Tuesday, 20 February, will mark the 10th anniversary of the Heavenly Hundred. The events on Independence Square began the process of state-building and the resistance of Ukrainians to the pro-Russian course. Young people took to the Maidan with placards to defend the European choice and democratic values. The peaceful rally turned into a bloody event and a real massacre of the participants of the Revolution.
The people who laid down their lives for a free, democratic, European Ukraine were called the Heavenly Hundred. However, the Revolution of Dignity marked the beginning of a further struggle with the aggressor neighbour, which annexed Crimea, encroached on Donbas and Luhansk, and since February 2022 has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Every year, the memory of the patriots who died on the Maidan is honoured on 20 February with mourning veche.
In Drohobych, a mourning assembly will be held at 15:00 on 20 February in the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred Park. In Stebnyk – at 15:00, on 20 February, on Shevchenko Square.
In the villages of the community, there will be hours of remembrance, workshops on making symbolic angels, flash mobs and literary evenings.
On 19-20 February, the Drohobych Museum will host symbolic exhibitions and meetings with the families of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, presentations and thematic tours.