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Christian Life
Ukraine's corruption scandal has a strong spiritual component
Ukraine is entangled in a corruption scandal. It is easy to complain about this, but Christians also have another calling, says Oleksii Blyzniuk. By now, there are probably very few people who have not heard about the corruption scandal in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian authorities are facing…
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Christian Life
How Kyiv became too dangerous to live in
When missiles fly over your flat almost every night, you don’t sleep well. Oleksii Blyzniuk shares how he and his family decided to leave the capital of Ukraine. > Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter. This summer, we managed to take a…
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Christian Life
Life in Ukraine can only be lived one day at a time: “We are learning to be grateful to the Lord”
As people, we tend to plan our lives ahead carefully. However, when it becomes war, this changes very much. After each night, full of drone attacks, there is a particular joy in the fact that there is another day to glorify God, Oleksii Blyzniuk from Ukraine writes. During the Second…
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Kyiv Pride was offensive, but Christians can take away something from it
At the end of April 2025, the queer film festival “Sunny Bunny” took place in Kyiv. It sparked significant public controversy due to it taking place during the Easter holidays. > Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter The festival organisers stated that…
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Christian Life
Military deferrals for clergy in Ukraine: reality or illusion?
Ukraine is giving more pastors an exemption from conscription. However, whether this will work in practice remains a big question, says Oleksii Blyzniuk. > Stay up to date with Christian news in Europe? Sign up for CNE's newsletter. Religious organisations are critically important institutions. That means they should continue to…
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Christian Life
Amidst corruption in Ukraine, God performed a miracle in Oleksii's life
God can work in miraculous ways, even amidst war and corruption. Columnist Oleksii experienced this in his own life. At the Reformed seminary where I teach, there is a Christian online college designed for training church members who do not have the time or opportunity to complete a full seminary…
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Christian Life
This is what awaits the Ukrainian Orthodox Church once a ban is fully implemented
How is the situation of religious freedom in Ukraine? In his previous column, Oleksii Blyzniuk underlined the dilemma of a ban on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church for its ties with Russia. Now, this ban has come into force. What does that mean? In total, 11 draft laws were registered in…
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Column from Ukraine: Why the Russian Orthodox Church forces Ukraine to take an impossible decision
Ukraine has a dilemma. The country must decide about the future of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, which belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate. Columnist Oleksii Blyzniuk writes that banning it would risk the much-needed foreign support, but keeping it means keeping a pro-Kremlin organisation in the country. Draft law No. 8371…
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Christian Life
Column from Ukraine: Recruitment process is still full of corruption
In the next column, Oleksii will write from the front. But now, he still wears civilian clothes. He is disappointed that the revised recruitment law did not end the space for corruption. In my previous article, I discussed the mobilisation in Ukraine. At the moment, this is one of the…
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Christian Life
Column from Ukraine: Why men stay far away from the front
Many Ukrainian men do not want to join the army. The mobilisation of new soldiers proves to be challenging, says columnist Oleksii Blyzniuk. A young Christian woman recently told me that she lost her own brother who disappeared in the war. He was mobilised by a Territorial Recruitment Centre (TRC)…
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