04/09/2026
Our pastor, Father Mark, has been appointed to the working group for a new translation of the Divine Liturgies of Saint John Chrysostom and Saint Basil the Great. ✠
Translation:
The Father and Head of the UGCC His Beatitude Sviatoslav issued a Decree on the establishment of a temporary working group for the preparation of the English translation of the Divine Liturgies of St. John Chrysostom and St. Basil the Great. The translation should preserve the theological content and liturgical structure of approved Ukrainian texts and at the same time comply with the norms of modern English liturgical language.
The need for work on the translation in the decree is explained by the pastoral needs of the UGCC among the English-speaking faithful, as well as the approval by the Synod of Bishops of the UGCC of Ukrainian texts of these Divine Liturgies.
The working group will be led by Dr. Cyril Kennedy. It also included: Fr. Peter Galadza, Fr. Herman Majrkrzak, Fr. Joseph Matlak, Fr. Mark Woodruff, Fr. Michael Winn and Taras Tymo.
The working group will carry out the theological, liturgical, canonical and language processing of the text, and, if necessary, involve relevant specialists and experts. Its activities will take place in cooperation with the Patriarchal Liturgical Commission.
Supervisory Board and Further Approval
For advisory and pastoral support of the work, a supervisory board was also created. It included Bishop Borys Gudziak, Bishop Mykhailo Kvyatkovskyi and the mayor-cardinal Mykola Bychok.
The Supervisory Board should contribute to taking into account the pastoral experience of English-speaking dioceses and other church structures of the UGCC. At the same time, it will not be the authority to approve the liturgical translation or introduce it into liturgical use.
After the completion of the work, the final translation project will be submitted to the Patriarchal Liturgical Commission for consideration and further presentation to the competent church authorities.
The decree also states that the prepared translation does not acquire the status of an official liturgical text of the UGCC only as a result of its preparation or consideration by a working group, supervisory board or Patriarchal Liturgical Commission.
"The final approval of the English translation and its introduction into liturgical use will be carried out by the competent church authorities in accordance with the norms of the Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches, the particular law of the UGCC and the established procedure for the approval of liturgical translations," the document says.
Отець і Глава УГКЦ Блаженніший Святослав видав Декрет про утворення тимчасової робочої групи з підготовки англійського перекладу Божественних Літургій святого І...
