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Priests of Russian Church Refuse to Consecrate Ukrainian Memorial Sign in Solovky

09.08.2012, 09:22
A remembrance meeting and memorial service for people who perished in Solovky was held near the Solovky stone, in front of the burial ground in Sandarmokh Tract, Russia.

A remembrance meeting and memorial service for people who perished in Solovky was held near the Solovky stone, in front of the burial ground in Sandarmokh Tract, Russia.

According to a correspondent of Radio Freedom, shortly before the event, priests of the Russian Orthodox Church ignored the request of a Ukrainian delegation to consecrate the Ukrainian memorial sign to the victims of the camps. According to the correspondent, the priests consecrated the Polish sign but ignored the request of the Ukrainian delegation to consecrate the Ukrainian sign.

There are three memorial signs, Yakut, Polish and Ukrainian.

The Ukrainian delegation went to Solovky to remember Ukrainians and natives of Ukraine who were shot 75 years ago during the “Solovky Deportation” in Sandarmokh. The people killed by captain Matveiev and his assistants included writers, Valerian Pidmohylnyi, Mykola Zerov, Hryhorii Epik, Mykola Kulish, Myroslav Irchan, stage director, Les Kurbas, members of the Government of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, public and church figures, scientists and military.