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As Russia Strikes Ukrainian Churches, Worship Goes On

As Russia Strikes Ukrainian Churches, Worship Goes On

Friday, May 15, 2026
During Moscow’s invasion in 2014, Oleksandr Pavenko, pastor of Transfiguration Church in Slovyansk, Ukraine, lost two of his sons—both of them also pastors. Kremlin-backed separatists stormed his church and abducted his sons and two church deacons, then tortured and killed the four men.   A year after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, a third son died Read more... The post As Russia Strikes Ukrainian Churches, Worship Goes On appeared first on Christianity Today.