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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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Service of Prayer on the First Anniversary of the Ukrainian War

On Friday, February 24, at 6:00 p.m. we will have a service of prayer (Moleben to the Mother of God and Panachyda) commemorating the Ukrainian War. Our Patriarch, His Beatitude, Sviatoslav declared February 24 as Day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. It is important we gather in prayer for those who have sacrificed their lives and those who experience the negative and disastrous effects of the War: physical, psychological and spiritual wounds, poverty, hunger, homelessness. Secure parking across the street from the Church.

St Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Church
569 George Street
New Haven, CT

Bring a friend!

Service of Prayer at the One Year Anniversary of the Ukrainian War

One Year Anniversary of the Ukrainian War

One Year Anniversary of the Ukrainian War: On Friday, February 24, at 6:00 p.m. we will have a service of prayer (the Moleben to the Mother of God and the Panachyda) commemorating the Ukrainian War. Our Patriarch, His Beatitude Sviatoslav declared February 24 as a Day of prayer, fasting and almsgiving. It is important we gather in prayer for those who have sacrificed their lives and for those who experience the negative and disastrous effects of the War: physical, psychological and spiritual wounds, poverty, hunger, homelessness. We ask that the enemy be vanquished through our prayerful solidarity.

St Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church
569 George Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Praying for peace in Ukraine

Today, several of our parishioners –with many others from around CT– made the journey to The Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Litchfield to join Bishop Paul and several of the clergy to pray for peace in Ukraine.

Here are some action photos.

We can never underestimate prayer wrapped in community.

 

Prayer for peace in Ukraine

O Lord our God, look down with mercy on the Ukrainian people. Protect and save them from the unjust aggressors who seek to subdue them. Grant them steadfast trust in your mercy and protection.

O Mother of God, who gave us your miraculous icon at Zarvanytsia, intercede for the Ukrainian people, who run to the shelter of your mercy in their times of need.

O Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on us. Grant peace and protection to the people of Ukraine. Give them strength and courage to defend what is good, right, and holy. Keep them safe from harm and provide for all their needs, both temporal and spiritual.

Hear our prayers, O Lord, and deliver us from distress, for You are merciful and compassionate and love mankind.

To You we give glory: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, now and forever and ever. Amen.

Praying with the Pope

The prayer intention of Pope Francis for the month of July:

We pray that today’s families may be accompanied with love, respect and guidance.

May the Holy Family intercede for us.

Prayers requested for Evelyn Moreno

His Excellency, Bishop Paul Chomnycky, OSBM writes to ask for prayers for Evelyn Moreno

Please be informed that as a result of a very unfortunate accident after a grease fire in the kitchen, Mrs. Evelyn Moreno, wife of Fr. Robert Moreno, sustained severe burns on 40 % of her body. She is presently being taken care of in a special burnt unit in a PA hospital.

We ask for your fervent prayers for Evelyn during this very stressful and painful time, asking that the good Lord keep her in the palm of His hand and the Blessed Mother wrap in her merciful omophor, as she slowly recovers. Please also pray for Fr. Robert and their children in this, their severe family trauma.

ЗВЕРНЕННЯ
До оо. Душпастирів Стемфордської Єпархії
Від Владики Павла Хомницького, ЧСВВ

Повідомляємо, що внаслідок жирового огню в кухні, постраждала поважним попаренням – на 40 % тіла – пані їмость Евелин Моріно, дружина Вс. о. Роберта Моріно. Знаходиться пані їмость тепер у лікарні яка спеціялізується у лікуванні пацієнтів з поважними опіками.

Просимо Ваших молитов за здоров’я пані їмость Евелин, щоб ласкавий Господь тримав її делікатно у своїх обiймах, а Божа Ненька пригортала святим омофором, під час цього дуже тяжкого пережиття. Молімось теж за о. Роберта та їхніх дітей, бо переживають болючу родинну травму.

Being contemplative

When life gets busy there’s a way that we can doubt the integrity of our work and prayer — how they work together seamlessly. We can feel fragmented and doubt life’s essential unity, tempted to retreat from its challenge in favor of some sort of disincarnate contemplative ideal. But such an ideal seems foreign to the witness of Jesus, the Wisdom of God, who is the contemplative par excellence, and who teaches us that contemplative wisdom is neither detached from everyday life nor artificial. Being contemplative is being consciously connected to reality, all the while being mindful of the sacred presence that pervades each of our activities. From such a gospel perspective “action” and “contemplation” are not rivals, but facets of one reality. (NS)