‘May God Make A Miracle’: Millions Flee Ukraine Praying For War’s End

The war instigated by President Vladimir Putin of Russia has caused Europe’s largest refugee crisis since World War II, with over 4 million Ukrainians displaced and another 7 million internally displaced in western Ukraine, according to U.N. agencies. Photos and videos from formerly Russian occupied towns like Bucha showing executed and tortured civilians only add to the horror and fervor for the war to end.

Europe, NewsMichael Ray SmithApril 6, 2022Michael Ray Smith, Primary Feature, Ukraine, Russia Ukraine war, Russian invasion, Ukrainian refugees pray, war, Bucha, Bucha massacre, Zenger, Recharge Comment

Journal Issue Explores Religion As A Weapon In Russia’s War Against Ukraine

(ANALYSIS) A newly released journal issue of “Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe” explores the Russian state’s dependency on a morally compromised Russian Orthodox Church to legitimize its quasi-religious fascism. Meanwhile, pastors in Bucha, Ukraine, where hundreds of civilian bodies were recently found shot to death, reflect on the theology needed to survive so much pain and suffering.

Europe, NewsMark R. ElliottApril 5, 2022Mark R. Elliott, Ukraine, Russia, Bucha, Soviet era, Putin, Kirill, Patriarch Kirill, OPREE, Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe, Primary Feature, Secondary Feature, ZengerComment

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