Rep. Carolyn Maloney honors Taras Shevchenko with visits to her District’s Ukrainian churches
Congresswoman Expresses support for Ukrainian community during crisis
Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney spent this past Sunday, March 9, visiting Ukrainian churches in the Brooklyn and Queens portions of her district. Congresswoman Maloney has sizable Ukrainian populations in all three boroughs that she represents. Many of them attend the Ukrainian churches in northwest Brooklyn, Manhattan’s Lower East Side and Astoria, Queens.
“Last week I had the privilege of visiting two of the four Ukrainian churches I am privileged to represent in my district, both of which held wonderful celebrations in honor of Taras Shevchenko, Ukraine’s greatest poet and a symbol of the nation and its great people. A man of extraordinary talent and range, Shevchenko is also revered for his prose, paintings, illustrations and ethnography. I am grateful to have addressed the congregations of Holy Cross Ukrainian Catholic Church, in Astoria and Holy Ghost Ukrainian Catholic Church in Williamsburg. I came to both houses of worship to honor Shevchenko, to express my unwavering support for Ukraine as it establishes its new government, and to hear the concerns of the Ukrainian Americans I represent. Ukraine is a peaceful country whose people were the first to voluntarily give up nuclear weapons, an act of great courage. It was a great pleasure to spend time with members of the Ukrainian community. I loved the Ukrainian cake and coffee I had at Holy Ghost. I look forward to meeting with the community in the near future, and will take their stories and concerns back to Washington where I will address them on the House Floor,” said Congresswoman Maloney.