NEW HAVEN, Conn. – While the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic forced the School of Ukrainian Studies (Ridna Shkola) of St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in New Haven, Conn., to close in March 2020, it was able to reopen in April of this year, and the Ukrainian community here has managed to hold various events despite difficult circumstances.
Courtesy of Halia Jurczak-Lodynsky
School director Myron Melnyk (right), teacher Halia Jurczak-Lodynsky (left), and students of the School of Ukrainian Studies gathered on September 25, the first day of the current school year, with Father Iura Godenciuc (back row, center), the pastor of St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in New Haven, Conn., and Father Stepan Yanovski (fourth from the left).