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By Nathan Jordan

Ukraine

Prince George Ukrainian community prepares for Holodomor Memorial Day

Nov 24, 2022 | 5:51 PM

PRINCE GEORGE -The Holodomor, is recognized by 16 countries worldwide, including Canada, as a genocide carried out by the Soviet regime. Father Andreii Chornenkyl of St George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church says understanding what happened during the Holodomor, is key to understanding the modern day conflict between Ukraine and Russia.

“…The Soviet Union decided to kill millions of ukrainians, because they didn’t want to be part of the Soviet Union, they wanted to be an independent country” – Father Andreii Chornenkyl of St George’s Ukrainian Catholic Church

On Friday afternoon, Ukrainians, and those standing in solidarily with them, will gather at the church on Vanier Drive, to pay their respects to the victims with a candlelight vigil, hear the first hand accounts of survivors from their descendants, and celebrate the arrival of an new influx of Ukrainians who have found safe haven here in Canada from the devastation currently gripping their home country.

As the Ukrainian community of Prince George gathers here Friday to pay their respects to the millions of lives lost, they’ll also be celebrating the support shown to them by their new neighbors in the North, anxiously awaiting the arrival of their family and friends from home, to a new city that’s welcomed them with open arms.

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