Ukrainian Genocide survivor John Derkach
carries the memorial candle while a member of
PLAST Ukrainian Scouting Organization carries
the birch memorial cross in the procession to
St. Nicholas Cathedral.
  Rev. Paul Hayda of St. Joseph Ukrainian
Catholic Church greets Rev. Bohdan
Nalysnyk of St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic
Cathedral
Father Bohdan Kalynyuk of St. Andrew
Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Bloomingdale, IL
Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation
-USA President Nicholas Mischenko with
Illinois State Representative John Fritchey in
the procession
Bishop Emeritus Innocent of the St. Nicholas
Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy
Youth carry purple flowers in memory of the
Ukrainian Genocide victims.
   
Rt. Rev. Archimandrite Pankratij Dubas of
St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathdral and
Bishop Emeritus Innocent Lotocky, Bishop
Richard Seminiak and Rev. Bohdan Nalysnyk of
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
participate in the procession
Clergy of the Illinois, Indiana and Michigan
Ukrainian-American communities participate
in the solemn procession from St. Nicholas
School to St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic
Cathedral in Chicago
Members of the PLAST Ukrainian Scouting
group march in the procession
Members of the ODUM Ukrainian American
youth group march in the procession
Members of the CYM Ukrainian American
Youth Organization march in the procession
 
Ukrainain American Veterans flank the entry to
St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral
A member of the Ukrainian American
Veterans
The procession ascends the steps to St.
Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral for the
all-faith Memorial Service
Illinois State Senator and sponsor of House Bill
312, Jacqueline Collins
UGFF -USA President Nicholas Mischenko
with Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Collins
as they enter St. Nicholas Cathedral for the
all-faith Memorial Service
IL State Rep. John Frichey,  Heritage
Foundation President Julian Kulas,
UGFF-USA President Nicholas Mischenko, IL
State Senator Jacqueline Collins, Ukrainian
Congress Committee of America Vice
President Paul Bandriwsky
Youth bring flowers to the alter in memory of the
victims of the Ukrainian Genocide
   
Ukrainian Consulate General for Chicago, Oleh
Shevchenko, lights a candle in memory of the
10,000,000 victims
Illinois State Senator Jacqueline Collins
lights a candle
Illinois State Representative Paul Fritchey
lights a candle
St. Nicholas priest Father Bohdan Nalysnyk
greets the attendants
St. Nicholas Eparchy Bishop Emeritus
Innocent Lotocky delivers a sermon on the
Ukrainian Genocide
The procession crosses Chicago Avenue on
their way to the Ukrainian Cultural Center for
the Ukrainian Genocide Remembrance Day
Luncheon and Program
                                 

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