ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Iryna Karavan’s phone rang again. She had been trying all morning to finish a flier instructing people on how to help war-ravaged Ukrainians but she kept getting pulled in every direction.
Karavan is a church volunteer and parishioner at Epiphany of Our Lord Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in St. Petersburg, where she and other volunteers are working to link an outpouring of support with the best uses for the money.
Karavan sat at a folding table that was her makeshift desk inside a small, unassuming building across the street from Epiphany of Our Lord, at 434 90th Ave N. There’s little of the color here that adorns the grand church, with its murals of gold, blue and red.
