Day 5, 5 December 2024, the 1016th day of the full-scale war. In the dead of the night when the invasion began on 24 February 2022, our broken night, Ukrainian families packed what little they could carry and moved through the darkness like shadows, millions of them looking for safety wherever it could be found.… Continue reading

Day 4, 4 December 2024, the 1015th day of the full-scale war. As war reshapes our geography of holiness, we are forced to reconsider the nature of divine presence. While missiles and kamikaze drones play their deadly lottery overhead by day and by night, a haunting question surfaces: can holiness dwell among rubble and ruins,… Continue reading

Day 3, 3 December 2024, the 1014th day of the full-scale war. The discord of war drowns out the symphony of our daily life, conducting an endless requiem and turning joy into lament. Through every blast and siren, through every funeral and tearful farewell, through every blackout and night in a shelter, through every missing-person… Continue reading

Day 2, 2 December 2024, the 1013th day of the full-scale war. How long, O Lord? The sirens wail through another sleepless night, and our hearts cry out with the psalmist. In the rubble of our cities and at the graves of the people we loved, we wrestle with questions that pierce the soul. How… Continue reading

Day 1, 1 December 2024, the 1012th day of the full-scale war. Amid devastation and the relentless echoes of this 1012th day of unprovoked aggression, one might wonder where hope finds a dwelling in our hearts. When the foundations of a world are shaken and uncertainty casts its long shadow over our days, how do… Continue reading