Memorial service at St. Patrick's to mark 68th anniversary of Famine-Genocide (09/30/01)

Memorial service at St. Patrick's to mark 68th anniversary of Famine-Genocide

NEW YORK - The annual commemorative observance of the Ukrainian Famine-Genocide will take place on Saturday, November 17, at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York.

Sponsored by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America (UCCA), the observance is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m.; an ecumenical memorial service (panakhyda) will be concelebrated by the hierarchy of the Ukrainian Catholic and Orthodox Churches. The Dumka Choir has been invited to sing responses to the memorial service.

Following the religious service, representatives from the U.S. and Ukrainian governments will have an opportunity to offer their remarks. Invited guest speakers include Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) and Kostyantyn Gryshchenko, ambassador of Ukraine to the United States.

The UCCA has appealed to President George W. Bush to offer a statement regarding the 68th anniversary of the Great Famine of 1932-1933 that would be read at the commemoration. The states of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut have been contacted for official gubernatorial proclamations commemorating the day.

The entire Ukrainian American community of the greater New York metropolitan area is being encouraged to participate in the now-traditional observance.

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