Author: Dal Stanton
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10/9/2023 – ‘Hearing Russian brings me pain’: how war has changed Ukrainian literature

Many writers and publishers have ditched Russian language in favour of Ukrainian in response to invasion From The Guardian by Luke Harding in Kyiv: Volodymyr Rafeyenko is a distinguished Ukrainian novelist. Ten years ago he wrote and published entirely in Russian. Born in Russian-speaking Donetsk, in the east of the country, he won literary awards…
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10/9/2023 – With my voice I cry out to the Lord;with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord…

From Ira Kapitonova in Kyiv (Day 592): I feel weary today. Reports of continued massive shelling of Kherson and the region (at least 16 people, including a baby, were wounded, and an 11-year-old child in a coma). Pictures of the cemetery with freshly-dug graves in the Hroza village (the one in which a Russian missile…
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10/9/2023 – One church’s efforts supporting Crates For Ukraine

From ADMIN: To find out information about crates for Ukraine for your church go to www.CratesForUkraine.com From Jamie Peipon at First Presbyterian Church in Jackson Mississippi (Day 590): We are proud to support MTW’s Crates for Ukraine initiative. I am also personally so proud that First Presbyterian Church of Jackson, MS has led the way…
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10/9/2023 – Last week was a week of tears and grief…

From Lyuda Betina in Belgorod Dnestrovsky (Day 593): Last week was a week of tears and grief. I was reading Mathew 24. In such difficult moments you always think about the coming of Christ and expect His coming with great anticipation. On Thursday, russian missile hit a cafe in a small village where people had…
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9/8/2023 – Fear empowers terrorists for bolder crimes…

From Maia Mikhaluk in Kyiv (591st day): Today another country is being shaken by thousands of explosions of terrorist attacks that took lives and injured hundreds of people. A friend, Oleksandr Paskhover wrote today: “Maybe he doesn’t look like a terrorist. But all the terrorists in the world are like him. Today’s attack by Hamas…
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9/8/2023 – Another cruel attack

Day 590 Deliver me, O Lord, from evil men;preserve me from violent men,who plan evil things in their heart and stir up wars continually.Psalm 140:1-2 Another cruel attack this morning. Missiles hitting residential buildings in Kharkiv. Over 30 people were injured and two killed — a 10-year-old boy and his grandmother. When the rescue…
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10/6/2023 – Russia abducts two priests from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in occupied Donetsk

From Human Rights in Ukraine by Halya Coynash: The claim that Father Khrystofor Khrimli and Father Andriy Chuy have been ‘expelled’ is particularly worrying since there is every reason to believe they are held prisoner in Russia. A fortnight after two priests of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine were seized in Russian-occupied Donetsk oblast, Russia’s…

