Blog Post

May
09
2014
By Fr. Roman Planchak
Fearing but Faithful

Fearing but Faithful

Faith, Featured Articles
Source: “THE NOBLE JOSEPH took down from the tree Your spotless body, wrapped it in pure linen with aromatic spices and laid it for burial in a new tomb.” This troparion, which summarizes the Gospel account of the Lord’s burial, is sung as the holy shroud (epitaphios) is placed in the tomb on Great Friday evening. It is sung again on the Third Sunday of Pascha, but with this addition: “But on the third day, You arose, O Lord, and bestowed great mercy upon the world!” The noble or righteous Joseph of Arimathea, along with Nicodemus, is commemorated on this…
Read More
May
06
2014
By Brent Kostyniuk
Ut Unum Sint

Ut Unum Sint

Both Lungs, Christian Life, Faith, Featured Articles
by Brent Kostyniuk As this marks the fiftieth appearance of the Both Lungs column, it seems appropriate to learn more about the context in which Saint John Paul II made the remark from which this column takes its title and its theme. As it turns out, he used the phrase many times. However, one which seems most relevant to this column was in the encyclical Ut Unum Sint [That They May Be One] given on May 25, 1995. Ut Unum Sint looked ahead to the year 2000 and the Jubilee of the Incarnation of the Son of God. It builds…
Read More
May
03
2014
By His Beatitude Sviatoslav
“The proper role of our diaspora: not to live for Ukraine, but to live”

“The proper role of our diaspora: not to live for Ukraine, but to live”

Featured Articles, UGCC
Speech of His Beatitude Sviatoslav at the Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky Institute Fundraiser, Toronto, May 2, 2014 Thank you, Ambassador Bennett, for your kind words of introduction. It is so gratifying to see members of the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church in Canada like you, Your Excellency, serving their country in such high office. The Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church is not a Church made up solely of ethnic Ukrainians, as you so aptly demonstrate in your person. It is a Church that comes from the Ukrainian people - but it is a Church that is for the entire human race. I am grateful that…
Read More
May
02
2014
By Brent Kostyniuk
An Encounter with the Shroud

An Encounter with the Shroud

Both Lungs, Featured Articles, News
by Brent Kostyniuk Both Lungs is about East and West, the belief and spiritual heritage we share as Catholics, and the elements of our respective traditions which are different. It is about unity in diversity. Now during Lent, or the Great Fast as it known in the East, an opportunity has come to encounter a part of our mutual heritage which is held in deep regard throughout the Christian world - the Shroud of Turin. On Monday March 3 (the beginning of the Great Fast for Eastern Catholics) the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton celebrated with the solemn exposition of…
Read More
May
02
2014
By Fr. Michael Winn
Easter Message of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Easter Message of His Beatitude Sviatoslav

Featured Articles, News
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! Yesterday I was buried with You O Christ, Today I rise with You as you arise. Yesterday I was crucified with You; Glorify me, O Saviour, in Your Kingdom. (Paschal Matins, Resurrection Canon, Ode 3) Beloved in Christ, In the midst of this year’s challenges and uncertainty, Pascha, “the day which the Lord has made” (Ps 117:24),is for us a day of inexpressible joy and hope.On the brightest feast of Christ’s Resurrection, our Holy Church…
Read More
Apr
08
2014
By Fr. Michael Winn
Paschal Pastoral Letter from Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada

Paschal Pastoral Letter from Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada

Featured Articles
Pastoral Letter of the Ukrainian Catholic Bishops of Canada On the Occasion of the Resurrection of our Lord 2014 To the Very Reverend Clergy, Monastics and Religious Sisters, Seminarians and Lay Faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Canada: Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! “But we were hoping that he would be the one to redeem Israel…” [Lk. 24:21] Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! The words quoted at the beginning of this letter were spoken by two of Christ’s disciples as they fled Jerusalem. Dismayed upon witnessing the crucifixion, death and burial of Jesus, they did not recognize…
Read More
Jan
17
2014
By Brent Kostyniuk
You Say Potato

You Say Potato

Both Lungs, Faith
by Brent Kostyniuk One of my son-in-laws is fond of saying, “You say pot-ay-to and I say pot-ah-to.”  He usually makes the comment towards the end of a long conversation when we have been discussing cars or modern technology.  We never really argue and our discussions never become heated.  However, we come from different generations and tend to look at many things in different ways.  Still, we understand each other and respect each other’s viewpoint.  Essentially, his remark means we have agreed to disagree. Mutual understanding is the key.  I understand why he has the viewpoint he does, and I’m…
Read More
No widgets found. Go to Widget page and add the widget in Offcanvas Sidebar Widget Area.