Rushnyk of National Unity in Ottawa

On January 29 in the Embassy of Ukraine, the Ottawa community marked the occasion of Ukraine’s Statehood. Ukraine’s Ambassador to  Canada, Ihor Ostash (seated – centre) contributes stitches to the embroidered linen Rushnyk of National Unity, under the watchful eye of Tamara Stepanenko (second from Left). Stepanenko’s conception to create the table-runner linen cloth is to help build an independent and democratic Ukraine. Other community opportunities to add stitches to the linen occurred in New York, Toronto and Edmonton.