Father Nil Yuriy Luschak OFM Ordained as Auxuliary Bishop of Mukachevo

UŽHOROD – On Saturday, January 12,2013 in the Greek Catholic Cathedral of Holy Cross of the Eparchy of Mukachevo, Father Yuriy Nil Luscak, OFM was ordained to the episcopacy and appointed Auxiliary Bishopof the Greek Catholic Eparchy of Mukachevo.The principal consecrating bishop was Bishop Milan Šašik, Bishop of the Eparchy of Mukachevo.Co-consecrators included Archbishop Cyril Vasyl, Secretary of the Congregation of Eastern Churches, and Metropolitan William Skurla of the Byzantine Catholic Church of Pittsburgh,USA.

Pilgrimage of the Mukachevo Eparchy faithful to the Vatican

Over 400 pilgrims from Transcarpathia visited Rome and Vatican City in Italy from December 11 - 18, 2011. In 2011, our Mukachevo Eparchy celebrated a chain of jubilees related to the Blessed Martyr Theodore Romzha: the 100th year of his birth; the 75th year of his priestly ordination and the 10th year of his beatification. For that reason among many others, a pilgrimage to Rome was planned, where also 75 years ago Blessed Theodore was ordained as a priest. And God made it happen so that exactly this year, in 2011, and not in 2012 as was earlier planned, the Christmas tree for Saint Peter's Square was chosen from Theodore’s native Transcarpathia.

Three Days of Blessed Theodore Romzha

The Eparchy of Mukachevo held a three day celebration to mark the Jubilee year of +Blessed Theodore Romzha. The celebration took place from June 26 - 28, 2011. Remembering the 100th anniversary of +Blessed Theodore's birth (1911), the tenth anniversary of his beatification as "blessed" (2001) and the 75th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood (1936), the three days were jointly led by the Prefect of the Congregation for the Eastern Churches, His Eminence, Cardinal Leonardo Sandri of Rome and the bishop of the Eparchy of Mukachevo, Most Reverend Milan Sasik, CM.

Solemn consecration of the new altar and Episcopal chapel with renovated frescos of Josyp Bokshay.

On February 20th 2011 Bishop Milan consecrated Episcopal chapel situated on second floor of the Episcopal Residence in Uzhgorod. This event was long awaited even since 2004 when the chapel was returned to our Eparchy and the restoration works started.

Schedule of the upcoming events of the Year of the Blessed Theodore Romzha

Year of the Blessed Martyr Theodore Romzha

Short biography of the Blessed Theodore, Bishop of Mukachevo (1911-1947)

Most Reverend Bishop Milan – new ruling Bishop of Mukachevo

On Saturday, April 24 there took place solemn Episcopal enthronement of the Most Reverend Bishop Milan to the cathedra of the Mukachevo eparchy at the Exaltation of the Holy Cross cathedral church in Uzhgorod.

Vladyka Andriy Bachynskiy(1732 – 1809)

Prominent church, cultural and educational figure of Transcarpathia(bishop of the Mukachevo Greek Catholic Eparchy from 1772 to 1809).

Eparchy celebrates some turning (critical) dates in its history.

On the occasion of 60th anniversary of forceful liquidation of the Greek Catholic Church in Transcarpathia and 20th Anniversary of the renewal of the public activity of Mukachevo eparchy.