” 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 […]
” 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 […]
“ 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 […]
” 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 […]
“ 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 […]
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 […]