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“НАШЕ ЖИТТЯ”, ЛИСТОПАД 2018 WWW. UNWLA .ORG 9 A Candle in Remembrance by Irena Gramiak In September 2018, the Ukrainian World Congress (UWC) along with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, t he Ukrainian Institute of National Re- membrance and the National Museum “Ho lodo- mor Victims Memorial,” launched an international action named “Light a Candle of Remembrance” to mark the 85th anniversary of the Holodomor in Ukraine. On each of the 85 days le ading up to the international Holodomor Memorial Day com- memorated on November 24, a candle will be lit in a different part of the world to unite people in re- membering the victims of the Holodomor. This year's commemorative action is dedicated to the childr en who died during the Soviet - engineered famine. On October 4, 2018, Manor College in Jen- kintown, Pennsylvania, hosted a candle lighting ceremony in the Ukrainian Heritage Museum on its campus. Among the guests attending this event were Manor College em p loyees, students, mem- bers of UNWLA branches 88 and 90, and members of the Ukrainian community. Students from St. Basil's Academy were escorted across the street to take part in the event by one of their teachers, Sr. Susanne Matwiyiw, O.S.B.M., and by St. Basil Academy’s Vice Principal Alexandra Penkalskyj. The event was filmed by the local ABC news affili- ate, and the film clip was aired on the evening news program. Wheat stalks with names of child victims of the Holodomor Dr. Jonathan Peri li g hts ca ndle of remembrance One of the rooms of the Ukrainian He rit- age Museum is set up to resemble a traditional vil- lage house in Ukraine. There is a large stove with child - like dolls sleeping upon it, a bed against the back wall and a small prayer corner with an icon and a table on which a bible usually rests. On this occasion, the small table held a wooden bowl of wheat grains and a single candle. The words carved into the rim of the bowl (in Ukrainian) state "In memory of the victims of the Holodomor in Ukrai ne." In the center of the bowl was a cross on which the words (also in Ukrainian) "hammer and sickle, death and starvation" were carved. Guests attending the commemorative event were welcomed into the village house by Nicholas Rudnytzky, Manor’s Dean of A cademic Services. Mr. Rudnytzky explained what had oc- curred during the Holodomor and then introduced Ulana Mazurkevich, chair of the Philadelphia re- gion’s Holodomor committee. After explaining the atrocities that occurred, during the Stalin - engi- neered fami ne, Ms. Mazurkevich shared positive news, announcing that just the previous day the United States Senate had issued a formal resolu- tion, specifically designating the Holodomor in
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