Month: November 23, 2018 6:52 pm

PALMERTON, Pa. – On October 28, the community of the faithful of St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Catholic Church in Palmerton, Pa., celebrated its 100th anniversary. 

TORONTO – Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) President Eugene Czolij conclude his most recent series of visits to Ukrainian diaspora communities by traveling on October 27-31 to the Republic of South Africa. 

The guest editorial below is adapted from remarks by Andriy Futey, president of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, at the Holodomor commemoration held at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York on Saturday, November 17.

Forty years ago, on November 26, 1978, more than 8,000 people gathered at 67th Street in New York near the U.N. Mission to the Soviet Union for a rally to support the decolonization of the Soviet Union and to condemn Soviet violations of human rights.

In a move that gives substance to Ukrainian fears that Moscow will close the Sea of Azov to Ukrainian shipping or even launch a new war from there, but that also reflects just how stretched the Russian navy is, Moscow is currently moving naval vessels from the Pacific Ocean and the Barents Sea to the Kerch Strait.

Telling a lie is easy. To sustain one is hard, especially if those at whom it is directed are paying attention. Those spreading falsehoods find it difficult to repeat them over and over again without eventually allowing the truth to come out. Their only hope is that in today’s 24/7 news cycle, their target audience will move on and not take notice.

Below is the text of the message sent to the Ukrainian American community by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor. The message was read at the commemorative program held in St. Patrick’s Cathedral on November 17.

Remarks by A. Wess Mitchell, assistant secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, U.S. Department of State, at the Heritage Foundation Forum in Commemoration of the 85th Anniversary of the Holodomor-Genocide in Ukraine 1932-1933. The forum took place in Washington on November 15.

PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Ukrainian community commemorated the 85th anniversary of the Ukrainian Holodomor-Genocide of 1932-1933 on Sunday, November 4, at Heinz Chapel on the University of Pittsburgh campus beginning at 3 p.m. 

PHILADELPHIA – The City Council of Philadelphia on Thursday, October 18, issued a historic resolution declaring the month of November 2018 as “Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance Month.” During the morning session of the City Council, the resolution was unanimously accepted. The sponsor of the resolution was Councilman Mark Squilla. 

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Ukrainian Americans of New Mexico gathered in Albuquerque on October 13 to join in communion with all other “Light a Candle in Remembrance” actions around the globe to commemorate the anniversary of the Famine-Genocide of 1932-1933.

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