On a US tour, Ukrainian faith leaders plead for continued support against the Russian invasion
Washington DC, USAP Like other Christian, Jewish and Muslim clergy in a delegation of Ukrainian interfaith leaders visiting the United States this week, Bishop Ivan Rusyn has a succinct message: “Please, hear our cry.” The Deputy Senior Bishop of the Ukrainian Evangelical Church, a Protestant denomination, said that since the February, 2022, Russian invasion, some of his church’s […]
Chaplains made part of Ukraine’s military as war drags on
Kyiv, Ukraine AP To the haunting chants of a church choir in Kyiv’s 11th century Saint Sophia Cathedral, the first group of chaplains to join the Ukrainian military’s command structure graduated in a ceremony Saturday. Heads of church organisations bless Ukrainian military chaplains during the official ceremony of presenting certificates at Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, […]