Great Famine commemoration slated for St. Patrick's (10/17/99)

Great Famine commemoration slated for St. Patrick's

Ukrainian Congress Committee of America

NEW YORK - A solemn requiem mass in observance of Ukraine's Great Famine of 1932-1933 will take place on Saturday, November 20, at 1 p.m. at St. Patrick's Cathedral on Fifth Avenue and 51st Street in New York City.

The ecumenical prayer service will be conducted by Archbishop Antony of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and Bishop Basil Losten of the Ukrainian Catholic Church. Ukraine's Ambassador to the United States Anton Buteiko will be the main speaker. The Dumka Choir from New York will perform during the service.

The Ukrainian Congress Committee of America has asked the Ukrainian community of New York and surrounding areas not to organize other events for this day, but rather to take part in this national commemoration to honor the victims of the Ukrainian nation's worst tragedy - the genocide in which between 7 million and 10 million Ukrainians were starved to death as a result of the Stalin regime's policies.

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