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PROJECTS:
2007 Holodomor Proclamation
2006 Holodomor Commemoration
Ukrainian Festival of Carols
"Thank You" Letter to
Community
Savings for their Sponsorship of the Festival of Carols
Chornobyl
Commemoration
Famine
The Holodomor
monument in Calgary was unveiled on Sunday, April 25, 1999. The
Ukrainian Canadian Congress, Calgary Branch was the umbrella
organization that coordinated the construction and installation of
this monument. Members of the Ukrainian Canadian Professional and
Business Association of Calgary and the Ukrainian Canadian Civil
Liberties Association were prominent participants in all aspects
of the negotiations with the City of Calgary, the construction and
installation of the monument.
The monument is located on City of Calgary parkland located
between
Memorial Drive and Edmonton Trail, North East Calgary (between the
North and South Edmonton Trail Bridges).
The artist who
completed the artwork on the monument is Ihor Novosilets.
Originally from L'viv, Ukraine, but living in Calgary since 1989.
The following
is written on the monument in Ukrainian, English and French:
Eternal
Remembrance
In memory
of many millions of Ukrainians who perished in the genocidal great
famine inflicted upon Ukraine by the Soviet Regime 1932 -1933. Let
us all stand on guard against tyranny, violence and inhumanity.
Erected by the Ukrainian Canadian Congress 25 April 1999.
In attendance of
the unveiling were Mrs. Lida Popov and Mr. Ivan Chernezky who were
both child survivors of the Holodomor.
For more information
about this tragic period in Ukrainian history, please visit
www.faminegenocide.com
Independence Day 2005
Calgary's Ukrainian community
celebrated Ukraine's Independence by raising the Ukrainian flag in
front of City Hall. Approximately 50 people attended under
unseasonably cold and rainy weather. Father Taras Krochak and
Father Michael Pozdyk lead the community with a special Moleben.
Michael Ilnycky, President of the Calgary Branch of the Ukrainian
Canadian Congress read a declaration from the Mayor of Calgary,
Dave Bronconnier, who stated that August 24th would be known as
Ukraine's Independence Day in Calgary. Commenting on the weather
and the special occasion, Ilnycky ended the ceremony by stating
"I'd rather be here on August 24, rather than on a warm day on
January 22" referring not only to the cold August weather, but a
date which celebrated Ukraine's short lived independence in 1918.
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