1. Sviatoslav Shevchuk recalled that on a family trip to the Orthodox shrine of Pochaev around 1985, he prayed before an icon of the Theotokos, expressing his desire to become a priest.
18 Facts About Sviatoslav Shevchuk
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk completed his mandatory military service as a field medic, based in Eastern Ukraine.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk briefly spent time with the Salesian community there.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk is an alumnus of the Pontifical University of St Thomas Aquinas Angelicum where he earned a Doctorate in theology in 1999.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Eparchy of Santa Maria del Patrocinio en Buenos Aires on 14 January 2009 and consecrated by Archbishop Ihor Vozniak on 7 April 2009.
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On 23 March 2011, Sviatoslav Shevchuk was elected Major Archbishop of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church to replace Lubomyr Husar, who had retired for health reasons.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk was enthroned as Major Archbishop on 27 March 2011 in the UGCC's new mother church, the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in Kyiv, which was still under construction at the time.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk was the first primate to be enthroned in Kyiv in 400 years.
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On 31 May 2012, Sviatoslav Shevchuk held his first pastoral visit to Canada.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk visited Edmonton after being met by Eparch David Motiuk and other clergy upon his arrival in Calgary.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk attended events at St Josaphat Cathedral and St George Parish.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk again returned to Canada later in 2012, and on Sunday, 9 September, after the participants took an oath the previous day, Shevchuk celebrated the Divine Liturgy to open a worldwide Ukrainian Catholic Synod of Bishops at Saints Volodymyr and Olha Cathedral in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk visited England in 2017, celebrating the Divine Liturgy at Westminster Cathedral on 28 October.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk appealed to the Russians to not target churches following intelligence reports suggesting that a military strike was planned against the Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv.
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Sviatoslav Shevchuk has continued to speak frequently about the war, both through his frequent video addresses to the faithful, and in statements to international media.
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On 12 June 2012 Sviatoslav Shevchuk was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.
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On 22 June 2011 Sviatoslav Shevchuk was appointed a member of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches to a five-year term.
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In December 2023 Sviatoslav Shevchuk stated that Fiducia Supplicans declared explicitly that the document does not apply outside the Latin Church.