At Panakhyda liturgy, Ukrainian Catholics pray for war dead

News: Ukraine

Ukrainian Catholics prayed a memorial liturgy for the dead Thursday night, asking God to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine and to bring peace to the Eastern European nation and its people. 

The Panakhyda liturgy at the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kate Scanlon/The Pillar

The prayers of the Panakhyda -…