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Jul
18
2022
By Fr. Michael Winn
Becoming Byzantine

Becoming Byzantine

Christian Life, Faith, Featured Articles, News
The series, Becoming Byzantine, is intended to be an online introduction to Byzantine Catholic Faith, Worship, and Life, based on the teachings of the catechism, Christ Our Pascha. Each month, the series sponsors a 90-minute webinar which will serve as a conversation introducing the topics and themes from the Catechism (which can be read afterwards), as well as from the recorded videos that will be available on our YouTube Channel. This can be used for individual, group, or parish study. You can view the entire series here.
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May
07
2022
By Respected Author
MASI Study Days: July 15-17, 2022

MASI Study Days: July 15-17, 2022

Featured Articles, News
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 and offers a community of prayer and fellowship guided by these sacred texts under the direction of world class speakers and scholars of Early Christianity. Keynote Speakers: Rev. Dr. John Behr, University of Aberdeen “Reason Persuading Necessity: Gregory of Nyssa on the Human Being” Fr.…
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Apr
14
2022
By Fr. Michael Winn
Patriarch Sviatoslav’s Paschal Letter 2022

Patriarch Sviatoslav’s Paschal Letter 2022

Featured Articles, 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 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 the whale on the third day,You arose from the tomb!Ode 6, Paschal Canon Beloved in Christ! This year we approach the Pascha of Christ in the midst of particular challenges, suffering, cruelty, indignities, and ruin. For our people, in Ukraine and abroad, it would seem…
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Apr
14
2022
By UGCC Bishops of Canada
Paschal Letter of the Bishops of Canada 2022

Paschal Letter of the Bishops of Canada 2022

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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 28:8). Easter and the Resurrection: A Journey from Fear to Joy and Hope Today, we celebrate the glorious Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord, Jesus Christ. Today, we rejoice in Christ’s victory over sin and death. Today, all things are filled with joy. As…
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Mar
14
2022
By Brent Kostyniuk
Children in Church

Children in Church

Both Lungs, Featured Articles
by Brent Kostyniuk At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a little child to him and placed the child among them. And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 18:1-3). How often have we heard these words and tried to apply them to ourselves, to our own lives? We can understand Jesus’ message that we need to have the unconditional trust and faith of children in accepting His teaching.…
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Feb
17
2022
By Respected Author
An Extraordinary Life for Extraordinary Times

An Extraordinary Life for Extraordinary Times

Faith, Featured Articles, News
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 into service for his long-suffering Ukrainian Catholic faithful. This child’s fate was predetermined, and God’s will led and empowered him throughout his extraordinary, exemplary yet challenging life. The year 2022 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of one of the giants of the Ukrainian…
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Jan
24
2022
By UGCC Bishops of Canada
Concerning the Current Political and Humanitarian Crises in Ukraine

Concerning the Current Political and Humanitarian Crises in Ukraine

Featured Articles, UGCC
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 that we are with you day and night in sincere and earnest prayer and support. For some time now, our faithful have been asked to offer prayers for peace in Ukraine both in their churches and in their homes. Know that we remain united with…
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Dec
11
2021
By Fr. Michael Winn
40 Day Reading Plan of Christ Our Pascha

40 Day Reading Plan of Christ Our Pascha

Faith, Featured Articles
40 Day Reading Plan of Christ – Our Pascha, the Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church On Knowledge of the Catechism (April 1937) I strongly remind the priest-pastors about this great and holy obligation before God (to teach catechism), and now I come to you, Dear Brothers and Sisters, to you, fathers of Christian families, to you, Christian mothers, to you, Brothers and Sisters, members of various church brotherhoods. Help our priests, help me, your Bishop-Pastor, to spread among the people, but especially among the youth, a knowledge of the holy faith, a knowledge of the catechism. This is the…
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Dec
09
2021
By David Petras
Conception of Saint Anna

Conception of Saint Anna

Faith, Featured Articles, Liturgy
by Very Rev. Archpriest David Petras The conception of the all-holy virgin Mary in the womb of Anna is celebrated on December 9 in the Byzantine tradition, for a natural reason, that the Eastern ancients thought a girl was in the womb one day less than a boy. However, in the Ruthenian Church in America, the feast is now celebrated together with the Roman Church on December 8, nine months before her birth on September 8, because she is the patron of the United States. [The Ukrainian Catholic Church celebrates this feast on December 9.] It is clear that this…
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Dec
07
2021
By David Petras
Our Holy Father Nicholas

Our Holy Father Nicholas

Faith, Featured Articles, Liturgy, News
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 has become essentially connected with the feast of Christmas. While the details of his life are certainly legendary, the first appearance is the Vita per Michaelem, in the ninth century, and then by Simeon Metaphrastes in the tenth century, yet we cannot help but suspect…
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