A Ukrainian church in Palos Park will be hosting their annual Christmas sale on Thursday, but the war in Ukraine remains on people's minds.
The Rev. Vasyl Sendeha, priest at Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Palos Park, helps arrange cookies Thursday for the church's Christmas sale.
The Rev. Vasyl Sendeha said this Christmas does feel different with the war in his home country. He recalled feeling homesick, especially around the holidays, when he first came to the United States from Ukraine as a teenager and said he is experiencing a similar feeling now.Mary Wisniowski, president of the St. Anne Sisterhood, and the Rev. Vasyl Sendeha, priest at Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Palos Park, prepare for the church's Christmas sale.
On Friday, Sendeha said the Christmas sale brought in more than $12,000 and said proceeds will go towardDuring the Saints Peter and Paul Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Palos Park Christmas sale, the parish sold cookies, pierogi, stuffed cabbage and pastries. In March, shortly after the war started, the parish held a pierogi sale to help Ukraine, Wisniowski said. People waited in long lines for pierogi and the parish ran out.
“Every time we have a pierogi sale, we collect donations,” Wisniowski said. “People are just very generous.”
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