Oleh Boyko, 14 years old My father was called Oleksandr Boyko. I live with my mother and older brother. Dad worked at Epicenter (home improvement & gardening supermarket). He wanted to become a professional boxer, but he was badly...
Filip Rudnik: In January, Ukraine began celebrating the centennial of its independence. Ceremonies commemorating the Battle of Kruty* and the announcement of state independence in 1918** were unexpectedly modest. What does this post-Maidan...
“It’s very important…. and it’s very painful. These were our fathers and grandfathers. We should honour their memory and accompany them on this day. They defended us so that we could live.” says resident of Maiaky, Oleksandra...
When the days or nights become too difficult to bear, Mykola takes his “amulet” from a secret pocket in his backpack, and the dark, depressing dugout suddenly brightens up, becoming warmer and more comfortable. Mykola knows that his...
On the verge of death In 2014, it was difficult to understand that a real war had erupted in Ukraine, says Dr. Yuriy Skrebets. At the time, Chief Physician Serhiy Ryzhenko gave several interviews about the first soldiers arriving at...
Lie No.1: Ukraine is a “failed state” Russia has been trying to convince the world that Ukraine is a non-country, a state that has not really happened. Moscow explains that Ukraine appeared on the world map as a geopolitical...
Some twenty soldiers are sitting at a table, assiduously drawing and painting angels with the help of volunteers. Most of them have never worked on paper or canvas. The task is to draw an angel. Artur Spirin is one of the few veterans that...
The Defense of Luhansk Airport – a chronicle of events recounting the defense of Luhansk Airport, which lasted from April to early September 2014 – will be released sometime this year. Serhiy Glotov, a volunteer from Luhansk, one...
– The number one mission for anyone who loves Ukraine is protecting Ukraine, but not only in the military sphere. I’m talking about the spiritual defense of our country, because Russia is conducting a hybrid war against all of us,...
Similar acts committed by clerics of the UOC-MP – in fact a branch of the Russian Orthodox Church – have long been the norm in Ukraine. Referring to Church Canons, they refuse to conduct marriages or hear the confessions of persons...
Euromaidan Press sat down with Archimandrite Cyril Hovorun, Acting Director of Huffington Ecumenical Institute, Assistant Professor at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, former Chairman of the Department for External Church...
