The Ukrainian Genocide Foundation-USA is coordinating a nationwide candle lighting and church bell ringing program in the United States in conjunction with the Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance in Ukraine. We encourage the participation of your parish in this effort to keep the memory of the victims of the genocide, which took place in 1932-1933 in Ukraine alive.
In Ukraine, this event is scheduled for Saturday, November 26, 2005 starting with memorial services and lighting of 33,000 candles at St. Sophia’s square in Kyiv with a simultaneous ringing of the bells in all churches across Ukraine. At the height of the Ukrainian Genocide 33,000 people starved to death each day.
Here in the United States, we ask that your church light 33 symbolic candles and perform memorial service on Sunday, November 27, 2005. We ask that you take a few moments to ring your church bells at 12:00 noon local time as a sign of mourning.
As Ukrainian-Americans we will unite on November 27th and proclaim to the world that: “We will never forget the over 10,000,000 victims of the Ukrainian Genocide”
Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation - USA, Inc.