Anniversary of UGCC creation to be included in 2026 commemorative dates
Calendar for 2026. Photo: sud.ua
The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Humanitarian and Information Policy has instructed that the draft Resolution on the celebration of commemorative dates and jubilees in 2026 include the 430th anniversary of the conclusion of the Union of Brest. This was reported by Sudebno-Yuridicheskaya Gazeta.
The committee meeting took place on December 1, 2025. As stated in the explanatory note to the document, “the adoption of the resolution should make it possible to organize events in advance, use state funds more efficiently, and reduce the number of separate draft resolutions devoted to individual anniversaries.”
The list of commemorative dates and jubilees for 2026 is proposed to be supplemented with the 430th anniversary of the conclusion of the Union of Brest – the creation of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.
At the same time, the committee proposed excluding from the list of commemorative dates the 970th anniversary of the birth of Nestor the Chronicler.
Earlier, the UOJ reported that a former cleric of Dumenko had stated that the future of the OCU could lie in unification with the Uniates.
Read also
The oldest church in Kyiv celebrated its patronal feast
Metropolitan Viktor led the festive service at the Elijah Church in the capital.
His Beatitude led the celebrations for the 510th anniversary of the Lavra skete in Horodok
In the Rivne Diocese, the Primate of the UOC consecrated an image of the Mother of God restored by the sisters.
Religious Jews attack Armenian monastery in Jerusalem
Police detained six suspects following an attack on St. James Monastery in the Old City.
OCU cleric personally cuts locks during seizure of UOC church in Cherniavka
An OCU cleric dismissed the parish rector's request for copies of meeting records, calling him an "enemy of the people."
Oldest UOC church in Sumy marks its patronal feast
Metropolitan Yevlohiy led celebrations at the city’s oldest parish, where the wonderworking Pustynno-Hlynska Icon of the Mother of God was brought for the feast.
Hundreds of faithful in Bulgaria welcome Hawaiian Icon of the Mother of God
Patriarch Daniel led the ceremonial welcome for the myrrh-streaming icon in Sofia and thanked the ROCOR Synod for arranging its visit.