February 24 and 25, 2024
A Prayer for Ukraine A concert to honor the Ukrainian community and to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the war. The current Ukraine-Russia war has uprooted the lives of many people, hundreds of whom have moved to North Dakota to work in the energy sector and across our state. Immigrants from Ukraine have moved to North Dakota for over a century working as farmers, in the oil fields, and through out the state of North Dakota. We often hear people say they are Germans from Russia, but many of the people who immigrated to North Dakota had farmed the area that is now known as Ukraine. North Dakotans have deep roots in Ukrainian lands. "A Prayer for Ukraine" will present a variety of music from Ukrainian culture including folksongs, nationalistic songs, and religious music from the Orthodox and Ukrainian Catholic Churches. We will perform many pieces in Ukrainian and Church Slavonic on the concert but there will also be pieces sung in English. The concert will end with a few piece to commemorate the war in Ukraine and pray for peace for those who have died, been displaced, or those who are still living in peril in Ukraine. Performances will be at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Belfield on February 24th and St. George's Episcopal Church in Bismarck on February 25. Both concerts will be held at 3:00 pm. Please join us! |
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