Liturgical Propers
Divine Liturgy, Matins and VespersThis duplicate page will be combined with our main page of https://eeparchy.com/monthy-propers/ on June 16 2023, please find this page on the Eparchy of Edmonton’s website menu bar.
Журнал «lnside the Vatican» зарахував Главу УГКЦ до десятки визначних особистостей 2013 року
Як стало відомо, Предстоятель УГКЦ Блаженніший Святослав увійшов у топ-10 людей 2013 року за версією журналу «lnside the Vatican». Главу УГКЦ зараховано за те, що він став «сміливим свідком істини і...
Майже 150 тисяч людей доброї волі підтримали благодійну акцію «Різдвяна свічка» Карітасу України
XI Всеукраїнська акція «Різдвяна свічка» завершилась успішно, як ніколи до того. Організатори відзначають, що цьогоріч суттєво збільшились масштаби розповсюдження свічок і збору коштів для допомоги дітям і молоді, які живуть у кризових обставинах. Так само досягнуто...
В УКУ відкрили фотовиставку зі світлинами Богдана Сольчаника
На вихідних минуло 40 днів з моменту трагічних подій на вул. Інститутській та Майдані Незалежності в Києві. З метою вшанування героїв Небесної сотні в УКУ відкрили фотовиставку зі світлинами Богдана Сольчаника – викладача УКУ, який загинув в Києві 20 лютого від...
Liturgical Ceremony for the Consecration of the Ukrainian Nation to the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God (ENG/UKR)
Liturgical Ceremony for the Consecration of the Ukrainian Nation to the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God After the conclusion of the prayer beyond the ambo and the singing of “Blessed be the name of the Lord” (and the 33nd Psalm), the Priest and...
Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the occasion of the renewal of the Act of Consecration of Ukraine to the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God (ENG/UKR)
Pastoral Letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav on the occasion of the renewal of the Act of Consecration of Ukraine to the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God We have no other help, we have no other hope, but You, O Most Pure Virgin. Aid us, for we hope in You...
Bishop David's Pastoral Letter – 2014 Appeal – Aid to the Church in Ukraine (ENG/UKR)
March 25, 2014 Glory be to Jesus Christ! Dear Faithful, Re: Aid to the Church in Ukraine We will never forget the photographs we saw of the protests in Ukraine. The faces of the people. The massive crowds. The police with their helmets and...
CNEWA Call to Action in Ukraine: Aid to the Church in Ukraine
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CCCB President writes to the Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on the announcement of his resignation as Bishop of Rome
Most Holy Father, The Bishops of Canada received this morning the news of your intention to resign the ministry of Bishop of Rome. We and the faithful of Canada have grown to love and admire you, and so are marked today with sadness at your impending departure from...
Pope's Message for the 48th World Day of Social Communications
Vatican City, 23 January 2014 (VIS) – “Communication at the service of an authentic culture of encounter” is the title of Pope Francis' message for the 48th World Day of Social Communications, the only world day established by Vatican Council II (Inter Mirifica,...
April 12, 2014 Lazarus Saturday
DIVINE LITURGY Troparion and Kontakion Troparion, Tone 1: Assuring us before Your Passion of the general resurrection,* You raised Lazarus from the dead, O Christ God:* and so, like the children we also carry signs of victory* and cry to You, the conqueror of death:*...
April 11, 2014 Friday of the Sixth Week of the Great Fast
Isaac the Syrian I, is commemorated on January 28. St. Gregory the Dialogues writes about this Isaac II. He came to Italy at the time of the Goths and entered a church to pray in the city of Spoleto. He implored the verger to allow him to remain locked in the church...
April 9, 2014 Wednesday of the Sixth Week of the Great Fast
They all suffered for Christ and were crowned with the wreaths of glory during the reign of Emperor Decius. By order of the emperor, the governor of Africa announced to the people that everyone must offer sacrifices to the idols. To those who resisted, the governor...
April 6, 2014 Fifth Sunday of the Great Fast – St. Mary of Egypt, Octoechos Tone 5 Falling Asleep of Methodius
We are tempted to think of the saints as perfect people, who never did anything wrong, Since we are not like that, we might decide that we cannot become saints ourselves. This is, as I have just called it, a temptation, a deceit of the devil, the father of lies. There...
April 4, 2014 Friday of the Fifth Week of the Great Fast
LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 6 10. Departing from Your divine precepts as from Jerusalem, and going down to the passions of Jericho, travelling by way of the cares of this life on the pathways of dishonour, I fell prey to the thievery of...
