The action "Let`s Light a Candle of Memory!" in Minsk

8 September 2018

On September 8, 2018, a memorial service, dedicated to the Holodomor victims of 1932-1933, took place in Minsk in the Mother of God’s Relentless Assistance Greek Catholic Parish. During the prayer service, the names of 85 children from the Bilovodsk and Bilokurakin districts of the Luhansk region of Ukraine, who died as a result of the terrible crime of the authorities of the former USSR, were mentioned, the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine informs.

“The memorial service on the 85th anniversary of one of the most terrible crimes in the history of Ukraine and of all mankind was attended by representatives of the Ukrainian community of Belarus, the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Belarus, as well as by the residents of the Belarusian capital.

The eternal memory of the victims of the Holodomor! “- is said in a message.

 

Also, on September 8, the action was held in Australia and Senegal.

Recall, September 7th Action “Let`s light a Candle of memory!” was held in Armenia and Mozambique.

Also, the action was held in Beijing.

The Ukrainian community in Jordan honored the victims of the Holodomor-Genocide.

On September 2, 2018, the International action “Let`s Light a Candle of Memory!” was held in Turkey.

On September 1, the action “Let`s light a Candle of Memory!” started at the National Museum “Holodomor Victims Memorial”.

You can follow the action during 85 days on the web-page “The 85th anniversary of Holodomor”.