Eparchial News

Brief Reflections: HOLY WEEK & EASTER SERVICES (ENG/UKR)
Saturday, April 4, 2020 LAZARUS SATURDAY The Great Fast (40 days) ends on Friday, April 3. 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...

CCCB: 2020 Easter Message
"So they left the tomb quickly with fear and great joy, and ran to tell the disciples." (Matthew 28:8) Dear friends, The Gospel for this year's Easter Vigil underscores both the fear and the joy that was present among the first witnesses of the resurrection and...

Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on Palm Sunday to the Youth (2020)
PASTORAL LETTER OF HIS BEATITUDE SVIATOSLAV TO YOUTH ON PALM SUNDAY Beloved in Christ Youth in Ukraine and abroad! Palm Sunday, the day of Christ’s triumphant entry in Jerusalem, is traditionally for me and the entire leadership of our Church an opportunity to...

Pastoral Message for Holy Week and Easter (April 1, 2020) (ENG/UKR)
April 1, 2020 Glory to Jesus Christ! My Dear Parishioners, Re: Holy Week and Easter Services I pray that you and your families are safe and healthy. As we endure the COVID-19 Pandemic, we are evermore united as one global family – God’s...

Bishop David’s Sunday Homily (Mar 29, 2020) 5th Sunday of Great Lent

Bishop David’s Sunday Homily (Mar 29, 2020) 5th Sunday of Great Lent
https://youtu.be/EyP82orVjmQ?t=971

EPARCHIAL NEWSLETTER Apr 2020
Holy Week and Easter Services My Dear Parishioners, I pray that you and your families are safe and healthy. As we endure the COVID-19 Pandemic, we are evermore united as one global family – God’s family – in our efforts to battle this disease, protecting...

Great Lent Retreat Online Given by Father Deacon Daniel Galadza (ENG/UKR)
Noah in the Ark: Foreshadowing the community gathered in the Church. Foreshadowing the community gathered in the Church In the Book of Genesis, we read about Noah and his salvation during the flood. This speaks to us in our contemporary context about God's providence,...

VIDEO: Pope’s Urbi et orbi for an end to the coronavirus pandemic
https://youtu.be/nOlYQB8Twdk

Archbishop (Emeritus) Stefan Soroka: Jesus’ Pivotal Question to Us in Times of Despair
By Archbishop (Emeritus) Stefan Soroka As all of us practice physical distancing in this time of the coronavirus pandemic, we might give some thought to what Jesus Christ would say to you and to me as He walks amidst us. He would undoubtedly ask us a pivotal question...