[aaus-list] HOLODOMOR COMMEMORATION AT PENN STATE

[Michael Naydan]

There will be a special  commemoration of the victims of the 
Ukrainian Holodomor-Famine at Penn State University on Sunday 
November 9, with Metropolitan Archbishop Stefan Soroka of 
Philadelphia celebrating a divine liturgy and with the Prometheus 
chorus providing the responses. The special commemoration mass will 
begin at 1:30 PM in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center on the 
University Park Campus. The event is organized by the Penn State 
Ukrainian Club and the Penn State Byzantine Association, with support 
from the Ukrainian Studies Program at Penn State.

At 3PM there will be brief keynote addresses by Alex and Helen 
Woskob, who established the Penn State Endowment in Ukrainian 
studies, and a keynote lecture by Prof. Alexander Motyl of Rutgers 
University  entitled "The Ukrainian Famine-Holodomor and Its 
Consequences." Other brief readings regarding the famine will also be 
presented.

Those in attendance will have the opportunity to speak with the 
Metropolitan Archbishop and the guest speaker at a reception 
following the event.

The event is open to the general public as well as the university community.




-- 
Dr. Michael M. Naydan
Woskob Family Professor in Ukrainian Studies
and Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures
Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages and Literatures
404 Burrowes Bldg.
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
email:  mmn3 at psu.edu
phone: 814-865-1675
fax: 814-863-8882