If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord. If any have laboured long in fasting, let him now receive his recompense. If any have wrought from the first hour, […]
Tag: Pascha
Paschal Letter of Patriarch Sviatoslav 2023
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! Having kept its seals intact,You rose from the grave, O Christ,Who preserved the Virgin’s keys in Your birth,and opened for us the doors […]
Paschal Letter of the UGCC Bishops of Canada 2023
To the Reverend Fathers, Religious Sisters, Venerable Monastics,Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Were not our hearts burning inside…It is true. Our Lord is risen!(Luke 24:32, 34) Christ is Risen! Dearly Beloved in Christ! Following the ancient tradition, our Church invited us to more intense prayer, penance, and charity during the forty days of the Great […]
Holy Week & Pascha – A Brief Explanation
by Fr. Peter Babej Lazarus Saturday The Great Fast (40 days) ends on the Friday before Palm Sunday. Lazarus Saturday and Palm Sunday form a short and joyous prelude to the days of grief which will follow. Bethany is the place where Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead and reveals Himself to be “the Resurrection […]
2019 Easter Pastoral Letter from the UGCC Bishops of Canada
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, One day during this past month of March, many of us opened the newspaper and saw a disturbing headline: “City of […]
2019 Easter Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav
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! Let us rise at early dawn And bring to our Master a hymn instead of myrrh, And we shall see Christ, the Sun of righteousness Who […]
Pastoral Letter of the UGCC Bishops of Canada on Pascha
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, Though You went down to the grave, O immortal Lord, You destroyed the power of Hades and rose victorious, Christ our […]
Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Pascha
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! David, ancestor of the Lord, danced and made music before the Ark, which was only a symbol. As God’s holy people let us […]
Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the Priests on Holy Thursday
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you (Mt 28:19-20). Dearly Beloved in Christ priests Honorable Brothers-seminarians! First of all I wish to greet you on the day […]
Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the Youth on Palm Sunday
Here I am, for you called me (1 Sam 3:5) Beloved in Christ Youth in Ukraine and abroad! Palm Sunday, the day of Christ’s triumphant entry into Jerusalem, is traditionally in our Church an occasion to reach out to you with a special greeting and prayer. I value this occasion most highly, for I recognize […]