News – Royal Doors

Jul

11

2026

Pope Leo XIV Appointed New Metropolitan-Archbishop of Winnipeg

News, UGCC

The Ukrainian Catholic Bishops in Canada are pleased to share the announcement made by the Vatican Press Service on Thursday, 9 July 2026, that His Holiness Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of the Most Rev. Lawrence Huculak, O.S.B.M., Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg, upon his reaching the age of 75. Concurrently, His Holiness appointed the Most Rev. Michael Kwiatkowski, heretofore the Bishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of New Westminster, as the new Metropolitan Archbishop of the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Winnipeg. The date of his installation will be announced as soon as it…

Jun

27

2026

By Brent Kostyniuk

Encyclicals

Both Lungs, Christian Life, Faith, News

by Brent Kostyniuk Do you write letters? Real honest to goodness letters with a pen on paper. Few people do now. To a large degree it has become a lost art. Yet letters are a unique form of communication. To receive a letter is to know that the sender has taken the time to organize their thoughts and the trouble to put those thoughts down, word by word, sentence by sentence. Moreover, there is something very special in knowing that the missive has actually been handled by the person who sent it. While letter writing is becoming increasingly rare, its…

Mar

28

2026

By Fr. Michael Winn

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 Bishops of Canada – Pascha 2026

News

To the Reverend Fathers, Religious Sisters,Venerable Monastics, Seminarians, & Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Christ is Risen! Indeed, He is Risen! Dearly Beloved in Christ! As we approach the great feast of Easter, which our Catechism rightly describes as the “feast of feasts” (Christ our Pascha, 559), we want to engage in joyful preparation. Yet, for many of us, the desire for the natural happiness of the season is clouded by the war in Ukraine, other looming conflicts, and the social and moral uncertainty within our own society. At such a time, we may come to feel powerless, whether in…

Feb

23

2026

By UGCC Bishops of USA

Statement of the UGCC Bishops of USA on the Fourth Anniversary of the Russian Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

News, UGCC

Dear brothers and sisters, What can be said on the fourth anniversary of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, after 12 years of war, in a winter where the aggressor seeks to use Mother Nature as an accomplice in state-sponsored terrorism? This winter, the harshest in years, has been deliberately exploited to break the spirit of a nation—men and women, military and civilians, grandparents, parents, and children—standing for freedom, justice, democracy, and God-given human dignity. It is a war against the people. The genocidal intent is manifest. Russia has systematically targeted Ukraine's social and spiritual infrastructure. At least 2,881 attacks…

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 Respected Author

Feast of the Great Martyr St. Demetrius

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Come all you faithful, having assembled,let us praise the fighter of Christand courageous luminary Demetrius.(Stichera in the Small Vespers Service) St. Clement of Alexandria describes the greatness and significance of a martyr in these words: “A martyr gives a threefold witness — first, to himself, that he remained faithful to God by his true loyalty to the faith; secondly, against his enemy, who attacked him in vain because he was unshakeable in love; and thirdly, to the Lord, whose teaching is so powerful that even the fear of death cannot prevail against it. Holy Church from the first centuries of…

Aug

12

2025

By Fr. Michael Winn

Preserving in Hope, Strong in Love – 2025 Post-Synodal Letter

News, UGCC

Вих. ВА 25/191 ENG “Persevering in Hope, Strong in Love” (cf. Rom. 12: 12):The Ukrainian Family in Time of War Pastoral Letter of the 2025 Synod of Bishopsof the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic ChurchTo the Clergy, Religious and Lay Faithful of the UGCCTo Families in Ukraine and AbroadTo all People of Good Will Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts,kindness, humility, meekness, and patience,bearing with one another… and forgiving each other…And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.(Col. 3:12–14) Beloved in Christ! Having gathered as pilgrims of hope at this year’s Synod of Bishops of the UGCC in Rome, we devoted special attention to the theme “Pastoral Care of Families in Conditions of War.” It is no coincidence that the issue of the family was considered in the…