On 22 January, solemn events will be held to mark the Day of Unity. It will be the 103rd anniversary since the time the Act of Unification of the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic was proclaimed in 1919. At that time, Western Ukraine fought for its independence against Poland, while the UPR tried to preserve its independence from Russian Bolsheviks and Red Army.

The events will take place from 11:00 to 12:10 in several locations in Lviv. These are the Lychakiv Cemetery, the Memorial to the Soldiers of the Ukrainian Galician Army, the chapel where Yevhen Petrushevych, the President of the National Council of the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic is buried, and the fields of honorary burials №76 and №67.

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Gathering of the public at the Memorial to the Soldiers of the Ukrainian Galician Army

11.00 - 11.10

Laying flowers at the Memorial to the Soldiers of the Ukrainian Galician Army at Lychakiv Cemetery. Performance of the National Anthem of Ukraine

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Ignition of lamps at the graves of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic’s Secretary of State for Military Affairs Dmytro Vitovskyi, the commander of the Sich Riflemen M. Halushchynskyi, the leader and founder of scouting organisation "PLAST" O. Tysovskyi, soldier of Ukrainian Galician Army S. Levytskyi

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Laying lamps at the grave of ATO participant V. Hurnyak

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Transition to the chapel where the President of the National Council of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic Ye. Petrushevych is buried

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Laying flowers at the grave of the President of the National Council of the Western Ukrainian People's Republic Ye. Petrushevych

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Laying lamps to the graves of ATO soldiers in the field of honorary burials № 76 on Lychakiv cemetery. Performance of the National Anthem of Ukraine

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The act of ecumenical memorial service for those who gave their lives in the struggle for independence and territorial integrity of Ukraine, in the field of honourable burials № 76

12.00 - 12.05

Transition to the field of honourable burials № 67

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Ignition of lamps in the field of honourable burials № 67 Lychakiv cemetery

Translated by Vitalii Holich

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