Halych parish: permanent Apostolic Penitentiary grant announced in July 2024
Halych: pilgrimage to the Blessed Stanyslaviv Hieromartyrs
On one of the seven designated occasions, make a pilgrimage to this church and join solemn worship or spend a suitable time in pious reflection.
Time required Length of the chosen service or a suitable time of prayer
- When
- Sunday of All Saints of the Ukrainian People; the last Sunday of July; 22 August; 8 September; 8 November; 2 December; 28 December, according to the shrine’s local calendar
- Where
- Parish Church of the Blessed Stanyslaviv Hieromartyrs, Halych, Ukraine
- Who
- All eligible faithful fulfilling the prescribed pilgrimage work
- Application
- Self or the departed
The prescribed work
- Fulfil the ordinary plenary conditions, with sincere repentance.
- Visit as a pilgrim the parish church of Blessed Symeon Lukach, Hryhoriy Khomyshyn and Ivan Sleziuk in Halych on one of the designated occasions.
- Participate in solemn liturgical services, or spend a suitable time in pious reflection.
- For the reflection alternative, conclude with the Our Father, Creed, a prayer to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and prayers to Blessed Symeon Lukach, Hryhoriy Khomyshyn and Ivan Sleziuk.
The work and its conditions
A plenary indulgence also requires complete detachment from every sin, sacramental confession, Holy Communion, and prayer for the Pope’s intentions, subject to the grant’s stated exceptions. The ordinary limit is one plenary indulgence per day.
Conditions common to every indulgence
The person gaining an indulgence must be baptized, not excommunicated, and in the state of grace at least when the prescribed works are completed. There must be at least a general intention to gain indulgences, and the prescribed work must be performed at the time and in the manner required by the grant.
Read the full conditions and norms. The cited grant and its specific provisions govern.
Time required
Read each branch with its own conditions. An editorial estimate is not a prescribed minimum.
Solemn liturgical service
Complete the prescribed event
Length of the solemn liturgical service
No numerical minimum is prescribed. Allow for devout participation in the actual solemn service and the prescribed pilgrimage visit.
Timing sources
- UGCC Synod: permanent indulgence at the church of the Blessed Stanyslaviv Hieromartyrs in Halych1 August 2024, section Надання повного відпусту: permanent status, prescribed work and seven occasions
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
Prayer or pious reflection
Duration varies
A suitable time of prayer or reflection and the prescribed concluding prayers
The source requires time spent in prayer or reflection but gives no minute minimum.
Timing sources
- UGCC Synod: permanent indulgence at the church of the Blessed Stanyslaviv Hieromartyrs in Halych1 August 2024, section Надання повного відпусту: permanent status, prescribed work and seven occasions
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise.
What the time estimate excludes
- Ordinary travel to and from the venue, and waiting outside the prescribed work
- Preparation and separately fulfilled sacramental conditions
Occasion and source notes
The listed dates follow the UGCC parish’s current calendar as reported by its own hierarchy. Confirm the locally celebrated date and any transfer; do not replace Eastern proper feasts with Latin-rite dates. For the individually dated church visit, Norm 14 permits the visit from noon on the preceding day until midnight ending the observance. Follow the local calendar and access hours. The required pilgrimage, prayers, eligibility and frequency limits remain in force; attending an actual rite is still necessary if that is the chosen alternative.
Prayer texts and resources
Follow the prayer count and formula specified in the requirements. The two Creed readers are alternatives.
Source and exact reference
- UGCC Synod: permanent indulgence at the church of the Blessed Stanyslaviv Hieromartyrs in Halych1 August 2024, section Надання повного відпусту: permanent status, prescribed work and seven occasions
- Apostolic Penitentiary: Enchiridion Indulgentiarum, fourth editionNorm 19: the ordinary church/oratory visit rule expressly yields when the particular concession prescribes otherwise. Norm 14: preceding-noon rule for dated church/oratory visits.
Prayer texts and grants have separate source histories. Consult the grant source for the prescribed work, occasion, and conditions.