St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Catholic Church

St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is a parish of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Saint Josaphat in Parma, OH under our Apostolic Administrator, the Most Reverend Bishop John Bura.  Our Church is under Patriarch Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kyiv, Ukraine and is in full communion with Pope Benedict XVI of Rome.  Faithful Catholics of [...]

We fly to thy patronage, O Holy Mother of God. Despise not our prayers in our necessities, but ever deliver us from all dangers, O glorious and blessed Virgin. The above text is the oldest known prayer honoring Mary as the Theotokos, or Mother of God. It originated in the city of Alexandria, Egypt, which [...]

The Ukrainian Catholic Church has a particular reverence for Saint Josaphat, archbishop of Polotsk, who gave his life in 1623 as a witness to the importance of Church unity. The Orthodox Churches of the East had been in schism with Rome since the year 1054. A major attempt at reunion in 1439 had ended in [...]

The year was 988. Prince Volodymyr (Vladimir) of Rus’ (the ancient name for Ukraine) had consolidated his power, and was hoping to make a lasting name for himself by raising his people up to the status of a great nation. Among the obstacles he faced was the fact that all the great nations he knew [...]