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A tent church near the front line

“ The Zaporizhia region is not very well provided with humanitarian aid.” ” There are many families left with children, low-income, and they really don’t have anything to eat.” ” Ordinary people who suffer from Russian aggression are left alone with their problems.” Not far from the front line in Zaporizhia region is a village whose name we […]

Розбитий дім

They lost everything: how to live on? Stories of displaced people

“A column of Russian tanks drove up. They shouted: hide or we will shoot.” “We lay under the bombs for half an hour, then I thought we would never get out of there.” “My neighbor’s leg was torn off before my eyes.” This is just a part of the testimonies about the horrors of the […]

Володимир Симанишин

Warrior artist with amputated arms

” God forbid I pretend everything is fine and stay abroad when I could have defended my homeland.” The full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine found Volodymyr Symanyshyn in Poland, where he could have remained until now. But the guy decided to return home in order to defend the country from the enemy. Almost immediately, Volodymyr found […]

Кіт в зруйнованій будівлі

Without heat, water and under shelling

” We’re putting out fires, a drone flies by, looks at where we’re putting out those fires, and after the drone leaves, a tank immediately starts hitting us.” Even after the de-occupation of the Kherson region, the village of Sadovoe suffers from constant shelling, is completely cut off from electricity and deprived of drinking water and […]

Андрій Мартинов

The most important exam

” 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 […]

Форум капеланів

United in Service. Military Chaplains of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

“ 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 […]