April 2, 2014 Wednesday of the Fifth Week of the Great Fast
LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 3 10. Even more than all others, I have sinned of my own will, and for that, I am condemned; the arrogance of my flesh is the enemy of my soul. O guide for those who have lost their way and light for those...
National Catechetical Commission Report to the Patriarchal Catechetical Commission
Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia of Canada NATIONAL CATECHETICAL COMMISSION REPORT TO THE PATRIARCHAL CATECHETICAL COMMISSION August 27, 2012 Mission, British Columbia INTRODUCTION To fully understand the report that follows, we must first look briefly at the historical,...
As tensions continue with Russia, Ukrainian Catholic leader meets Pope Francis
Written by Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service Updated 03/18/14 - Additional information added VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis met privately at the Vatican with the head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church March 17, the day after pro-Russian voters on the Crimean peninsula...
Shroud of Turin replica gifted to Edmonton Eparchy
By Marco Levytsky A Vatican-approved replica of the Shroud of Turin was officially opened for solemn exposition at St. Josaphat’s Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral in Edmonton, March 3. It will stay in the cathedral until Holy Friday and Holy Saturday, April 18 and 19. The...
Пастирське послання Блаженнішого Святослава з нагоди відновлення Акту посвяти України під Покров Пресвятої Богородиці
Не маємо іншої допомоги, не маємо іншої надії, крім тебе, Пречиста Діво! Ти нам допоможи, на тебе надіємось і тобою хвалимось: бо ми твої слуги, щоб ми не посоромилися (Молебний канон Пресвятій Богородиці). Дорогі в Христі! У дні, коли наш народ і наша Батьківщина...
Truth and Reconciliation Program
ALBERTA NATIONAL EVENT MARCH 27-30, 2014 EDMONTON | SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE Welcome to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) Alberta National Event in Edmonton from March 27 to 30, 2014. We acknowledge that this historic gathering is taking...
Both Lungs: An Encounter With The Shroud
Both Lungs An Encounter With The Shroud 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,...
The Last Supper – a Passover Seder
The Last Supper – a Passover Seder Learn about the Jewish Passover Seder and the Institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper Sunday, March 30, 2014 4PM St. Josaphat Parish Hall 9637 – 108 Avenue For tickets, call: 780-422-3181 Cost: $20 per adult $10 for children...
FUNDRAISING RALLY for humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine
Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Alberta Provincial Council & Edmonton Branch present a FUNDRAISING RALLY for humanitarian aid for the people of Ukraine Under the direction of the Ukrainian Canadian Congress - Alberta Provincial Council & Edmonton Branch, the...
Pastoral letter of His Beatitude Sviatoslav and the Permanent Synod of the ocassion of the Great Fast 2014
Most Reverend Metropolitans and Bishops! Very Reverend Priests, Religious, Monastics! Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! Our Church, our Faithful and our entire Ukrainian People enter into the Great Fast this year with feelings of pain, fear, suffering and trembling...
CCB Comment on the results of the questions in the Preparatory Document
CCCB Comment on the results of the questions in the Preparatory Document for the Third Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, “The pastoral challenges for the family in the context of evangelization” As had been agreed in principle by the...
THE POPE WRITES A LETTER TO FAMILIES ASKING THEM TO PRAY FOR THE NEXT SYNOD
Vatican City, 25 February 2014 (VIS) – Pope Francis has written a letter to families asking them to pray for the next Synod of Bishops, which will be celebrated in the Vatican in October, and the theme of which will be “The pastoral challenges of the family in the...
48TH WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY
MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 48TH WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY Communication at the Service of an Authentic Culture of Encounter [Sunday, 1 June 2014] Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today we are living in a world which is growing ever “smaller” and where, as a result, it...
MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 51st WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS
MESSAGE OF POPE FRANCIS FOR THE 51st WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS 11 MAY 2014 - FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Theme: Vocations, Witness to the Truth Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. The Gospel says that “Jesus went about all the cities and villages... When he saw the...
APPEAL FOR HARMONY IN UKRAINE
APPEAL FOR HARMONY IN UKRAINE Vatican City, 3 March 2014 (VIS) – Following the Angelus prayer, Pope Francis launched an appeal for harmony in Ukraine, asking the faithful to pray for the delicate situation in the country is currently experiencing. “While I hope that...
