Dear Parishioners,

I know that many of you are familiar with the artificial famine imposed on Ukraine by Joseph Stalin 90 years ago, killing millions of people by starvation. We had some members of our church who suffered under this horrible plan but survived, though many in their families did not. They have gone to their rest, but we still remember their suffering.

This Sunday we will serve the Panachida for those souls who died this under this Communist plot, remembering the time of holodomor (famine).

Below is a link to a page from the website of our Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, with a short video of our patriarch addressing the Kyiv Security Forum, linking the Holodomor with the current war. It is in Ukrainian, with English subtitles.

Let us pray for Ukraine and all the faithful in that land. Let us remember the souls who have suffered greatly under Communism and the current Russian regime.

Patriarch's address

Father Richard Janowicz, pastor
rjano@aol.com