Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk Archives - Crux

Rescue workers try to put out a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of thousand-year-old Monastery of Caves, also known as Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, following a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, June 15, 2026. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

Church in Europe

Ukraine’s 35th independence anniversary marked under sign of war with Russia

by Crux Now Staff August 24, 2026August 25, 2026

In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade press service, a local passes by a destroyed apartment building following an Russian air strike in the town of Komyshuvakha in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (Credit: Andriy Andriyenko/Ukraine’s 65th Mechanized Brigade via AP.)

Church in Europe

On anniversary of Russian invasion, Major Archbishop says Pope Leo understands Ukraine

by Charles Collins February 24, 2026February 24, 2026

Pope Leo XIV stands with Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk while meeting with members of the Jubilee Pilgrimage of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church in the Vatican on June 28, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Leo say Ukraine has been ‘martyred’ in ‘senseless war’

by Charles Collins June 28, 2025

Ukrainian servicemen carry the coffin of their comrade Andrii Neshodovskiy during the funeral ceremony at the cemetery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Credit: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP.)

Church in Europe

Ukrainian Major Archbishop visits U.S., urges politicians to ignore pro-Russian propaganda

by Charles Collins February 20, 2025

In this photo provided by the U.S. Army, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, listens while visiting the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Sept. 22, 2024. (Credit: AP.)

Church in Europe

Major Archbishop Shevchuk says ‘sacrilegious war’ by Russia cannot be justified

by Charles Collins January 30, 2025January 30, 2025

Ukrainian soldiers sit on an armoured vehicle as they drive on a road between Izium and Lyman in Ukraine, Tuesday Oct. 4, 2022. (Credit: Francisco Seco/AP.)

Church in Europe

Pope and Ukrainian Major Archbishop mark 1000 days of Russian invasion

by Crux Now Staff November 20, 2024November 20, 2024

(Credit: Vatican Media.)

Breaking with Ukraine Catholics, Pope rejects ban on Russian-backed church

by Crux Now Staff August 26, 2024

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk on Aug. 20, 2024. (Credit: UGCC.)

Church in Europe

Ukraine Major Archbishop says new law against Russian Church is not unjust

by Crux Now Staff August 22, 2024

Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk speaks at the National Museum of the Holodomor-genocide in Kyiv on July 23, 2024. (Credit: Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church.)

Church in Europe

Major Archbishop says all Ukrainians should remember the Holodomor genocide

by Charles Collins July 25, 2024July 25, 2024

Vatican Secretary of State Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Top Vatican diplomat makes first visit to Ukraine since war

by Elise Ann Allen July 20, 2024

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