“My mission as a leader is to uplift the spirit of the people”, – Yevheniia Nozhenko
Communities of Progressive Judaism have been operating in Ukraine since 1991. Poltava has a small but active community that has not stopped its religious activities since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. We talked to Yevheniia Nozhenko, community leader of…
“Ukraine should create institute of alternative (non-military) service”, – Serhiy Afanasyev
After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by russian troops, discussions about alternative (non-military) service became more frequent. Article 35 of the Constitution of Ukraine declares the right of a citizen to alternative (non-military) service based on his/her religious beliefs. In particular, according…
«I already made the decision to transfer to OCU on February 24…», – Father Andriу Klyushev
St. Nicholas the Wonderworker Church at the State Tax University (STU) in Irpin has been operating since 1999. At first, it was a church of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate. When the battles for Irpin broke out with the…
“I can’t change circumstances or situations, what I see or hear, but I can be there for you…”, – Father Oleksandr Bohomaz
Melitopol has been under occupation for over two years. In December 2022, the occupation regime banned the activities of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church in Zaporizhzhia region. Prior to the full-scale invasion and the ban, however, the Greek Catholic community in this…
“People yearn for all Ukrainian, they want to be part of the Ukrainian church”, – Bishop Borys (Kharko), OCU
Tavriya Diocese of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine covers the parishes of Kherson and Mykolaiv regions. Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops, these regions have been in the eye of the storm. In particular, the left…
“One copy of the Bible must have been used by the russians to annoy the dog, because the only Ukrainian Bible left was torn apart”, – Andriy Shved
In mid-June 2023, the field team of the Religion on Fire project visited the Ukrainian Evangelical Seminary in Berezivka, one of the villages in Kyiv region that was occupied by Russian troops. The very next day after the full-scale invasion, the village…