Ukrainian Night

04/01/2026

Sacramento residents gathered outside California's Capitol building Tuesday night to show solidarity with Ukraine as the war enters its fourth year, with the...

03/03/2026

February Ukrainian Night gathered all who support and pray for Ukraine in SOL Church in Orangevale, CA.
Prayers for Ukrainian victory, Ukrainian defenders, volunteers and medics, for those who lost family members, refugees, POWs, civilian hostages and abducted children, Ukrainian and American governments were followed by encouraging speech of guests from Ukraine and Nancy Fisher, co-founder of YOLO for Ukraine.
Ukrainian singer Anatoliy Matviychuck was singing beautiful songs.

The SOL Church was very nice to share a snacks and coffee along with warm attitude of the welcome team.

Ukrainian Night is a monthly event by Stephan Skots, Svitlana Iotko and Sunflower Society where church and community leaders can unite in prayer and work on projects to benefit local communities and Ukraine.

01/27/2026

January Ukrainian Night gathered all who support and pray for Ukraine at St Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Sacramento.

Prayers for Ukrainian victory, Ukrainian defenders, volunteers and medics, for those who lost family members, refugees, POWs, civilian hostages and abducted children, Ukrainian and American governments followed a warm and encouraging speech of Brother Timothy from Hospitallers of St Martin.

Sunflower Society calls for action on the next issues. First of all follow Russia's War on Faith and spread true information about situation with Russian prosecutions on Temporary Occupied Territories of Ukraine. If you can help us to organize a screening of documentary “A Faith Under Siege” in any church, contact Sunflower Society.
Secondary, call your representatives and ask them to support H.R. 5962.

Beside prayers we were blessed by beautiful poem by Elina Volotko.

Ukrainian Night is a monthly event by Stephan Skots, Svitlana Iotko and Sunflower Society where church and community leaders can unite in prayer and work on projects to benefit local communities and Ukraine.

12/21/2025

December Ukrainian Night gathered all who support and pray for Ukraine.

Prayers for Ukrainian victory, Ukrainian defenders, volunteers and medics, for those who lost family members, refugees, POWs, civilian hostages and abducted children, Ukrainian and American governments and were followed by very inspirational speech of our dear friend Ken Cooley.

Sunflower Society had two news to share. First one: an alert about recent ROCOR (Russian Orthodox Church Outside the Russia) activity on Capitol Hill. They were visiting Congressional Offices spreading disinformation about Ukraine prosecuting churches.
Second: A H.R. 5962 about Ukrainian POWs, civilian hostages and abducted children was signed to law. It was introduced by Rep. Greg Landsman (D-OH) and is supposed to authorize the Department of Justice and the Department of State to provide law enforcement and intelligence technical assistance, training, capacity building, and advisory support to the Government of Ukraine to achieve the exchange of prisoners of war, the release of civilian detainees, and the return of forcibly transferred Ukrainian children, and for other purposes.

Sunflower Society calls for action on both issues. First of all follow Russia's War on Faith and spread true information about situation with Russian prosecutions on Temporary Occupied Territories of Ukraine. If you can help us to organize a screening of documentary “A Faith Under Siege” in any church, contact Sunflower Society.
Secondary, call your representatives and ask them to support H.R. 5962.

Beside prayers we were blessed by beautiful singing by Natalia Ginkul.

Special guest Eugenia Piaskivska from instagram page presented beautiful calendars inspired by strength and unbroken spirit of Ukrainian women. Calendars are on sale, profits will go to support those who became a victims of sexual crimes committed by Russians during the occupation of Kyiv region.

Ukrainian Night is a monthly event by Stephan Skots, Svitlana Iotko and Sunflower Society where church and community leaders can unite in prayer and work on projects to benefit local communities and Ukraine.

12/06/2025

November Ukrainian Night was hosted by Sacramento SDA Church.

Prayers for Ukrainian victory, Ukrainian defenders, volunteers and medics, for those who lost family members, refugees, POWs, civilian hostages and abducted children, Ukrainian and American governments and were followed by Sunflower Society’ short report on advocacy activities during Ukraine Action Summit.

Beside prayers we were blessed by beautiful music by Oleksandr Hladyuk and Orysya Shvaikovska.
Special guest Reverent Pierce Leavell from Roseville, CA and Vasyl Berbeka from Chernivtsi, Ukraine prayed with us for peace in Ukraine.
Ukrainian Night is a monthly event by Stephan Skots, Svitlana Iotko and Sunflower Society where church and community leaders can unite in prayer and working on projects to benefit local communities and Ukraine.

08/19/2025

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Ukrainian Night is held once a month to support and pray for the families in Ukraine.