On Sunday 4 August, liturgies and memorial services were held in Australia and around the world to commemorate the 40th day since Stefan Romaniw’s tragic, unexpected passing on June 26 2024.  In Australia, 22 liturgies and/or memorial services were held in capital cities and regional centres, with services also held in St Basil the Great Church in Kyiv (where Stefan … [Read more...]

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...]

The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) is conducting an on-line survey to obtain information on visas held, education levels, qualifications and family connections of Ukrainians who have arrived in Australia since russia’s full-scale invasion. The survey will provide the AFUO and state ‘hromada’ organisations with up-to-date data to support discussions … [Read more...]

Join your state’s special night drone Defend Ukraine Appeal fundraising campaign!  As seven Australian cities host two heroes in Ukraine’s fight for freedom - decorated war veteran Major Andrii Berezovskyi and Military Post (Військова пошта) founder Pavlo Tsapiuk - the AFUO’s Defend Ukraine Appeal has launched a seven state fundraising campaign for night drones (valued at … [Read more...]

Members of the Ukrainian community in Sydney and Canberra-Queanbeyan have held moving commemorations to mark the 10th anniversary of the horrific downing of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 by russian-controlled forces. On Wednesday 17 July in Sydney’s Martin Place, community members held sunflowers, Australian flags and name cards of the 38 Australians who died in this act of … [Read more...]

On Thursday 11 July, over 150 people attended a rally on the steps of the Victorian Parliament House to condemn russia’s terrorist, genocidal attack on a Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv, which was organised by the Ukrainian Women’s Association Victoria, supported by the Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations and the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church in … [Read more...]