Posts tagged Ukrainian Christians
Leave Or Stay?: Ukrainian Christians Face An Agonizing Dilemma

For Ukrainian Christians, each day brings a terrible mix of hope, loss and uncertainty. Last month, the Ukrainian army launched an incursion into Russia’s Kursk region — invading its invader for the first time in the 2½-year-old conflict. In surprise attacks, Ukraine seized some 500 square miles of Russian territory and more than 90 villages.

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Preacher-Turned-Soldier and Tortured Theologian Mourned in Ukraine

Two Ukrainian Christians, separated in age by a half-century, experienced the love of Jesus and the horrors of war. Artem Vinogradar, 22, died in mid-August while fighting against invading Russian forces. Two weeks later, longtime church leader and theologian Igor Kozlovsky, who spent nearly two years as the prisoner of pro-Russian separatists, died of a heart attack. He was 70.

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Ukrainian Churches Unable To Function As Russian Forces Arrest Priests

Russia’s National Guard seized two priests in Russian-occupied Berdyansk on Nov. 16. The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Donetsk Exarchate denies Russian claims that Father Ivan Levytsky and Father Bohdan Heleta stored explosives in the church and had “extremist” literature.

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As Russia-Ukraine War Escalates, Some Ukrainians Wonder, ‘Does God love Russians?’

Yes, God loves Russians, Sorina Vintila told Zahar, a five-year-old Ukrainian refugee and his classmates. But “God doesn’t like when we are doing bad things. It makes him sad. God wants us to listen and obey him, just as Samuel did.”

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Ukrainian Refugees Redefine What It Means To Be A Church

Ukrainian refugees have revitalized a Warsaw, Poland, congregation, which had dwindled to a handful of worshippers in recent years. Mission efforts here have struggled, and supporting churches have pulled out. But in recent weeks, church attendance has topped 60.

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Ukrainian Christians Recall 51 Days Huddled In Church Building As City Was Destroyed

Huddled in a hallway as bombs reduced their Ukrainian city to rubble, members of the Mariupol Church of Christ urged Alexander Chekalenko to call on the Lord for protection. When he stopped, they could hear the gunfire, the explosions. For 51 days, the church members lived in the darkest of valleys — Mariupol, the Ukrainian port city obliterated by the forces of Russia and the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic.

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Must Reads: Understanding The Russia-Ukraine War From A Religious Perspective

This week’s Weekend Plug-in highlights the religion angles key to understanding the Russia-Ukraine war. Plus, as always, catch up on all the best reads and top headlines in the world of faith.

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