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By Vlad Lavrov, www.ArtUkraine.com Information Service (ARTUIS)
Kyiv, Ukraine, August 21, 2003
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KYIV.........A memorial requiem in commemoration of Ukraine's genocidal
famine victims 1932-1933, organized by the VIII Ukrainian World Congress,
(VIII UWC) was held in Kyiv on Wednesday, August 20, 2003.
Carrying a large banner inscribed with the message "VIII Ukrainian World
Congress in Memory of the Victims of Holodomor 1932-1933 in Ukraine' the
UWC procession of nearly 500 persons moved from the Teachers House where
all events of the Congress were taking place, along Volodymyrska street to
the Monument to the Victims of Famine located on Mykhailivska square.
At the head of the column was Patriarch Lubomyr Huzar of the Ukrainian Greek
Catholic Church who was joined at the Famine Monument by the Ukrainian
Orthodox Church Clergy and its Patriarch Filaret, to conduct the joint
memorial service honoring the victims of famine. Despite the heavy rain
there were around 1,000 people who participated in the memorial service.
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The UWC procession in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral in downtown Kyiv
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After the memorial service there were several speakers. Wreaths of
flowers were then laid at the monument including ones from the UWC,
UCCA, UPA, the Canadian Embassy, Plast Ukrainian youth organization,
and other Ukrainian and international organizations.
To close the commemoration service the Kyiv folk choir "HOMIN" performed
a song dedicated to the victims of famine, and the anthems "Bozhe Velykiy
Yedynyi" and "Shche Ne Vmerla Ukrayina", after which everybody present
could light candles and place them in front of the monument.
Askold Lozynsky, President of the UWC speaks during the ceremony
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Patriarch Lubomyr Huzar of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (left) and Patriarch Filaret of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchy) in front of the Famine Memorial during the service
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