PHOTO: SERHIY STAROSTENKO / EAST NEWS UKRAINE 29.09.2021 Memorial events were held in Kyiv at Babyn Yar with the participation of church hierarchs of different confessions. During World War II, the German Nazis used the Babyn Yar tract as a place for mass executions of prisoners of war and civilians, mostly Jews. On September 29 and 30, 1941, 33,771 people became victims of the massacre. An interfaith prayer service was held at the monument to the victims of the executions in Babyn Yar. In total, according to official data, about 100 thousand people were shot in Babyn Yar. The prayer service was conducted by Metropolitan of Kyiv and All Ukraine Epiphanius, head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, His Beatitude Svyatoslav and chief rabbi of Ukraine and Kyiv Moshe Reuven Asman.