Sonya Bilocerkowycz

Sonya Bilocerkowycz

Articles by Sonya Bilocerkowycz

Fr. Pawel Vitka, who was kidnapped by separatists in Donetsk May 27 and released the following day. Courtesy of credo-ua.org.

Abducted Catholic priest released in Ukraine amid unrest

May 30, 2014 / 11:32 am

In the midst of ongoing fighting in eastern Ukraine, a Roman Catholic priest from Poland who was kidnapped May 27 by separatists in the city of Donetsk has been released.

Fr. Mykola Kvych, naval chaplain in Sevastopol, blesses Easter baskets in 2013. UGCC Information Department.

Ukrainian Catholics experiencing 'total persecution' in Crimea

Mar 18, 2014 / 15:10 pm

As the Russian president signed a bill to annex Crimea Tuesday, the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in the peninsula has been experiencing what a Church official calls “total persecution.”

A Divine Liturgy of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church celebrated during protests in Kyiv earlier this month. Jakub Szymczuk/GOSC NIEDZIELNY. Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need.

Ukrainian Catholic Church sees growth in south of country

Feb 27, 2014 / 12:21 pm

A new diocese of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church has been established in southern Ukraine, following a decision to divide the former Archiepiscopal Exarchate of Odesa-Krym in two.

Protestors can take refuge and pray for peace in one of two tent-chapels on Maidan Square in Kyiv. Jakub Szymczuk/GOSC NIEDZIELNY/Courtesy Aid to the Church in Need.

Catholic campus in Ukraine mourns lecturer killed in protests

Feb 21, 2014 / 04:01 am

Ukrainian Catholic University, located in the far-western city of Lviv, is lamenting the death of one of its lecturers who was killed Feb. 20 during anti-government protests in Kyiv.