Consecration to Episcopacy! - 04/22/08

We are most pleased to announce that the consecration of Bishop-Elect Daniel to the Episcopal Hierarchy of our Holy Church has been scheduled for 9-10 May 2008 in the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Volodymyr, Parma, OH.  

Famine-Holodomor Torch to Visit Metropolia Center - 05/07/08

Take part in a commemoration of the 10,000,000 people, who perished in the man-made famine of 1932-1933.  

IOCC Emergency Appeal: Myanmar Cyclone - 05/06/08

The New York Times is reporting that the number of deaths from Tropical Cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar (formerly Burma) three days ago has reached 22,500. The government of Myanmar has said that another 41,000 people are still missing.

St. Sophia Seminary Library Catalog Online! - 04/23/08

The Library's primary mission is to serve the needs of the Seminary's faculty and students.

Remembering the Victims of the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933! - 04/01/08

The National Committee to Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Genocide of 1932-1933 is pleased to announce that our official website is up and running! 

All Saints Camp Chapel Consecration! - 03/27/08

With the Blessing of the Council of Bishops the consecration of the newly constructed chapel at All Saints Camp in Emlenton, Pennsylvania has been selected for June 21 and 22, 2008 on the weekend of the Feast of All Saints.

61st UOL Convention - 01/17/08

It is with great enthusiasm that the Senior and Junior UOL Chapters, Parish Council, Sisterhood, Social Club and Parishioners of ST. JOHN the BAPTIST Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Johnson City, NY
Invite you to the 61st UOL Convention!

Summer Encampments! - 02/02/08

It is with great joy that we greet you on behalf of our Ukrainian Orthodox Church Camping Programs.  

Patriarchal Proclamation for Holy Pascha! - 04/26/08

A sacred Pascha – great and holy – has arisen; and it warms, lights and makes radiant the world. “Now all things are filled with light, both heaven and earth and the nethermost regions of the earth.”

Patriarchal Epistle for Great Lent! - 03/07/08

During this period of Holy and Great Lent, our Church calls us to repentance. Doubtless, as contemporary man hears this invitation to repentance, he does not feel comfortable, because he has accustomed himself to a certain way of life, and does not wish to question his own rectitude. Calling one’s own rectitude into question produces feelings of insecurity, because the ideological structure within which you have sure and certain refuge is clearly risked.

Great Lent 2008! - 02/22/08

Our Mother Church realized this and annually sets aside for her children the Great Lent as a time for renewal, a time for resuscitation, a time for resurrecting the beautiful and spotless Chrismated souls who are the “light-bearers of Christ”. 

High School Mission Trip! - 03/27/08

Our High School Mission Trip to St. John the Compassionate Mission is already almost half way full.  Please encourage the youth of your parishes ages 15-18 to consider becoming a part of this trip.

Lenten Resources! - 02/22/08

Click here to Begin Your 2008 Great Lent Journey! 

The Feast of the Sunday of Orthodoxy! - 03/10/08

We celebrate this day as a day of victory, as a day of triumph for the Orthodox Faith of Christ and restoration of the Sacred Icons to the Churches of the Faithful Christian People. 

Memory Eternal! - 03/13/08

It is with a profound depth of sadness  and prayer we inform the clergy and the faithful of our Church about the falling asleep of Mitred Protopriest Ivan Mironko of blessed memory.

SCOBA: Mission Sunday! - 02/21/08

We greet all of you in the Name of our Lord Jesus Chris as we prepare to embark upon the Great and Holy Fast, which is our common sojourn to the glorious Pascha of the Lord. 

Shooting Tragedy at NIU - 02/15/08

Our deepest condolences go out to the families and friends of the victims of the shooting at Northern Illinois University (NIU).

Help Wanted! - 02/13/08

All Saints Camp is looking for various staff positions for the upcoming 2008 camping season!  

Metropolitan Honored! - 02/02/08

Metropolitan Constantine - Receipient of the Ukrainian Government's Award "FOR MERITS!" 

2008 OCMC Mission Teams - 01/08/08

Orthodox Mission Teams are groups of Orthodox Christians who put their Faith in action, bearing witness to the Orthodox Faith all over the world. 

Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) - Real Break 2008! - 01/17/08

Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) is the official campus ministry effort under SCOBA.

Real Break 2008!

New Archbishop of Athens and All Greece! - 02/07/08

Metropolitan Ieronymos of Thebes and Livadia was elected by the Holy Synod as the new Archbishop of Athens and All Greece and as the Prelate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Greece.

From the Office of the Metropolitan! - 01/17/08

We are most pleased to announce that on 9 January 2007, the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople accepted the decision of the 18th Regular Sobor of the UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA... 

Memory Eternal! - 02/02/08

South Bound Brook, NJ – Metropolitan Constantine, the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, issued the following statement on behalf of the clergy and laity of the UOC of the USA to the Holy Synod, Hierarchs, clergy, monastics and faithful of Athens and all Greece, on the falling asleep of the late Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, the ever-memorable Christodoulos.

Orthodox Church in Kenya Destroyed! - 01/17/08

Upon his return to Kenya from Egypt, His Eminence Archbishop Makarios of Kenya was greeted by scenes of widespread destruction and great suffering. 

Share the Light Sunday! - 01/06/08

We, the Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas, greet you in this new calendar year with the love and hope that is in our Lord Jesus Christ. 

2008 IOCC Internship Program - 01/08/08

Please note: The deadline for submitting applications for the 2008 IOCC Internship Program is January 31, 2008. Applicants will be notified of IOCC’s decision by April 1, 2008.
Work overseas in the exciting field of humanitarian relief!

