” 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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Suffering. This word has ceased to be an abstract concept for Ukrainians. It has a smell, color, and sound. It suppresses, oppresses, strikes suddenly and mercilessly. And it seems that darkness is winning, and despair is becoming a new reality. Is there any consolation in suffering when there is war all around? Where is God
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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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Life is unpredictable. We very often find ourselves at a crossroads and have to make a choice. Just as often we choose crooked paths, indulging our weaknesses. And only when we find ourselves in a dead end do we raise our eyes to Heaven and call upon God. Alexey Goncharov first heard about God through
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