17 year old Ellie Cole, the granddaughter of Newcastle-based Australian-Ukrainians Mary and Chris McDonald, will be competing in the 10 metre platform diving final tonight at 11:00pm AEST! Ellie lives in Sydney, but regularly attends the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Adamstown, where her grandparents helped build the church. Mary McDonald is in Paris with her … [Read more...]

Yaroslava Mahuchikh has done it again, rising to the occasion in the women’s high jump - securing Ukraine’s second gold in the Olympics. Ukrainian hopes were flying high, since less than a month ago at a Diamond League meet in Paris our golden girl had captured a new women’s high jump world record that stood for 37 years! And to give the Ukrainian-Australian community … [Read more...]

To the joy of Ukrainians worldwide, the Ukrainian women's sabre team has won Ukraine’s first Olympic gold medal for 2024! This follows a silver in shooting for Serhiy Kulish and a bronze in the women’s individual sabre medal for Olya Kharlan, the most decorated Olympian in Ukraine’s history (with five medals). Kharlan was disqualified from last year’s world … [Read more...]

⛪ Over 20 memorial services will be held around Australia this Sunday, 4 August 2024, to commemorate the 40th day since the unexpected passing away of our much loved and admired community leader, Stefan Romaniw OAM. For a list of all services around Australia, click here Please join us to pray for the soul of Stefan - that he be granted eternal rest and peace, at home … [Read more...]

🏆 With the start of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the Ukrainian government and diaspora have released their multimedia project “The Will to Win”, which serves as a stark and powerful reminder of the challenges facing Ukrainian athletes.  🇺🇦 These short films tell the stories of inspiring Ukrainian athletes who have overcome war, personal loss and suffering to compete at the … [Read more...]