Prayer for Ukraine (spiritual anthem)

CONTENTS OF THE AUDIO LEARNING PACK:
- PDF sheet music
- 1 full harmony track
- 4 individual solo tracks
- 4 part-left tracks
- 4 part-predominant tracks

Prayer for Ukraine (Ukrainian: Молитва за Україну) is a patriotic Ukrainian hymn published in 1885, which became a spiritual anthem of Ukraine. It gained national significance when it was performed by mass choirs during the Ukrainian War of Independence in 1917–1920. The hymn was intended to be an official spiritual anthem of Ukraine. It has closed sessions of oblast councils, and has been performed at major national functions. Prayer for Ukraine was performed in Kyiv in 2001 during a parade celebrating the 10th anniversary of Ukraine's independence. It has been part of church services internationally, in response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. Oleksandr Konysky wrote a patriotic poem from in 1885 in Kyiv, at a time when the Imperial Russian government suppressed the use of the Ukrainian language. The melody and a choral setting were written by Mykola Lysenko, a composer who inspired a Ukrainian national school of composition. The version sung here is an original arrangement for male voices.