On Sunday, November 9, 2014, in the Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Philadelphia a religious and scholarly event took place to mark the legalization of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Ukraine. The event was organized by the St. Sophia Religious Association of Ukrainian Catholics, USA, under the aegis of the Philadelphia Archeparchy. The event began with a solemn liturgy celebrated by Archbishop Stefan Soroka, concelebrated with Fr. Marko Semehen, President of the St. Sophia Religious Association in Rome, Italy, and Fr. Ivan Demkiv, Pastor of the Cathedral.Continue reading→

 Year 2014 marks the 25^th anniversary of legalization of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC) which, banned and persecuted by the Soviet regime, spent over 40 years of its existence in the Catacombs. To mark its reemergence in 1989, the St. Sophia Religious Association of Ukrainian Catholics, Inc. organized at international scholarly conference “The Church of the Catacombs in the 20^th Century”. Continue reading→