Members of Plast, a Ukrainian Scouting group, stand along the aisle during the arrival of the peace light at St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Church. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Volodymyr Skyba (left) of Harwood Heights, a Ukrainian Scouts member, and scoutmaster Andres Durbak prepare the peace light from Bethelem during a ceremony at St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Church. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Ukrainian Scouts and Boy Scout Troop 943 join members of St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Church to receive the peace light of Bethlehem in a ceremony Dec. 19. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Father Petro Mazepa leads the congregation in a prayer during the ceremony to receive the peace light from Bethlehem at St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 6655 W. Higgins Ave. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Volodymyr Skyba of Harwood Heights, a member of the Ukrainian Scouts, speaks during the ceremony to receive the peace light from Bethlehem at St. Sophia Ukranian Orthodox Church. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
Father Petro Mazepa helps Natalia Skyba of Harwood Heights transfer the light of the peace flame from Bethlehem during a ceremony at St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Church. | Curtis Lehmkuhl~Sun-Times Media
The Peace Light has come. It arrived Dec. 19 on the Feast of St. Nicholas, and the flame will continue to burn in St. Sophia Ukrainian Orthodox Church, 6655 W. Higgins Ave. in Chicago, through Jan. 19, said Andrew Skyba of Norridge, church president. … Read More