On the 24th February, Coventry Cathedral will be joining with the Coventry Ukrainian Community to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. From 6pm there will be a procession from the Lower Precinct (gathering at 5.45pm) and moving to the Coventry Cathedral Ruins for a candlelit vigil at 6.30pm. The service at the Ruins will be led by the Very Rev David Senyk & Fr Taras Dovbeniuk from the Ukrainian Church and by Coventry Cathedral.

The schedule of events:

10am: Divine Liturgy and Memorial Mass at the Ukrainian Catholic Church

11am: Joining the national one minute silence to mark the one-year anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine

5.45pm: Commemoration Gathering Point at the Lower Precinct (near the escalators)

6pm: Procession to the Cathedral Ruins

6.30pm: Vigil for Ukraine at the Coventry Cathedral Ruins

8pm: Refreshments at the Coventry Ukrainian Community Centre

Mary Gregory, Canon for Arts and Reconciliation said:

“It is an honour for us to gather with Coventry's Ukrainian community to mark the first anniversary of the invasion of their country. The vigil will give us an opportunity to acknowledge the terrible pain and loss of the last year, to remember those who have died, and to pray for those in danger. It will also allow us to look forward in hope to a better, more peaceful future. Holding together lament and hope in this way is, of course, embodied by Coventry Cathedral, where the Ruins speak of the devastation of war and the new Cathedral points to the possibility of a new, transformative beginning.”

All are warmly invited to attend and remember those who have tragically lost their lives and pray for peace.