As part of his pastoral visit to Germany, carried out at the invitation of the charitable organization Renovabis, on February 11, 2012, His Beatitude Sviatoslav visited the UGCC community in Munich. The head of the UGCC met about 15 priests who came from almost all over southern Germany, four hierarchs, and representatives of the Ukrainian community and public organizations in Munich.
On February 4, 2012 in Rome the new Catechism of the UGCC “Christ Is Our Easter” was presented to clergy, monastics, and students and on February 5 to the Greek Catholic laity living in and around Rome.
Recently, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk), head of the UGCC, held an open lecture, “Ethics of Virtue and Eastern Christianity” at the Institute Thomas Aquinas in Kyiv. At the beginning a Latin Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Thomas Edward Gullickson, Apostolic Nuncio to Ukraine, in concelebration with the UGCC Primate and Roman and Greek Catholic clergy, the website of Kyiv Three Saints Theological Seminary reports.
“Stories from another world” is the title of a major exhibition opening this spring in the Italian city of Pisa that was jointly organised by Italy’s National Institute of Nuclear Physics, the Physics Department of Pisa University and the Vatican Observatory.
The Feast of the Epiphany of Our Lord Jesus Christ is one of the oldest Christian feasts, though, throughout the centuries, it has celebrated a variety of things. Epiphany comes from a Greek verb meaning "to reveal," and all of the various events celebrated by the Feast of the Epiphany are revelations of Christ to man.
Among the Ukrainians, the most beloved of all festivities is Christmas which covers a cycle of important fest days, centering around family and agricultural modes of life, is very colourful, being the most important part of Christmas.
A number of Christian organizations addressed Ukrainians with a call to conduct a joint national prayer at 2 p.m., on January 22, at the main squares of the towns and villages of Ukraine.
Most Reverend Archbishops and Metropolitans, God-loving bishops, reverend clergy, reverend monks,
Beloved brothers and sisters, in Ukraine and in the diaspora.
Today the Church of Christ calls us not just to celebrate this holiday, but invites us to praise and meet God, who came to us in the human body, and fasten the presence of the heavenly child.
As the great bells of St. Peter’s basilica rang the hour and the December sun set behind Michelangelo’s dome, from beneath the Arch of the Bells, one by one they emerged; the pilgrims of Ukraine, Greek Catholic, Latin and Orthodox to light their Christmas tree in the heart of St Peter’s Square.