To the Very Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Religious Sisters and Brothers, Seminarians and Laity of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada December 6, 2022Feast of Saint Nicholas Christ is Born! Let us Glorify Him! Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Legend of the Elderly GrandmotherA Ukrainian Folk Tale As we celebrate Christmas, the Feast […]
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Love
by Brent Kostyniuk It is said the most popular theme for songs is love. That is probably true. All You Need is Love, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Bye Bye Love, and of course, Muskrat Love (go ahead, Google it!). The same goes for movies. What would Christmas be without watching Love Actually? Love is […]
Conception of Saint Anna
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, […]
Our Holy Father Nicholas
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 […]
Ever Changing Liturgy
by Brent Kostyniuk A youngish man gets woken up by his wife on Sunday morning. “Time to get ready for church.” “No! I’m not going today.” “Give me three good reasons why,” his wife replied. “It’s always the same. The sermons are boring. Besides, I went last week. Give me three good reasons why I […]
2020 Nativity Greeting from UGCC Bishops of Canada
Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Greetings, favoured one! The Lord is with you.Luke 1:28 Dearly Beloved in Christ! With what mixed emotions did the Mother of God experience the Annunciation when the Archangel Gabriel greeted her? On one hand, she experienced fear and confusion about what was taking place in her life: physically, bearing Jesus […]
Icons, but not Statues
by Brent Kostyniuk “Then we went on to Greece, and the Greeks led us to the edifices where they worship their God, and we knew not whether we were in heaven or on earth. For on earth there is no such splendour or such beauty, and we are at a loss how to describe it.” […]
The 2019 New Testament Challenge
Beginning Nov. 15th (the beginning of the Advent/Nativity Fast), we will once again be embarking on our annual challenge event to read through the entire New Testament (aloud) by Christmas! This is a great endeavor and exercise and you should join it! Read with your spouse as an Advent discipline! Even children can do this, […]
2018 Nativity Greeting from Patriarch Sviatoslav
Most Reverend Archbishops and Metropolitans,God-loving Bishops, Very Reverend Clergy, Venerable Monastics,Dearly Beloved Brothers and Sisters,in Ukraine and throughout the world For to us a child is born, to us a son is given;and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his nameshall be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. (Isaiah […]
2018 Nativity Greeting from UGCC Bishops of Canada
Christ is Born! Glorify Him! Glory to God in the highest heaven, and on earth peace among those whom he favours! (Luke 2:14) Dear Sisters and Brothers, As we celebrate the Feast of the Nativity of Our Lord, we do so with a sense of wonder in our hearts. The story of the birth of […]