The statement below was released by the Ukrainian World Congress on November 28.
On November 27, the Ukrainian World Congress called on Ukrainian communities around the world to light candles of remembrance to honor the victims of the Holodomor genocide of 1932-33. Of significance this year was the announcement of a new project of the UWC: The International Network of Holodomor Victims.
The virtual event was attended by the President of UWC, Paul Grod; the Chair of the International Coordinating Committee for Holodomor Awareness and Recognition, Stefan Romaniv; His Beatitude Sviatoslav, Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (UGCC); His Beatitude Epiphanius, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU); and Olya Soroka, Head of the International Network of Holodomor Victims.
On November 28, the UWC mission to Ukraine joined the Holodomor commemoration in Kyiv. A solemn prayer of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church heads in Kyiv, near the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide, was also attended by the Ambassador of Canada to Ukraine Larisa Galadze, UWC Vice President Lenna Koszarny and the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine Andy Hunder. We thank Ukrainians from all over the world who have joined and continue to join the global “Light a Candle” campaign.