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.
35 Posts
Dec
21
2014
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Christmas 2014 Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

News, UGCC
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”

UGCC
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

News, UGCC,
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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