Faith – Royal Doors

Mar

28

2026

Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav – Pascha 2026

Faith, News, UGCC

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 The godly-wise women hastened after you with myrrhAnd sought You, as dead, with tearsBut, rejoicing, they worshiped you as the living God,and proclaimed to Your disciples, O Christ, the mystical Pascha!Ode 7, Paschal Canon Christ is Risen! Beloved in Christ! Today, when the sun rises with dawn and reveals its paschal light, the Church invites us to set out on a journey together with the myrrh-bearing women. They are heading to the tomb –…

Mar

28

2026

By Fr. Michael Winn

Pastoral Letter of the Ukrainian Catholic Hierarchs in the USA – Pascha 2026

Faith, UGCC

To the Priests, Monks, Brothers, Sisters, Seminarians, and Dear Faithful: Christ is risen! Truly, He is risen! As we enter the holy days of our Lord’s Passion, Death and Resurrection, the Church invites us to contemplate the mystery that begins with Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday. Our Lord entered the Holy City welcomed by crowds filled with joy. Children sang, “Hosanna in the highest! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.” The people of Jerusalem, together with the disciples, rejoiced as they welcomed Christ. Yet each of them carried…

Feb

13

2026

By Brent Kostyniuk

The Final Goodbye – at least for a while

Both Lungs, Christian Life, Faith, Liturgy

by Brent Kostyniuk It has become fashionable to call funerals “Celebrations of Life.” The rationale for this seems to be a desire to enhance the memory of the deceased person and keep it fresh. In a subtle way, however, a Celebration of Life can be an attempt to deny reality. While we all want to remember loved ones who have passed, we also need to accept the fact they have left this earthly life. All of us grieve in our own way. We cry, we despair, we struggle with thoughts of what might have been, we overindulge to ease to…

Jan

13

2026

By Fr. Michael Winn

Watch Now – A Faith Under Siege

Christian Life, Faith, News

Just released for online viewing! From their website: Russian occupation authorities formally banned the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) and Catholic humanitarian groups in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region, labeling them “foreign intelligence” entities. All Greek- and Latin-rite Catholic priests have been expelled or fled, leaving “not a single Catholic priest” serving in the occupied territories, according to UGCC leadership. Russian forces have killed nearly 70 clergy and destroyed over 630 places of worship in Ukraine, with occupation authorities central to the repression. Catholic churches and properties have been seized and rededicated for the Russian Orthodox Church, described by UGCC leadership…

Dec

22

2025

By UGCC Bishops of Canada

2025 Christmas Pastoral Letter of the UGCC Bishops of Canada

Christian Life, Faith, News, UGCC

To the Very Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Religious Sisters and Brothers,Seminarians and Laity of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada Christ is Born! Let us Glorify Him! She wrapped him in swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger,because there was no room for them in the inn. [Lk. 2:7] Dearly Beloved in Christ! A mother hugs her infant child and sets him down to sleep. The child, filled with anxiety and fear, clings to his mother for comfort. This is not his usual bed; but rather it is a makeshift bundle of blankets on the Kyiv subway floor. The…

Dec

05

2025

By His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Christmas Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Christian Life, Faith, News, UGCC

Вих. ВА 25/313 ENG Most Reverend Archbishops and Metropolitans,God-loving Bishops, Very Reverend Clergy, Venerable Monastics,Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters,in Ukraine and throughout the world And this will be a sign for you: you will find a babywrapped in swaddling cloths and lying in a manger.(Luke 2:12). Christ is born! Glorify Him! Beloved in Christ! Today the whole universe welcomes the Savior born among us: angels sing, shepherds worship, kings travel with a star. The peace of God descends upon a confused and troubled humanity, which receives the light of hope that shines over the whole world from lowly Bethlehem! Christmas…

Oct

26

2025

By Brent Kostyniuk

Guardian Angels

Both Lungs, Faith

by Brent Kostyniuk Angel of GodMy guardian dearBy whom God’s love entrust me hereEver this dayBe at my sideTo light and guardTo rule and guide. I do not remember a time when I did not know this prayer. Presumably either my mother or father taught it to me at a very young age, when I would kneel beside my little cot and say a nightly prayer. On the wall above my bed was a picture of a very little boy and his dog, both kneeling by their bed, invoking the simple prayer of, “Please.” Although I did not have a…

Oct

01

2025

By Respected Author

Feast of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God

Faith

We sing your praises, O Most Holy Virgin, Mother of Christ our God, and we glorify your all-glorious patronage.Hymn of Praise from the Sixteenth CenturyAmong the Marian feasts listed in our Liturgical Year, the feast of the Patronage of the Most Holy Mother of God deserves special consideration. The cult of the Mother of God as the Protectress of our nation reaches like a golden thread from the times of the Kievan princes to the present day. The secret of honouring the Mother of God as a Protectress lies, perhaps, in the fact that we are dealing here not with…

Sep

14

2025

By Respected Author

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Christian Life, Faith, Liturgy

We extol you, O Lifegiver Christ, and honour your venerable Cross,by which you saved us from the slavery of the enemy.(Hymn of Praise in the Matins Service of the Feast) “The veneration of the Holy Cross of the Lord,” – says the Servant of God Andrew Sheptytsky in his pastoral letter on the Holy Cross – “is one of the most significant aspects of the worship of the God-Man... Signing ourselves with the sign of the Cross is one of the oldest customs of Christians.” The Holy Cross is an ever-living symbol of God’s everlasting love toward us sinners, a…

Sep

02

2025

By Respected Author

How Our Liturgical Year Developed

Christian Life, Faith, Liturgy

by Fr. Julian Katrijtranslated by Fr. Demetrius Wysochansky, OSBMIn the Old Testament we read about the mysterious tree of life, which God had planted in the garden of Eden. Although this tree no longer exists, the Lord has planted a new tree of life in the supernatural garden of the Church. This tree flourishes before our eyes, blossoming every year with new freshness and vigor; ever renewing itself, and bringing forth abundant fruit for eternal life, - and that mystical tree is the Liturgical Year.The development and growth of the Ecclesiastical Year can be aptly compared to the growth of…