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"Catechism of our own is an indication of the maturity of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church," so commented one of the authors of the first edition of the Catechism of UGCC, Fr. Dr. Myron Bendyk on its publication , which is planned for the nearest future.

On 5 September, in Lviv, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in concelebration with thirty two bishops from Ukraine, Western Europe, America and Australia and the clergy laid a capsule in the foundation of the future hostel of the university campus of the Ukrainian catholic University, a unique project for Ukraine.

The hirotony of Benedict (Aleksiychuk) was conducted on 5 September in the Cathedral of St. Yur in Lviv at a liturgy in the presence of Patriarch Lubomyr, members of the Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the clergy and faithful.

This year the rating of the most influential Ukrainians, published by the magazine Korrespondent includes the same religious leaders as in 2009: the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP), Metropolitan Volodymyr, the head of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Kyivan Patriarchate (UOC-KP) Patriarch Filaret, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), Patriarch Lubomyr and the Chief Rabbi of Ukraine, Yakiv Dov Blaikh. However, their positions have changed a little.

An exposition of works of decorative and applied art by prisoners was opened on 3 September in the museum of the Sambir-Drohobych Eparchy in Truskavets. Part of the works will be exhibited in the Palace of Art in Drohobych.

The consecration of the foundation and capsule for the construction of the student campus of the Ukrainian Catholic University will take place on 5 September at Stryiska Street, in Lviv. The consecration will be administered by the head of UGCC, Patriarch Lubomyr together with the bishops participating in the Synod of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC).

The Odesa Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church-Moscow Patriarchate published an official statement regarding the possibility of constructing a Greek Catholic church in Odesa.

At the session of the Uzhhorod City Council on August 27, it was decided to pass free of charge the statue of Lenin, which was located in the Narodna Square of Uzhhorod, to the Mukachevo parish of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC).

The Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholics celebrate the Dormition of the Theotokos (the falling asleep of the Mother of God) on August 28, preceded by a 14-day fast period.

The next Synod of Bishops Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church will be held September 2-9, 2010, in Lviv. On this occasion, Head of the Church Patriarch Lubomyr Husar asked the faithful to “pray for the success of this synod.”

A memorial to “Freedom Fighters of Ukraine” was unveiled on August 23 in the village Zmiyivka, which is in the Beryslav region of the Kherson Oblast.

Patriarch Lubomyr (Husar), the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC), gave an Independence Day Address August 24 in the Church of the Annunciation to the Holy Mother of God during Hierarchal Divine Liturgy.

The Redemptorist Youth Congress started in Lviv. More than 500 participants from different countries arrived to Lviv to pray, share, and have fun together.

A Lemko bell tower was unveiled during the festival Bells of Lemkivshchyna in the Ternopil region. It was built to mark the 65th anniversary of the deportation of Lemkos.

On July 6, 2010, began the fifth pilgrimage from Sambir, Lviv region, to Zarvanytsya, Ternopil region, of families of migrant workers.

Ukraine’s contingent of peacemakers in Kosovo currently consists of 180 soldiers and chaplains of different denominations. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church just finished its third mission.

The Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church appointed the hieromonk Benedict (Valeriy Aleksiychuk) from Dormition Univ Monastery as bishop coadjutor of the Lviv Eparchy.

In August Lviv will host the International Redemptorist Youth Congress. The organizer is the Lviv Province of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer.

The construction of a new church of Saint Panteleimon began on July 29 in Kolomyia on the premises of the oncology hospital.