Bishop’s Message – Shroud of Turin
The Shroud of Turin Solemn Exposition of an Official Replica Authorized by the Archdiocese of Turin, Italy Come and See! By Bishop David Motiuk Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Edmonton Welcome and Introduction It is with much love and great joy in my...
Pope John Paul II’s reflection on the Holy Shroud from his pastoral visit to Turin in 1998
Source: Vatican.ca PASTORAL VISIT OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II TO VERCELLI AND TURIN (ITALY) (MAY 23-24, 1998) ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE JOHN PAUL II Sunday, 24 May 1998 Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. With my gaze turned to the Shroud, I would like to extend a...
Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC): Letter & VIDEO
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is coming to Alberta from March 27-30 at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton. This will be the last of seven national events that have been taking place across Canada over the past four years. The Edmonton national...
March 30, 2014 Fourth Sunday of the Great Fast – St. John Climacus, Octoechos Tone 4
Saint John, Abbot of the Monastery of Saint Catherine, on Mount Sinai, who died in 603 AD, wrote an ascetic book called The Ladder of Divine Ascent. This book became one of the greatest classics of Christian spirituality. It has been translated into innumerable...
March 28, 2014 Friday of the Fourth Week of the Great Fast
Venerable Father Hilarion the New LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 7 10. I have enslaved the dignity of my soul to the passions, and have become like the beasts; I can no longer raise my eyes to You, O God most high. But, like the Publican I bow...
March 26, 2014 Wednesday of the Fourth Week of the Great Fast
Holy Mother Matrona of Thessalonica LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 4 10. The Fast that brings integrity has now run half its course. These past days have proved acceptable, and now we see the need of the days to come. Our perception of their...
March 25, 2014 Annunciation of our Most Holy Lady, the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary
When the All-Holy Virgin completed the fourteenth year after her birth and was entering her fifteenth year, after having spent eleven years of living and serving in the Temple of Jerusalem, the priests informed her that, according to the Law, she could not remain in...
March 23, 2014 Third Sunday of the Great Fast – The Adoration of the Precious and Life-Giving Cross Octoechos 3
Not only the Third Sunday of Great Lent, but the week that follows, are devoted to welcoming the Precious Cross of Christ. This adoration of the Cross does not have a penitential character, but rather the opposite: “through the Cross joy has come to the whole world.”...
March 21, 2014 Friday of the Third Week of the Great Fast
Holy Priest-Martyr Basil, Presbyter of Ancyra LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 7 10. Like the prodigal, I have turned away from Your grace; I have wasted the riches of Your goodness, O Lord. I now run to You and cry out: I have sinned , O Lord,...
March 19, 2014 Wednesday of the Third Week of the Great Fast
Venerable Fathers Martyred by the Saracens at the Monastery of St. Sabbas LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 4 10. Like the prodigal I squandered my paternal inheritance, and now I am in desolation. I dwell in the land of the wicked. In my folly,...
March 16, 2014
The Second Sunday of Lent is kept as a feast of Saint Gregory Palamas, the Archbishop of Thessaloniki in the fourteenth century. Like the restoration of the holy icons, this memorial of Saint Gregory has to do with historical events, but also relates to our...
March 14, 2014 Friday of the Second Week of the Great Fast
Holy Martyr Agapius and His Six Companions LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 4 10. Behold, this is the acceptable time, this is the day of salvation. Visit my soul in the abundance of Your love, and in Your unique goodness, lighten the...
March 12, 2014 Wednesday of the Second Week of the Great Fast
LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 1 10. O faithful, to undertake a spiritual fast, we must speak no deceit with our tongues nor place obstacles in the path of each other. But by repentance let us brighten the lamp of our souls, that with...
March 2, 2014 Sunday of Forgiveness – Forgiveness Vespers (Sunday Evening)
VESPERS ON SUNDAY EVENING Kathisma Reading There is no Kathisma reading. At Psalm 140 In Tone 8 10. The angels praise You without ceasing, O King and Master, and I fall before You crying like the Publican: God be merciful to me and save me. 9. Since you...
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УГКЦ висловлює вдячність Урядові Італійської Республіки за надану фінансову допомогу для постраждалих в Україні
У п’ятницю, 28 лютого 2014 року, офіційний веб-ресурс МЗС Італії повідомив про те, що Італія прийняла рішення виділити 100 тисяч євро на допомогу постраждалим під час зіткнень в...
