotected Child. The Nativity of our Savior uncovers for…
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