NEW YORK – On Saturday, November 17, the Ukrainian American community will commemorate the 85th anniversary of Ukraine’s Genocide of 1932-1933 with a solemn requiem service in New York City. The ecumenical prayer service to remember and honor the millions of innocent victims of one of the worst tragedies that befell the Ukrainian nation will be concelebrated by the Ukrainian Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic religious hierarchies at 4 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.
This year’s service takes on more importance in light of the U.S. Senate’s passage by unanimous consent of a resolution commemorating the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor and recognizing the Soviet Union’s role in perpetrating this genocide against the Ukrainian nation.
The requiem service at St. Patrick’s concludes the U.S. participation in the yearlong worldwide commemoration of the 85th anniversary prior to Ukraine’s official state commemoration of International Holodomor Memorial Day on November 24.