Blessings of the Solidarity Bell

Join us at an upcoming faith service – across two weeks and four locations – during which the Solidarity Bell will be unveiled, blessed by the presiding minister, and solemnly tolled.

A symbol of the steadfast American commitment to defending Ukrainian sovereignty, the Solidarity Bell was commissioned by the National Bell Festival and cast entirely from spent munitions, like bullet casings, recovered from the war in Ukraine.

Now the bell will ring – for freedom, for hope, and for truth.

To see the bell, read its inscriptions, and hear it ring, head to one of these D.C.-area locations:

Dec. 22, 2024  |  10:00am
St. Andrew Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral
15100 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20905

Dec. 29, 2024  |  12:00pm
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Catholic Church
16631 New Hampshire Ave.
Silver Spring, MD 20905

Jan. 1, 2025  |  12:15pm
Washington National Cathedral
3101 Wisconsin Ave. NW
Washington, D.C. 20016

Jan. 5, 2025  |  10:30am
Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family
4250 Harewood Rd. NE
Washington, D.C. 20017

The Solidarity Bell will continue to tour throughout 2025, carrying the message: "Make Bells, Not War" and ringing out in support of Ukrainian sovereignty.

Indicated times represent the start of each congregation’s regularly-scheduled religious service. The blessing and tolling of the Solidarity Bell may occur later in the service.

Cover image: A bell tower rises outside the Ukrainian Catholic National Shrine of the Holy Family in Washington, D.C.