The Rev. Daniel Greenleaf, rector of the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul, rear, follows the procession of spiritual leaders from several denominations and Lewiston Mayor Carl Sheline, front right. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Sister Marie May of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary listens Sunday afternoon to a poem during the ecumenical and interfaith prayer service for the Ukrainian People, at the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston. “The people of Ukraine are on our hearts and in our prayers. It’s the least we can do,” she said after the service. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

The Rev. Annie Baker-Streevy of Calvary United Methodist Church in Lewiston reads a psalm Sunday afternoon during the ecumenical and interfaith prayer service for the Ukrainian people, at the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A woman watches Sunday afternoon as others file into the ecumenical and interfaith prayer service for the Ukrainian people, at the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Pat, left, and Manen Clements of Yarmouth speak Sunday afternoon with the Rev. Daniel Greenleaf following the ecumenical and interfaith prayer service for the Ukrainian people, at the Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston. Pat’s mother was from Ukraine, and the couple still have family and friends living there. They say they are especially worried about their nephew, from whom they have not heard and fear he is fighting the Russians. Pat told Greenleaf how she has spent the past week traveling to area communities while wearing and waving the Ukrainian flag she and Manen are holding, a gift from her Ukrainian cousin. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

The procession of leaders taking part in Sunday’s Ecumenical and Interfaith Prayer Service for the Ukrainian People make their way toward the alter at Basilica of Saints Peter & Paul in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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