Ambassador Oleh Shamshur visited San-Francisco for the commemorative Holodomor Torch Relay event

On May 5th, 2008, Ambassador Oleh Shamshur visited San-Francisco, CA for the Holodomor Torch Relay  event to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Ukraine's Genocide of 1932-1933.

In St. Mary’s Cathedral - the largest in the city - the Requiem service by Ukrainian Greek Catholic, Ukrainian Orthodox, Rome Catholic and other churches clergy was held.

Ambassador Oleh Shamshur, Consul General of Ukraine in San Francisco Mykola Tochytsky,  President of Ukrainian Congressional Committee of America Mykhailo Sawkiw opened a commemorative torch relay ceremony and exhibition “Execution by Hunger: Unknown Genocide of Ukrainians”, met with local Ukrainian community representatives and awarded Ukrainian Diaspora activists.