Montreal community marks 81st anniversary of Holodomor

MONTREAL – Joining communities worldwide, Montreal marked the 81st anniversary of the Famine-Genocide in Ukraine on Saturday, November 22, remembering the millions deliberately starved to death in 1932-1933 by Stalin and his regime. The program was organized by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress (UCC), Montreal branch. It followed a requiem service officiated by the Rev. Wolodymyr Kouchnir of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, together with the Revs. Ihor Oschipko and Yaroslav Pivtorak of the Ukrainian Catholic Church, and held at St. Sophia Cathedral.