Mission Trips - 12/29/07

It is with great joy and the blessing of our Hierarchs that we are announcing the dates and location of the 2008 High School Mission Trip and the College Age Mission Trip to Ukraine 2008.  

Patriarchal Proclamation - 12/19/07

+ BARTHOLOMEW

By the grace of God
Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome
And Ecumenical Patriarch

Beloved brothers and children in the Lord,

It is with great joy that our Church calls us to glorify God for His loving and personal presence on earth of Christ in divino-human hypostasis, being one of the three persons of the Holy Trinity.

Archbishop Vsevolod Reposes in the Lord! - 12/16/07

It is with a profound depth of sadness that we hereby inform you of the repose, on 16 December 2007 in the 80th year of his earthly pilgrimage, of His Eminence Archbishop Vsevolod, Eparch of the Western Eparchy of our Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and Titular Hierarch of Skopelos of the Holy Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople...

90 Years of Ukraine’s Diplomatic Service - 12/29/07

On Friday, Decemeber 21st 2007 representatives of Ukraine’s Diplomatic Corps in the USA, headed by Ukraine’s Ambassador to the USA Oleh Shamshur gathered in the spiritual center of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA (South Bound Brook, NJ) in order to observe the 90th anniversary of the establishment of Ukraine’s Diplomatic Service.

Nativity of our Lord Archpastoral Letter - 12/16/07

A spiritual message to the beloved clergy and faithful entrusted to our spiritual care throughout the world and to our brothers and sisters in the Faith throughout Ukraine as we celebrate Nativity of our Lord and God and Savior – Jesus Christ – 2007

7th Annual Prayer Service - 11/21/07

On Tuesday, November 13th, the combined Hierarchs of the Standing Conference of Canonical Orthodox Bishops in the Americas (SCOBA) and of the Standing Conference of Oriental Orthodox Churches (SCOOCH) celebrated the 7th Annual Prayer Service for the United Nations. 

Historic Ground Breaking - 08/06/07

The official ground breaking for the proposed Historical and Educational Complex occurred on Monday, August 6th as nearly 100 participants witnessed the historical occasion on the church grounds adjacent to the Consistory building in South Bound Brook, New Jersey.

IOCC SUNDAY - 11/06/07

International Orthodox Christian Charities Sunday
November 18th, 2007

He who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully
2 Corinthians 9:6

To the Most Reverend Clergy, Venerable Monastics and
The Devout Faithful of the Holy Orthodox Churches in the Americas: 

18th Regular Sobor Resolutions - 10/26/07

UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH OF THE USA
18th Regular Sobor Resolutions

The hierarchs clergy and faithful gathered into the 18th Regular Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA, meeting at the Metropolia Center in South Bound Brook/Somerset, NJ
from 4-7 October 2007 and having witnessed to the visible grace of God, which notably marks the vitality of the UOC of the USA resolve:

18th Regular Sobor of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA - 10/11/07

One person wrote: “It was the Sobor I have waited for all my life – Christ centered and Spirit filled.” Another wrote: “The Sobor was witness to the presence of the Holy Spirit, vivifying, inspiring, embracing, clarifying, healing…” Still another: “I met so many gifted and devoted people who are ready to offer their services to God through our Holy Church.” Another: “I actually feel that I am now part of a spontaneously created network of faithful people who fully comprehend that they have a ministry to fulfill.” And finally: "The Sobor committee meetings that I attended were so informative and comforting to me and my concerns about lack of leadership in our parishes were, for the most part, dispelled...”

Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church - 10/22/07

The tenth meeting of the Joint International Commission for the Theological Dialogue between the Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church met in Ravenna, Italy, a city marked by its historical and artistic monuments many from the Byzantine era. The meeting took place from 8 - 14 October 2007, generously hosted by the Archdiocese of Ravenna-Cervia.

The Second Youth Sobor is Success - 10/12/07

In conjunction with the 18th Regular Sobor of the Holy Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA the 2nd Youth Sobor was held.  Eight participants from parishes across the country were in attendance.  

St. Sophia Seminary Begins 32nd Academic Year! - 09/20/07

With complete confidence and faith in Almighty God the Holy Trinity, Giver of all good and perfect gifts, St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Theological Seminary began its thirty-second academic year on Saturday, September 15, 2007.

Archbishop Vsevolod on the Mend! - 09/26/07

Archbishop Antony traveled to Chicago on 25 September to visit with His Eminence Archbishop Vsevolod, who is presently in hospital suffering from the sudden onset of acute leukemia.

New Website - 10/01/07

On Monday, October 1st, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America launched its new website. For more information about the new website please contact our webmaster.

New Publication: The Little Kingdom of God - 07/31/07

The Office of Family and Adult Ministry is pleased to announce the formation of a quarterly publication to help the building up of the family Church.  The publication will be called The Little Kingdom of God.  The best part of it - the opportunity for the faithful to share their own stories!

The 60th Annual UOL Convention - 07/29/07

The 60th Annual Convention of the Ukrainian Orthodox League of the USA was held at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Coraopolis, PA, just twelve miles from Carnegie, PA.  The Senior and Junior UOL Chapters of Sts. Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church hosted this year’s convention.

Ukrainian American Veterans Select Design for National Monument - 07/11/07

The National Monument Committee of the Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc. has selected a design for a monument honoring all Ukrainian American men and women who have served in the United States Armed Forces.