” When maximum darkness approaches, when we see that our strength is exhausted, who can we count on?” On February 24, 2022, Andriy Martynov, a well-known businessman-developer and pastor of the Kyiv church “Blagodat”, was welcomed home. He did not hesitate to stay in Ukraine, because he clearly knew what he had to do. Six months […]
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“ A chaplain is a unique person who helps military personnel remain human in inhumane conditions, and the motto of a chaplain is to be there” (Larysa Kohut, chaplain of the Ukrainian Evangelical Church). On October 10-11, 2024, the International Interdenominational Chaplain Forum “United in Service” was held, which was held at the initiative of the Council
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” When we were running with the children in the field, they were shooting right at us.” During the second wave of the war, the village of Vyshegrad near Makariv was occupied, like dozens of others in the Kyiv region. The family of Bohdan and Tatyana Orlyk with their four children found themselves trapped in their
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“ February 23, 2022. Nothing predicted that this would be the last peaceful day… February 24. At six in the morning I was woken up by a call from my daughter. Russia treacherously attacked Ukraine. Cities and villages are being bombed, columns of tanks are advancing on our land. February 26. Fighting, explosions, basement.” This chronicle
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“What are you making a show out of this story?” wrote a viewer of the TBN UA channel in the comments after watching a video about the Gaidarzhy family. Before deciding to interview Serhiy Gaidarzhy, the creative team of the media project of the NGO “We Can!” really thought about whether it was appropriate to
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Childhood… the most carefree period of human life. These are dreams, joy, laughter, the warmth of parental embraces, games, sincere communication, the first skills and the first achievements. This is a special period of purity of the human soul and the spontaneity of a still small person, when the most important thing is a correctly
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The war started by Russia changed the lives of every family in Ukraine. Millions of people had to leave the country due to the danger of shelling. Pain, tears, separation from family, loss of property and, most painfully, their loved ones, left wounds in the hearts of many Ukrainians. But during this sad and difficult