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18 OUR LIFE • July-August 2024 ЗАХИЩАЄМО • ADVOCATE Branch 56 Holds Prayer Service for Ukraine’s Children Patricia Zalisko, Press Secretary, Branch 56, North Port, FL Branch 56 in North Port, FL, organized a prayer ser - vice on June 1 for the children of Ukraine, coincid - ing with the UNWLA’s Children Praying for Children event and International Children’s Day. Our goal was to focus the attention of the U.S. on the victim- ization of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children who have been murdered, tortured, raped, and kid- napped by invading russian forces. Ukraine is still attempting to calculate the exact number of Ukrainian children who have been kid- napped. In March 2023, the International Crimi - nal Court at The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin and Maria Lvova-Belova, rus- sia’s Commissioner for Children’s Rights, for the war crime of unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukraine’s children during the war. This represented the first such warrant against a leader of a member of the United Nations Security Council. It also obli - gates all 124 member nations of the ICC to detain and transfer Putin and Lvova-Belova should they venture into their territories. Under the supervision of branch president Inia Tunstall and chairperson Ivanka Olesnycky, a com- mittee of Branch 56 members organized the local Children Praying for Children event at North Port’s St. Mary’s Ukrainian Catholic Church, enlisting Pas- tor Dmytro Kasylan to officiate the service and in - clude local clergy and congregants. A tour of St. Mary’s was offered before the ser - vice for those who attended and for members of the press. Father Dmytro invited clergy from the North Port area to join in the multi-denominational ser - vice. Svitanok, the newly organized children’s choir led by Maestro Oleh Mayowsky, sang four songs in church. At the conclusion of the service, participat - ing children – local children from various denomina - tions – created chalk drawings in front of St. Mary’s to demonstrate their support for the children of Ukraine and its citizens. They were filmed by an overhead drone operated by Father Dmytro. The children were also invited to create cards in St. Mary’s Church Hall, which were later mailed to children in Ukraine by Branch 56. Photo: Bohdana Puzyk Photo: Bohdana Puzyk Branch 111’s Prayer for Ukrainian Children Valentyna Levytsky, Branch 111, Los Angeles, CA International Children’s Day, celebrated annually on June 1, serves as a reminder of the importance of chil - dren’s rights and the need to protect them. The russian-Ukrainian war has had a devastating impact on children, with hundreds killed and thousands injured, many critically. Reports of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian children deported to russia are particularly alarming; there is no certainty that these children will
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