Posted June 12, 2022
“Mykhailivka Stands with Ukraine,” a June 4-5 festival at St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jenkintown, drew thousands for traditional food, music, concerts, dances and crafts.
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The gathering raised both awareness of and funds for Ukraine, now in the fourth month of a Russian invasion that has killed thousands, displaced some 14 million and threatened global food supplies.
(Photos by Gina Christian.)
A girl runs with a kite before St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church in Jenkintown on the second day of a June 4-5 festival to support Ukraine.
A mother and daughter in traditional Ukrainian attire enjoyed an afternoon of food, crafts and family fun at the two-day festival.
Teens wearing traditional attire — such as vyshyvanka (embroidered shirts and dresses) and vinok (flowered headdresses) — performed several Ukraianian folk dances.
On display at the festival were embroidered icons originally designed by the late Ukrainian Catholic Father Doctor Dmytro Blazejowskyj, founder of the Lviv Museum of Icons and Images in Ukraine.
An image of Our Lady of Perpetual Help was among the embroidered icons designed by the late Ukrainian Catholic Father Doctor Dmytro Blazejowskyj that were on display at the festival.
A woman selling locally sourced honey from Igor’s Bees wore a vinok (flowered headdress) with the colors of the Ukrainian flag.
St. Michael the Archangel parishioner Andriy Kulynin, who works to promote awareness of and appreciation for Ukrainian culture, donned traditional garb to help prepare signature Ukrainian food such as borscht and kulish.
Children at the festival posed for photos before a map of Ukraine made of flowers in the country’s national colors.
St. Michael the Archangel parishioner Andriy Kulynin (second from left) and companions wore traditional attire while preparing signature Ukrainian food such as borscht and kulish.
Members of the nonprofit American Ukrainian Relief Association were on hand at the festival to rally support for humanitarian aid to Ukraine, now in the fourth month of a brutal invasion by Russia.
Festival attendees wrote messages of support for Ukraine and clipped them to a ribbon board.
The colors of the Ukrainian flag were on display throughout the festival.
The blue and gold of the Ukrainian flag were on display throughout the festival grounds.
A family heads home after attending the June 5 session of the festival.
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