From mid-May to September 1989, Ukrainian Greek-Catholic hunger strikers staged protests on Moscow's Arbat to call attention to the plight of their Church. They were especially active during the July session of the World Council of Churches held in Moscow. The protest ended with the arrests of the group on September 18. On May 27, 1989, the founding conference of the Lviv regional Memorial Society was held. On June 18, 1989, an estimated 100,000 faithful participated in public religious services in Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine, responding to Cardinal Myroslav Lubachivsky's call for an international day of prayer. COUNT 3
QSN1 What were the hunger strikers hoping to draw attention to? ANS1 plight of their Church. QSN2 When did the Lviv regional Memorial Society have its first conference? ANS2 May 27, 1989 QSN3 How many people attended the services in western Ukraine? ANS3 an estimated 100,000