Ukrainians living in the Bay Area celebrated Orthodox Easter this weekend while watching their homeland enter a new month of war.
SAN FRANCISCO — Ukrainians living in the Bay Area celebrated Orthodox Easter this weekend as they watched their homeland enter a new month of war and hoped that U.S. aid will improve their country’s ability to defend itself and help people struggling to survive.
She remembers her mother making Easter bread each year and seeing elaborately decorated Easter eggs in her home country. She says many families would normally go to church to get their food blessed but, this year, many do not have that option due to Russia’s invasion. Other Ukrainians in the Bay Area said they were hopeful the holiday would bring a cease-fire but they were not surprised that the conflict continued. Arrival of the U.S. secretaries of state and defense on Sunday was welcomed by Igor Markov, who hopes they will also provide additional support for Ukraine.
Markov is a leader in the local non-profit Nova Ukraine, which has worked to help families in that country since the war began. Markov says donations are coming slower than they were at the beginning of the conflict.
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