BALTIMORE – Thirty-four Ukrainian sailors attended liturgy at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in Baltimore on Sunday, August 25, in celebration of Ukrainian Independence Day. The sailors are here for a month-long training session on the operation of the two coast guard cutters that were donated to Ukraine by the U.S. government.
The service was followed by a joyous banquet at the church hall, hosted by Baltimore’s “hromada.” The Rev. Vasyl Sivinsky, pastor, warmly welcomed the sailors and the two military attachés from the Embassy, Col. Andriy Ordynovych and Capt. Oleksandr Korneichuk. The harmonious church choir sang many choruses of “Mnohaya Lita” for Ukraine, its armed forces, the parishioners, the sailors and their comrades who are still unlawfully imprisoned in Moscow.