Saturday Night Live kicked off over the weekend with a somber performance by the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York. They sang in front of a table with lit candles spelling out the word "Kyiv".
Here are the Lyrics:
Almighty and Only God,
preserve Ukraine for us!
With beams of freedom and enlightenment
You shine upon her.
With the light of science and knowledge
illumine us, Your children.
A pure love of our native land
, foster in us, God.
We pray, our Only God,
preserve Ukraine for us!
All Your graces and benevolence
bestow upon our nation.
Grant us freedom, grant us luck,
grant us enlightenment and happiness, grant, o God, our people
many, many years.