24 February 2023 will be the first anniversary of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia which has seen the deaths of tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians. There has been major infrastructure damage in many cities around Ukraine. People are suffering there.
The Ukrainian Catholic Church around the world will organise many actions to support their nation in its efforts to defend the freedom of its people and the sovereignty of its borders.
Bishop Mykola Bychok, Eparch for Ukrainian Catholics in Australia, New Zealand and Oceania, invites you and your communities to join them on that day in prayer. You are to pray one of the prayers below and to light a candle for peace, shining a light in the darkness that war, conflict, and violence of any sort brings.