LEICESTER, United Kingdom – The head of Ukrainian Catholics in the UK has called on all to remember Ukraine during Lent as the two-year anniversary of the Russian invasion approaches on 24 February 2024.
During an address to mark the start of Lent, Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski of the Eparchy of the Holy Family of London spoke of the plight of Ukraine’s people and the need for small acts of support and mercy in the face of seemingly powerlessness against the forces of war.
“We have an opportunity to make little differences that altogether make big differences,” the bishop said, reports Crux. “And my prayer, and my wish, for all of us during this time of Lent is that we can become that community of God that we are all called to.”
The bishop highlighted "the families that have been torn apart because of the war in Ukraine, the tens of thousands of young women who have fled to the United Kingdom with their children while their husbands have had to remain behind to defend Ukraine".
The total number of refugees who have come to Great Britain now number over 260,000. And as the war takes its toll, both in terms of blood, treasure and human relations, Ukraine has seen its divorce rate hit an all-time high since independence.
