Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Easter today and, for Ukrainians at St. Vladimir Ukrainian Orthodox Church, thoughts were with people in their homeland.
PARMA Ohio - Families like the Zhovkvas celebrated their first Easter in the United States.
“You have a family and this family that stay in Ukraine, you always worry about them,” said her son, Anton. “But at the same time, you need to worry about your own life.” “I mean, it’s great news of course to get our guys back but, I don’t know,” said Andriy Boethko, “I try to remain optimistic all the time.”
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