PALATINE, Ill. – The Ukrainian community of Chicago and Illinois suburbs gathered at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Palatine on February 8 to commemorate the “Heavenly Hundred” (“Nebesna Sotnia”) heroes that perished at the onset of the Euro-Maidan Revolution or Revolution of Dignity in Ukraine in 2014.

The event was Initiated by the Organization for Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, Branch 31 (Roman Holowka, president); in cooperation with the School of Ukrainian Studies (Iryna Tsenglevych, director) at the Ukrainian American Youth Association, Dmytro Vitovsky Branch; American Ukrainian Youth Association, Dmytro Vitovsky Branch (Myron Wasiunec, president); and the Women’s Association for Defense of Four Freedoms for Ukraine, Olena Pchilka Branch (Nadiya Hnatyuk, president).