Restoration of the Liturgical Practice of the KISS OF PEACE in the Divine Liturgy (ENG/UKR)
Restoration of the Liturgical Practice of the KISS OF PEACE in the Divine Liturgy Introduction and History The Kiss of Peace is an expression of reconciliation and unity between the people present at a liturgical assembly. It originates with the widespread...
"365 днів з великим митрополитом Андреєм Шептицьким" — 1 березня
Митрополит Андрей просить в усіх життєвих ситуаціях передусім думати про вічне.
Блаженніший Святослав: «Треба бути готовими до економічної жертви»
Отець і Глава Української Греко-Католицької Церкви Блаженніший Святослав (Шевчук) у Пастирському посланні з нагоди Великого посту закликав українців бути готовими до складних економічних...
Завершився останній етап вишколу фахівців, які працюватимуть над поширенням тверезості у Центральній та Східній Україні
З 24 по 27 лютого священики УГКЦ з центральних та східних областей України проходили теоретично-практичне навчання, яке організували учасники руху «За тверезість...
Глава УГКЦ: «У час Великого посту особливо згадуватимемо мучеників Небесної сотні»
Осмислюючи чисту жертву Небесної сотні та відданість сотень тисяч людей, кожен із нас повинен по-іншому міряти своє життя: шукати у своїй свідомості і своєму бутті таїнственну велич, відкривати своє життя до іншого – Бога та ближнього, очищуватися від усього, що нас...
Вірні УГКЦ моляться за Кримський екзархат та за збереження єдності і соборності України
У ці дні усі ми молимося за мир і безпеку для усіх мешканців Кримського півострова, особливо для священнослужителів і мирян нашого Кримського екзархату. Просимо їх пам’ятати, що за їхніми плечима стоїть велика Церква, яка зараз є разом з...
Пастирське послання Блаженнішого Святослава і Постійного Синоду на Великий піст 2014 року
Високопреосвященні та Преосвященні владики! Всесвітліші, високопреподобні та всечесні отці! Дорогі в Христі брати і сестри!
У Санкт-Петербурзі представник УГКЦ взяв учать у засіданні Християнського міжконфесійного комітету
26 лютого в Санкт-Петербурзі, у будівлі Президентської бібліотеки імені Б.Н. Єльцина, відбулося IV пленарне засідання Християнського міжконфесійного консультативного комітету (ХМКК). Тема засідання – «Криза сім’ї та проблема...
«Завдяки людським старанням і молитві ми можемо тепер очікувати кращого майбутнього…» − Блаженніший Любомир
Двадцять років тому Радянський Союз, який вважався «світовою потугою», розвалився. Тоді люди не могли собі уявити, що така «потуга» так просто зникне. Це сталося, бо так Бог...
March 7, 2014 Friday of the First Week of the Great Fast
LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 5 10. Come, O faithful, let us fulfil the works of God in the light; and let us walk with dignity as in the light of day; let us tear up every unjust contract, and let us cast aside every object of scandal for...
March 5, 2014 Wednesday of the First Week of the Great Fast
LITURGY OF THE PRESANCTIFIED GIFTS At Psalm 140 In Tone 8 10. O faithful, while fasting bodily, let us also fast in spirit. Let us loosen every bond of injustice; let us tear apart the strong chains of violence; let us rip up all unjust assertions; let us give bread...
March 2, 2014 Sunday of Forgiveness (Cheesefare), Octoechos Tone 8 Holy Priest-Martyr Theodotus, Bishop of Cyrenia
Because of his wisdom and kindness, Theodotus was elected to the episcopacy and governed the Church of God with love and zeal. When the persecution of Christians began during the reign of the wicked Emperor Licinius, this godly man was brought to trial and put through...
Directions from His Beatitude Sviatoslav: Regarding the Attitudes and Behavior of the Clergy in the Present Socio-Political Situation in Ukraine (ENG/UKR)
Direction from the Father and Head of the UGCC regarding the attitudes and behavior of the clergy in the present socio-political situation in Ukraine The Church – is a community of the children of God, united in faith in the Triune God, and the...
Divine Liturgy to be celebrated for the nation and people of Ukraine – Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014
On Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 at 10:00 am at the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Parish in Edmonton (9003-153 Ave.), a Divine Liturgy will be celebrated for the intentions of nation and people of Ukraine. After the Liturgy there will be a Panahyda for...
Prayer Appeal for Ukraine
His Beatitude Sviatoslav during his recent visit to the United States, gave an interview to Catholic News Service. In the interview, he renewed his appeal for people all over the world to offer prayers to resolve the crisis in Ukraine. Specifically he stated,"Each...