Christians Against War

A representative of the Ukrainian Bible Society, Evangelical pastor Anatol Raichynets received a telephone threat: "You will pay for slandering Russia." The call came after his interview with the Norwegian newspaper Vart Land about religious persecution and crimes of Russia in…

Russian Orthodox nun Evgenia (Tsivtsivadze) reported that at the request of the Russian military, she purchased at least 10 televisions for the drone control center. According to the military themselves, they are needed as "eyes" for carrying out combat missions.

Patriarch Kirill personally blessed the participants in Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine: "You have gone through tough life circumstances. Where there is military action, there is always the risk of injury or even death. This is what military feat is - that a soldier does…

On July 17, Russian troops attacked the car of the Chief Rabbi of Kherson, Yosef Wolf, with an FPV drone. "A Russian FPV drone attacked the car of the Chief Rabbi of Kherson, Yosef Wolf! I just spoke to him on the phone. The car was attacked on the way into Kherson. At the…

On July 15, a Russian drone strike killed Ukrainian Orthodox Archimandrite Petro (Krivitsky) of the monastery in honor of the icon of the Mother of God "Quick to Hear" of the Kharkiv diocese. He was born in 1957, and was ordained a priest in 1980. For many years, he served in the…

“The most effective, the strongest warriors are religiously motivated warriors,” said Dmitry Vasilenkov, the chief military priest of the Russian Orthodox Church among the Russian troops in Ukraine. “The preparation of such warriors is the work of priests, and the presence of…

In Miropillia, Sumy district, the Orthodox St. Nicholas Bishop's Monastery courtyard was destroyed by Russian attacks. As a result of a direct hit, the central part of the St. Nicholas Church was destroyed - the dome, central tower, floors, roof, and roofing collapsed. The church…

Russian shelling damaged the Apostolic Nunciature in Kyiv During the night between 9 and 10 July, the city of Kyiv was subjected to a massive Russian attack involving drones and ballistic missiles. Powerful explosions were heard in the capital, fires broke out, and casualties…

On July 7, the Church of St. Demetrius, Metropolitan of Rostov, the Miracle Worker, was destroyed in the village of Zoloty Kolodiaz in Donetsk Oblast of Ukraine. As reported by the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, the building was destroyed as a result of Russian shelling and a direct…

Persecution of preachers and believers has intensified in Russia. From January 2024 to April 2025, at least 124 administrative cases for “missionary activity” without approval were recorded in Russia. Both Russians and foreigners were brought to trial. In 107 cases, the court…

Human rights activists have declared Nikolai Romanyuk, senior pastor of the Moscow Evangelical "Holy Trinity Church," a political prisoner. He is being persecuted for an anti-war sermon, when in September 2022, he called on believers not to participate in hostilities, calling war…

As a result of Russian shelling, the Orthodox Church of St. Demetrius of Rostov in the village of Zoloty Kolodyaz in the Donetsk region of Ukraine was destroyed. The church was seriously damaged - debris is scattered throughout the temple grounds.

Russian Orthodox priest Andrei Shelomentsev, who previously fought against Chechnya, is now fighting against Ukraine as the commander of an assault group. He calls participation in assault attacks “the greatest honor” and “an opportunity to die for Russia.” In a recording…

A Moscow court sentenced Ilya Vasiliev, the head of the Zen Buddhist center, to 8 years in prison for an anti-war post on Facebook in January 2023. The post was about the shelling of Kherson during the Christmas truce. Vasiliev was found guilty of "spreading fakes about the…

As a result of Russian shelling of the Ukrainian city of Dnipro, an Orthodox theological seminary was damaged. Everyone who was on the territory of the seminary and the church are alive and well. "The building and equipment are recoverable," the seminary's vice-rector noted. In…

The chief military priest of the Russian Orthodox Church, Dmitry Vasilenkov, who supports Russian troops in Ukraine, sees no point in meeting with Ukrainian prisoners of war, who have repeatedly reported torture. “Prisoners are a more secondary task. I have enough work with our…

On June 23, the 🇷🇺Russian army attacked the city of Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region of 🇺🇦Ukraine. As a result of the attack, residential buildings, a hospital & a number of civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. 1⃣person was killed, 8⃣were injured, including 2⃣rescuers.…

In Russia, a Christian blogger, pacifist and preacher Vegan Christolyub, who criticized the war against Ukraine, has been convicted. For two phrases on YouTube about how "Stalin and Hitler divided Europe together", he was sentenced to three years of imprisonment in a penal…

Film director Nikita Mikhalkov told Russian deputies that Vladimir Putin has considered himself chosen by God since at least 2002. “I understood the essence of our president when many years ago, in 2002, I think, we talked, he told me: “Imagine who I was and who I have become.…