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Jan

03

2017

Christmas Pastoral Letter of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada

PASTORAL LETTER FROM THE UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC BISHOPS OF CANADA ON THE OCCASION OF THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD 2016/2017 To the Reverend Clergy, Monastics, Seminarians and Laity of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada: Christ is born! Let Us Glorify Him! The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned. (Isaiah 9:2) At the Complines service on the Eve of the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord, Jesus Christ, we sing out “Z Namy Boh! God is with us!” This beautiful hymn evokes in us…

Dec

18

2016

By Brent Kostyniuk

A Christmas Icon

Both Lungs, News

by Brent Kostyniuk In you, O Full of Grace, all creation rejoices: the angelic ranks and all the human race. Sanctified temple and spiritual paradise, virgins’ pride and boast, from whom God is made flesh and became a little Child; and He Who is our God before the ages, He made your womb a throne, and He made it wider than all the heavens. In you, O Full of Grace, all creation rejoices. Glory be to you. (Irmos of the Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great) Whether your Christian heritage is from the West or the East, there are…

Oct

29

2016

By Fr. Roman Planchak

Videos: Edmonton Eparchy Introduces Christ Our Pascha

Faith, News, UGCC

Source: Edmonton Eparchy New Catechism - Christ Our Pascha. Now that the Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church has been translated into English, Bishop David has convoked an Eparchial Mini-Sobor which took place on Tuesday, October 18, at Saint Josaphat Cathedral Hall. Special guest speaker: Very Rev. Peter Galadza, Professor, Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute, Ottawa. Father Peter and others will introduce us to the new Catechism, which is comprises of three parts: Part I - The Faith of the Church (what we believe); Part II - The Prayer of the Church (how we pray); and Part III - The Life…

Oct

02

2016

By Fr. Roman Planchak

“The Gospel I Received”

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POOR ST PAUL! Analysts from Muhammad to Dan Brown have blamed him for corrupting Jesus’ message and “turning it into” Christianity. Paul is reproached as being the first to turn Jesus from being a humble Galilean rabbi into a god. This approach became current in nineteenth-century Europe. Several German thinkers popularized the idea that St Paul, not Jesus, developed Christianity as we know it. Paul, it was alleged, changed Jesus’ message for his own uses. The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche railed, “The life, the example, the teaching, the death of Christ, the meaning and the law of the whole gospels –…

Jul

13

2016

By Fr. Michael Winn

Christ – Our Pascha is now published and available!

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The English edition of Christ—Our Pascha: Catechism of the Ukrainian Catholic Church was now been published and is available at all eparchial offices in North America (except Toronto where it is available at Holy Eucharist Parish). It has shipped to the eparchial offices of Great Britain and Australia, as well as Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. The Catechism was published by the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Synod of Bishops and the Patriarchal Commission for the Catechism of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church. This blog was begun as the English edition of the Catechism is being received by our Church. It is an…

May

06

2016

By Fr. Michael Winn

Papal call to action to support Ukraine reaches Canada through CNEWA

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Ottawa, Ontario – May 3, 2016 – Pope Francis called for a special collection for Ukraine at parishes across Europe on April 24 to help families affected by the ongoing war. That call made its way to Canada through special collections taking place throughout the month of May in the Archeparchy of Winnipeg and the Eparchy of New Westminster in Vancouver with the Catholic Near East Welfare Association as recipient. After two years of war in Ukraine, 10,000 lives have been lost, 1.7 million are internally displaced and one million are seeking refuge in neighbouring countries. Despite a ceasefire agreement…

May

06

2016

By Fr. Michael Winn

Greeting of His Beatitude Sviatoslav To Canadians of Ukrainian Descent Marking the 125th Anniversary of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada 1891–2016

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Prot. N. 16/196 Greeting of His Beatitude Sviatoslav To Canadians of Ukrainian Descent Marking the 125th Anniversary of Ukrainian Settlement in Canada 1891–2016 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of Ukrainian settlement in Canada I send prayerful greetings from your ancestral land of Ukraine to the over two million Canadian citizens of Ukrainian descent. This is a time to celebrate God’s many blessings given through the vast territory of Canada to our people who have made this new land their home. And we rejoice with you, recalling at the same time the hardships…

Mar

23

2016

By Fr. Michael Winn

Perspectives on a Common Date for Easter?

Faith, News

Salt and Light TV - In May of 2014, Pope Tawadros II of the Coptic Orthodox Church sent a letter to Pope Francis. In it he expressed his desire to establish a single date for all Christian Churches to celebrate Easter. Since the 16th century the Catholic and Orthodox churches have used different calendars to calculate the date of Easter. But in modern times as Christian persecution has become rampant in many parts of the world, Christians are seeing more of what they have—and should have—in common. Join us for a new episode of Perspectives: The Weekly Edition with guest host…

Mar

22

2016

By Fr. Michael Winn

Paschal Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

NewsPascha Pastoral Letter, Sviatoslav

Most Reverend Archbishops and Bishops, Very Reverend and Reverend Fathers, Venerable Brothers and Sisters, Dearly Beloved in Christ of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church Christ is Risen! The first-born male from the virginal womb—Christ, who, as a man, has been called Lamb and unblemished, not having the stain of sin. He is our Pasch and, as true God, is called perfect. Paschal Canon, Ode 4, Second Hymn Beloved in Christ! Once again we gather in Ukraine and throughout the world to greet one another on the glorious feast of our Lord’s Resurrection: “Christ is risen!” This joyful greeting for us Christians…

Feb

16

2016

By Fr. Andriy Chirovsky

Called to Unity

Faith, News

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]ike many Ukrainian Greco-Catholics, I am pleased that Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill finally met in Havana February 12, even though the negotiations that preceded this encounter included some unseemly concessions. After all, for the last three decades such an encounter was always described as impossible because of the very existence of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church. I note that Pope Francis praised Patriarch Kirill’s humility, but the latter did not return the favor. After all, it was clearly the Pope who humbly agreed to the time and place for the meeting, in order for it to finally happen after decades…