Memorial Day of Holodomor Victims

Memorial Day of Holodomor victims is an annual national commemorative day in Ukraine, which falls on the fourth Saturday of November.

Traditionally, on this day, citizens attend the memorial service and place symbolic pots with grain and candles to the monuments to the Holodomor victims in Ukraine. In the ceremonial events near the Memorial sign "Candle of Memory" in Kiev also take part the first persons of the state, heads of foreign countries, parliaments and international organizations, government officials from different countries, diplomats, representatives of religious denominations, regional delegations, public and cultural figures, witnesses Great Famine.