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August 14: A Call to Prayer and Fasting for Peace

August 14: A Call to Prayer and Fasting for Peace

His Beatitude Sviatoslav Shevchuk, Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, has urged all the faithful to join wholeheartedly the worldwide Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace TODAY on August 14, noting that it coincides with important negotiations about Ukraine scheduled to take place in Alaska on August 15 th , the Feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. “We believe that those who fast, pray, and work will be heard by the Lord,” said His Beatitude.

Our Ukrainian people, of every confession, have been praying for years for an end to the unjust brutal war and the establishment of a just peace. In the tradition of our Eastern Catholic Church, at every Divine Liturgy we lift our prayers to the Lord for the healing of the wounded, the repose of the departed, the liberation of captives and abducted children, the conversion of the aggressor, and the bestowal of wisdom and courage upon leaders to do God’s will.

Joining the voice of our Patriarch, we exhort all clergy, religious, and faithful of the Ukrainian Catholic Metropolia in the US to participate devoutly in this day of fasting and prayer, and to intensify personal and communal intercession. We urge all to offer private prayer TODAY August 14 and to participate in the Divine Liturgies for the Feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos celebrated in their parishes. We hereby direct all priests of the Metropolia to include a special petition for a just peace in Ukraine in the festal Liturgy of the Dormition.

The International Union of Superiors General (UISG) has proclaimed Thursday, August 14, 2025, the eve of the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, as a worldwide Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace. The faithful throughout the world are invited to unite in fervent supplication, to call for justice, and to engage in concrete works of charity and solidarity aimed at ending the many armed conflicts afflicting our world—from Gaza to Sudan, from Ukraine to Myanmar, from Haiti to the Democratic
Republic of Congo, and Syria.

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Day of Prayer for Peace on January 26

Christ is among us!
Two opportunities for prayer for January 26:
1. At the Parish on January 26 at 7pm, we will pray the Moleben to the Holy Mother of God. It is critical that we as a parish community of faith come to the Church to beg for the gift of peace! One’s physical presence is an important witness of Faith. We will try to have the service on Facebook.

 

2. Supreme Knight Patrick Kelly urges brother Knights around the world to join with Pope Francis and the Universal Church in praying for peace in Ukraine, on January 26, at 3 p.m. EST. Learn more: https://bit.ly/35hsxfH

Ukrainian Bishop Paul and Archbishop Blair expect to be in attendance.

Ukrainian Bishops in the USA call to prayer

“For where two or three are gathered in my name, I am there among them.” (Mt. 189:20)

For the past eight years, since the invasion of parts of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, and the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation, Ukraine has lived under constant threat. The hybrid war fomented on Ukraine by Russia continues unabated until this day.

Since that time, the Ukrainian people, in Ukraine and throughout the world, have responded to this unprovoked aggression with undaunted determination.  They have countered the Russian disinformation campaign with objective truth, they have morally and financially supported the Ukrainian military and especially the wounded soldiers and citizens displaced by the conflict, and, most importantly, they have prayed to God for peace and an end to the conflict.

As you are aware, the tensions along Ukraine’s eastern border have recently intensified to the point that a full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia has become a distinct possibility.

Shaken by the threat of actual armed conflict on the European continent, the Holy Father, Pope Francis, addressed the situation in Ukraine in remarks to the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, January 23: “I make a heartfelt appeal to all people of good will to raise prayers to Almighty God that all political actions and initiatives may be at the service of human brotherhood rather than partisan interests.”  The Holy Father then proposed that Wednesday, January 26 be proclaimed a day of prayer for peace in Ukraine in the universal Catholic Church.  We wish to sincerely thank Pope Francis for this gesture of solidarity and his paternal love and care for the people of Ukraine.

Our desire as your bishops is that all our parishes and faithful take up this appeal to prayer of the Holy Father.  In our parish communities, wherever possible, we ask that the parish faithful be gathered on Wednesday, January 26 for prayer vigils, divine liturgies, molebens or akathists.  We also encourage that our families and individual faithful respond to this appeal with their own private devotions, prayer and fasting on that day.  Let an avalanche of prayer from every corner of the world ascend to heaven so that the Lord would make an end to the threat of war, death and destruction in Ukraine and everywhere in the world.

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Pope calls for Day of Prayer for Peace

Following the Pope’s Sunday Angelus address (23 January 2022), he called us to a day of prayer for peace:

“I am following with concern the increase of tensions that threaten to inflict a new blow to the peace in Ukraine, and call into question the security of the European continent, with wider repercussions. I make a heartfelt appeal to all people of good will, that they may raise prayers to God Almighty, that every political action and initiative may serve human brotherhood, rather than partisan interests. Those who pursue their own interests, to the detriment of others, disregard their human vocation, as we were all created as brothers and sisters. For this reason, and with concern, given the current tensions, I propose that next Wednesday, 26 January be a day of prayer for peace.“