Liturgical Propers

Sunday before the Nativity of Christ  Tone 6; The Holy Great-Martyr Anastasia and her children  Evodus and Eutychius (305); Hebrews 11:9-10  17-23  32-40; Matthew 1:1-25

29th Sunday after Pentecost  Tone 4; Our Venerable Father Patapius; Colossians 3:4-11; Luke 17:12-19

28th Sunday after Pentecost  Tone 3; The Holy Prophet Nahum (7th century BC); Philaretus the Merciful (772); Colossians 1:12-18; Luke 14:16-24

27th Sunday after Pentecost  Tone 2; Post-feast of the Entrance of the Mother of God; The Holy Great-Martyr Catherine (310-13); the Holy Great-Martyr Mercurius (249-51); Ephesians 6:10-17; Luke 13:10-17

26th Sunday after Pentecost  Tone 1; Our Holy Father Gregory the Wonderworker  Bishop of Neocaesarea (270-75); Lazarus the iconographer (857) Zacharias the cobbler  fourth century; Gorbon the King and 130 warrior-martyrs (320); Passing into Eternal Life (1947) of...

  Nov 12: Holy Priest-Martyr Josaphat, Archbishop of Polatsk; Our Holy Father John the Compassionate, Patriarch of Alexandria (619); Our Venerable Father Nilus (430) Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 719 Troparion (Tone 4): You appeared as...

25th Sunday after Pentecost  Tone 8; The Holy Apostles Erastus, Olympus, Rodion and Those with Them; Nonnos  Bishop of Hieropolis (471)  Constantine the Generous  Prince of Georgia (842); Ephesians 4:1-6; Luke 10:25-37

24th Sunday after Pentecost  Tone 7; The Holy Martyrs Acepsimas the Bishop (378)  Joseph the Priest and Aithalis the Deacon (379); the Dedication of the Church of the Holy Great Martyr George in Lydda  Where His Precious Body is Entombed; Sanndulia the Merciful (280);...

Oct 26: The Holy and Glorious Great-Martyr Demetrius, from Whose Tomb Myrrh Streams Forth (285-310); and The Commemoration of the Great and Terrible Earthquake at Constantinople of 741AD Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 713 Troparion (Tone...

22nd Sunday after Pentecost  Tone 5; The Holy Great-Martyr Artemius (360-363); Matrona of Chios (1462); Galatians 6:11-18; Luke 16:19-31

Today, on September 8th, on the eleventh Sunday after the descent of the Holy Spirit, the Father and the Head of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church, His Beatitude Sviatoslav (Shevchuk) stated this during his sermon in the monastery of the Congregation of Sister...

20th Sunday after Pentecost  Tone 3; The Holy and Glorious Apostle Thomas; Galatians 1:11-19; 1 Corinthians 4:9-16; Luke 7:11-16; John 20:19-31

Oct 01: Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God; And the Holy Apostle Ananias, One of the Seventy Disciples; Our Venerable Father Roman Who Sang Sweetly (560) Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 701 Troparion (Tone 4): Today we believers...

19th Sunday after Pentecost  Tone 2; Our Venerable Father Cyriacus the Anchorite (c. 448-556); 2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9; Luke 6:31-36   Troparion (Tone 2): When You went down to death, O Life Immortal,* You struck Hades dead with the blazing light of Your...

18th Sunday after Pentecost; The Priest-Martyr Gregory, Bishop of Great Armenia (284-305) – Sept 30 Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 329 (Tone 1) Troparion (Tone 1): Though the stone was sealed by the Judeans* and soldiers guarded Your...

Next year the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church will commemorate the 25th anniversary of its coming out of the underground. The Church is preparing to mark this university with due dignity. The UGCC Father and Head shared this in an interview with the newspaper...

Request of His Beatitude Sviatoslav to the faithful of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church and all people of good faith to pray for prevention of armed conflict in Syria To our venerable bishops, reverend fathers, dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Glory to Jesus...

Sunday Before the Exaltation of the Cross; The Nativity of Our Most Holy Lady the Mother of God and Ever-Virgin Mary Text from “The Divine Liturgy: An Anthology for Worship”; Pg. 353 (Tone 7), Pg. 677 & Pg. 683. Troparion (Tone 7): By Your cross You destroyed...