PAVLOHRAD, UKRAINE: On November 22, 2008, the pastor and parishioners of the Parish of the Protection of the Mother of God (Pokrova) held a Panakhyda (memorial service) in memory of the victicms of the Holodomor, the artificial famine orchestrated by the Soviet Regime under Stalin in 1932-33. The Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhian regions were targeted with particular severity during this tragic period.

Pictured are Father Archimandrite Nikanor, pastor of the Pokrova Parish, and parishioners during the service. Also shown are UAOC members, participating in public demonstrations, in memory of the Holodomor. Carrying the flags of Ukraine and of the historic UPA (Ukrainian Insurgent Army), they hold a banner which reads: "Holodomor 1932-1933 - Genocide of the Ukrainian People - Ukrainian Remembers! The World Recognizes!"

The Pavlohrad parish of the UAOC was originally housed in the historic cathedral church of Pavlohrad, which was destroyed by the Soviets in the purge of Ukrainian churches that occurred in the first half of the decade of the 1930s.