Attack on Ukraine
War in Ukraine: responding from the Church of England, including Parish Toolkit
Reports and opinion pieces: Newer items at the top:
Unforgiveable!? From Jeff Fountain, Evangelical Focus:
Reconciliation and peace between Ukraine and Russia seems further away than ever. Sooner or later, only forgiveness and reconciliation could bring lasting peace. As we pray, we can remember the work of Robert Schuman, French Christian politician who promoted the idea of a reconciled Christian Europe after WW2.
Being the hands and feet of Jesus in a warzone, from Christian Today: British doctor Laura Douglas-Beveridge, 33, has just returned to the UK after serving for three weeks at Samaritan Purse’s field hospital in Ukraine. She speaks to Christian Today about the trauma she witnessed but also how her faith inspired and sustained her.
Evangelical missionary among the dead in the Kramatorsk station attack, by Jonatan Soriano, Evangelical Focus
Patriarch Kirill: there are no Ukrainians, only ‘peoples of Holy Russia’, by Archbishop Cranmer
Bucha Evangelical Leader Sees Russian Atrocities, Looks for God’s Hand from Christianity Today
“There is destruction, but Christ is building something new” by Daniel Hofkamp , Evangelical Focus
Dean of Ukrainian theological seminary killed in Bucha, from Evangelical Focus:
The Kyiv Slavic Evangelical Seminary in Kyiv has confirmed his body was found in the city where Russian troops have been accused of war crimes against civilians.
‘Strong case’ to expel Russian Orthodox Church from ecumenical body, says Rowan Williams, from Christian Today
‘Russian world’ ideology is destructive, from Church Times: “…the senior hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church has refused to acknowledge this invasion, issuing instead vague statements about the necessity for peace in light of “events” and “hostilities” in Ukraine, while emphasising the fraternal nature of the Ukrainian and Russian peoples as part of “Holy Rus’,” blaming the hostilities on the evil “West”, and even directing their communities to pray in ways that actively encourage hostility.”
Hundreds of experts sign declaration condemning religious ideology driving the Russian President’s invasion of Ukraine, by Alex Collett, Premier
Praying for Putin’s downfall, doom and destruction from Archbishop Cranmer
Churches Together in England statement on the Ukraine war, Anglican Ink
Archbishop of Canterbury has online conference with Russian Orthodox leader Patriarch Kirill, from Religion Media Centre
War in Ukraine exposes surrogacy’s dehumanization and commodification of children, by Laura Nicole, LifeSite:
An article in The Atlantic, written to highlight the plight of surrogate mothers in wartime, shows how the practice of surrogacy results in the commodification of children.
Christian group sounds caution over government scheme to house Ukrainian refugees, from Christian Today
Faith initiatives for Ukraine, from Religion Media Centre: Examples of refugee support organisations from Christian, Jewish, Sikh and Muslim backgrounds.
Needed – an Ecumenical Reset, By George Weigel, First Things: There can be no proper engagement with Russian Orthodoxy while pro-Putin Metropolitan Krill remains in office.
Russian Orthodoxy’s tragedy, By Rod Dreher, The American Conservative
The West, still declining, by Rod Dreher, The American Conservative. The West’s united opposition to Putin’s horrific aggression does not mean we should be triumphalistic and unconcerned about Western decadence and increasing authoritarian wokeness.
A message from the chaplain of St Andrew’s Moscow by Malcolm Rogers, Anglican Ink
The Voice of a Prophet: Solzhenitsyn on the Ukraine Crisis by Joseph Pearce, Crisis Magazine
The truth about Ukraine’s far-Right militias by Aris Roussinos, UnHerd
Russian Evangelical Alliance head expresses sorrow over Putin’s invasion: I tried to prevent war by Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post
Hundreds of UK churches sign up to support Ukrainian refugees, Christian Today
How Ukrainian women will suffer by Julie Bindel, UnHerd
Russian Victory Would Mark End of Religious Freedom in Ukraine by Arielle del Turco, FRC
Russian doctors plead for end to war by Michael Cook, Bio Edge
Urgent appeal for donated goods for Ukraine, Barnabas Fund
Churches converted into shelters to welcome Ukrainian refugees, Christian Today
Is war in Ukraine a sign of the End Times? by Michael Pfunder, Christian Today
Watch: Catholic men’s Rosary rally in Warsaw
Watch: Russian Briton Konstantin Kisin on BBC Question Time (condensed version)
What Ukrainians think about the war, Putin, Russia, NATO, Europe – and Britain. A remarkable poll from Kyiv by Lord Ashcroft, Conservative Home
To Stay and Serve: Why We Didn’t Flee Ukraine by
Watch: BBC Question Time with Russian Briton Konstantin Kisin
‘Even if you destroy all our churches, you will not destroy our faith & belief in God’ – Zelensky by Nate Flannagan, Christian Today
Putin’s blasphemous version of Christianity is anti-Christ by Pavel Stroilov, Premier
Isn’t Putin Christian? | What should Christians think about the Russian President, from GB News: Colin Brazier talks to Christian Legal Centre’s Pavel Stroilov
Woken Up by Bombs: A Church Planter in Ukraine Prays and Perseveres by Benjamin Morrison, TGC
Do the Russian people want this war? by Mary Dejevsky, spiked
The Siege of Kyiv – The View from a Basement, ACNS
The world is following with horror Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholemew, Anglican Ink
Ukrainian Invasion: Messianic Jewish Spiritual Landscape from Virtueonline
Ukraine’s Most Powerful Weapon — Courage by Tony Perkins, FRC
Evangelical platforms in Europe start to mobilise aid for Ukraine, from Evangelical Focus
Ukraine: has weak West lost the will to live? by David Baker, Christian Today
Archbishop says Putin is ‘the AntiChrist’, building the ‘Third Rome’, by Archbishop Cranmer
Ukrainian Invasion: Messianic Jewish Spiritual Landscape, By Joyce Miriam Brooks, VirtueOnline
Russia v Ukraine – a religious perspective, from VirtueOnline
Four things Christians must do as war returns to Europe, by J John
Ukrainians turn to God under threat of war by Kylie Beach, Anglican Ink
Understanding Putin’s narrative about Ukraine is the master key to this crisis by Jonathan Steele, Guardian
Watch: Mark Steyn and historian David Starkey discussion and see commentary from Kathy Gyngell here
Statement by the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church on the war in Ukraine
Ukraine, Russia, and the world: A conversation with George Weigel, EPPC
Statement by Patriarch Kirill on the war in Ukraine, Anglican Ink
Religious roots of Ukraine crisis, The Tablet
European evangelicals condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine: “No justification” for “death and chaos” from Evangelical Focus
Understanding the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, Crisis Magazine
Russian Orthodox Church ‘encouraged’ Putin to invade Ukraine, says Bishop of Leeds by Ruth Peacock, Religion Media Centre
Pastoral letter from the Archbishops of Canterbury and York
Putin’s spiritual destiny by Giles Fraser, UnHerd
Ukraine’s freedom is the price of Europe’s peace by Archbishop Cranmer
What the West gets wrong about Putin by Harald Malmgren, UnHerd
‘With God’s help, we will win this fight,’ Ukrainian church leader says by Grayson Quay, The Week
Russia’s Shame by Rod Dreher, The American Conservative
How our weak elites emboldened Putin by Brendan O’Neill, spiked
The Voice of a Prophet: Solzhenitsyn on the Ukraine Crisis by Joseph Pearce, Crisis Magazine
Attack on Ukraine ‘an act of great evil’ – statement from Archbishops of Canterbury and York
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