Bombs and baptisms
It was just another Tuesday in Ukraine. As Russian missile strikes rained down across the besieged nation in Eastern Europe, Churches of Christ kept preaching,…
Christianity in Ukraine
Why go back to Ukraine?
KYIV, UKRAINE — “Church and family.” Marina Noyes said it over and over when asked why she and her husband, Jim, came back to Ukraine.…
Betrayed by a nation, grateful to the church
He didn’t criticize President Donald Trump, who said that Ukraine started the war and called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “a dictator without elections.” He didn’t…
‘God Bless Latvia’
RIGA, LATVIA — With tears in their eyes, Latvians sang their national anthem, “God Bless Latvia,” on June 16, 1940 — the last day of…
Stay or go? 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…
Sending the light, even when it’s dark
IRPIN, UKRAINE — The graduates sat expectantly, their diplomas in a neat stack on a nearby table. Their director, Brandon Price, took his place behind…
War in Ukraine: Links to The Christian Chronicle’s coverage
The number of Churches of Christ in Ukraine once rivaled that in the rest of Europe combined. Once part of the Soviet Union, the nation…
Where is God in a war zone?
IRPIN, UKRAINE — More than two years after Russia began a full-scale invasion of his homeland, Alexander Kolosha is tired. Not tired from the war…
‘Oldest Christian in Ukraine’ dies at 100
These days, stories of death in Ukraine are all too common — and mostly tragic. But this one, Ukrainian Christians said, feels like a triumph.…
Voices only: ‘Carol of the Bells’ (original Ukrainian version) and a poignant verse of ‘It Came Upon the Midnight Clear’
Welcome to Voices only — Christmas edition. This season I’ve heard “Carol of the Bells” only a few less times than Mariah Carey’s “All I…
