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On Sunday 24th February 2019 North Melbourne Cathedral Parish will have 60 delegates from Ukraine, from the Ukrainian Catholic University (UCU), celebrating and praying with us at the 9.30 am Divine Liturgy. We encourage parishioners to wear their embroidered, Ukrainian ...

After the creation of the autocephalous Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) and Constantinople’s abolition of the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church over the Ukrainian episcopate, the Ukrainian Greco-Catholic Church (UGCC) became the second largest and most influential Christian denomination ...

His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head and Father of the UGCC, by Decree, has convoked the VII session of the Patriarchal (All-Church) Council (“Sobor”) of the UGCC on the topic of “Emigration, Settlement and Global Unity of the UGCC,” to take place ...

Part I Joseph Heller’s novel Catch 22, tells the tale of a United States Air Force bombardier in World War II, John Yossarian, who defines as his enemy anyone who is attempting to kill him. Armed with this definition of ...

“GOD’S WORD AND CATECHESIS”  Pastoral Letter of the 2018 Synod of Bishops of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to the Clergy, Religious and all the Laity For if I preach the gospel, that gives me no ground for boasting. For necessity ...

St Nicholas Day -19th Dec (6th Dec). The absence of the “hard facts” of history is not necessarily an obstacle to the popularity of saints, as the devotion to St. Nicholas shows. Both the Eastern and Western Churches honour him, ...

Христос Рождається!  Christ is Born! Christmas, thebirth of our Saviour, Jesus Christ, is really central to the life of our churchand indeed, to Ukraine and its culture. In one way it gives meaning to our Christian faith, but it also ...

The Parish Council of North Melbourne invites all parishioners, visitors and neighbours to this years Carols by Candlelight, which will be held on the cathedral grass area on Thursday 13th December from 7.00 pm. We invite everyone to join with ...

On Sunday 25th November 2018 St. Peter and Paul Parish, North Melbourne and Association of Ukrainians, Victoria invite you to 85 Years Holodomor Commemoration in North Melbourne Cathedral. A panakhyda will follow directly after 9:30am Divine Liturgy. Read more: Perth ...

The cathedral at North Melbourne was entirely full for the solemnities which were held on 7th October 2018. Eight boys and one girl were honoured as they made their first confession and Solemn Holy Communion. This in itself is an ...

The Ukrainian Catholic Women’s League of Australia in Melbourne, under the leadership of Hania Polatajko, has organized another highly successful community information meeting. On Friday, 5th October 2018, at Cafe Trembita, Bishop Hlib Lonchyna, the Bishop of Great Britain and ...