As Russia s invasion of Ukraine enters its seventh month, fear mixes with faith and a determination to fight tyranny, said Ukrainian Catholics on hand at an Aug. 28 folk festival.
St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jenkintown hosted a May 15 benefit featuring performers from the Voloshky School, with proceeds funding humanitarian aid for kids in war-torn Ukraine.
The National Day of Prayer was designated in 1952. This is the first time a gathering has been held to celebrate the day by the Newport Mesa Irvine Interfaith Council in three years.
California schools are extending a warm welcome to Ukrainians who ve fled the fighting in their homeland. At least 60,000 Ukrainian immigrants live in California, the second-highest population in the U.S.