The Ukrainian Orthodox Church prays for the children killed in Donbass
The commemoration took place on September 1, the Day of Knowledge, where the all the children who fell victim of the hostilities in the Donbass were remembered in prayer. All churches of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church at the Divine Liturgy pray for the cessation of the hostilities in the country.
The memorial service on the square in front of the Palace of Culture was led by the Dean of the Debaltsevo District, Rector of the Annunciation Church Archpriest Bogdan Ilchuk. The commemoration was attended by the children’s parents, friends and concerned citizens.
During the period of the military conflict from April 2014 to February 2016 in Uglegorsk ten children were killed. The youngest of them was only three years old.
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