Has just, Ukraine is actually visited by the Dad Alain Arnauld, the fresh new socius on the Learn of one’s Buy. The guy found us for the second big date forever of your own conflict, this time around to check out Fastiv, Kyiv, and you may Khmelnytskyi. We extremely worth group meetings with Father Alain. He spent a lot of time interviewing brothers and you can volunteers on Family from Saint Martin, therefore the Dominican tertiaries inside Fastiv and you can Kyiv.

A week ago Dad Misha joined Father Ruslan – the rector of one’s diocesan seminary inside Kyiv – and you will a team of volunteers regarding the household out of Saint Martin; it went along to east Ukraine to transmit humanitarian assist. Shortly after a short take a look at the priory into the Kharkiv, today served by Father Andrew, they went south to help you Balakliia and plenty of villages up to Izium. These types of metropolises got been recently liberated on the Russian army’s field. It informed me these types of metropolises seem like an injured, beaten individual. One can find grand destruction: kinkyads burned and destroyed houses, bruised woods, the world plowed by tanks, and you may, bad of all of the, individuals with actual and religious injuries, tears, and you may problems. Very obviously, certain requirements was tremendous. The brand new inhabitants of those areas that have been below community for nearly six months come in desperate you desire, particularly regarding anything that can protect her or him regarding upcoming cooler and you may winter season. “We should instead begin making pads and you can comforters to ensure we enjoys something you should let them have the next time,” additional Dad Misha. Thus far we been able to submit more seven many restaurants, treatment, and you will wood-pushed heating units and you will gas canisters the villagers may use to cook dining.

Now we all understood once more that the awful battle isn’t over, and it provides delivering life, fitness, and you will guarantee from millions of Ukrainians. From inside the Kyiv and you may Fastiv, we are convinced having anxiety about this new threat throughout the Northern, the new you’ll be able to invasion because of the Russian and you will Belarussian armies. Can get the things they’re doing be accomplished as quickly as possible.

Although not, We show the view of the tremendous almost all Ukrainains whenever We say I’m sure of the power and you may capabilities out of our military which was bravely safeguarding its country for thus several months

We ask you very fervently to possess continued prayer getting Ukraine and you can for people. Do not end sending your own help of any style.

This has been 2 hundred days time immemorial of one’s combat. Even though the Ukrainian army’s newest military profits and training away from Russian job on the regions of your Kharkiv Oblast and this new southern area of the country lead all of us delight, promise, and presumption, we all have been aware the trail so you’re able to complete win remains enough time. Now, to your Feast of Exaltation of Holy Cross, by the step of your Council of Western european Episcopal Conferences, we’re remembering in the Ukraine your day from Prayer having Serenity. It is known underneath the slogan: “Kneeling until the Eucharist weeping to own serenity.” I am really pleased in order to Archbishop Gintarasa because of it idea. He went along to Ukraine for the July, and because they are Lithuanian, I am aware he understands perfectly better exactly how godless and awful the brand new ideology off “Russian comfort” was.

It is still most necessary

Prayer is a really very important kind of help to own Ukraine. I’m convinced that prayer is exactly what greeting me to survive the newest most difficult time early in the war which it continually will bring strength to the Dominicans and you may put volunteers every day serving members of you prefer. I have heard from we which they sense, such as for example now, God’s care for them. Dad Svorad explained the folks of Chortkiv accept is as true try the latest intercession off Mary, who’s far remembered within this city, you to definitely stopped anybody of dropping their lifestyle when you look at the July rocket assault. The area of one’s town where in actuality the rockets arrived was heavily damaged, although nothing shrine has just founded truth be told there honoring the brand new Safety from Mary (Pokrova) has actually live. Which shrine is privileged at the beginning of September, both of the Catholic and Orthodox bishops. You can read this type of signs in many ways, but also for many people tired because of the war, he or she is a verification regarding one thing indicated because of the a great poem composed early in the newest Russian violence: “God has never leftover Ukraine. / The guy stays right here in our midst. / In which the metropolitan areas are located in ruins. / Where the flicker regarding guarantee is out.”