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(Rev 12:12) Therefore, rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.
POPE LEO XIV: “I’m always hoping for a ceasefire. There must be an end to the violence and so many deaths. Let’s see how they can reach an agreement because the war has been going on too long.”
REVIEW: The Catholic Church and the Real History of Ukraine
ACN: Greek-Catholic Bishop of Donetsk: “Before the war, we had over 80 parishes, but more than half closed, are under occupation, or were destroyed”
CHURCH TIMES: Violent clashes break out at cathedral in Ukraine
CATHOLIC CULTURE: Ukrainian Catholic leader calls for prayer, fasting for peace on August 14
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, lent his support to an initiative to observe August 14, the day before the Feast of the Assumption, as a day of prayer and fasting for peace.
“I invite all of you—all the faithful of our Church and all people of good will—to live the last day of the Dormition Fast, a day of prayer and fasting for peace, with particular depth and seriousness,” he said at the conclusion of a Divine Liturgy in Kyiv on August 10. “We believe that the Lord will hear those who fast, pray, and work, and will be with us, helping us to survive and victoriously end this unjust war.”
In announcing the initiative, the International Union of Superiors General stated that “in a world torn apart by war and inhumanity—in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar, Haiti, Democratic Republic of the Congo and in so many other countries wounded by both visible and invisible conflicts—we cannot remain silent spectators ... In particular, we propose that 14 August be lived as a day of fasting and prayer, seeking the intercession of the Mother of God, Our Lady of Peace.”
THE KYIV INDEPENDENT: Russian-linked church faces potential ban in Ukraine as it remains reluctant to officially cut ties with Moscow
Three and a half years into Russia's full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church is finally facing its judgment day.
Under a law passed in 2024, the branch — the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate — is supposed to either sever its ties with Russia or be banned.
Neither has happened so far.
Due to the invasion, the church has faced an escalating crisis due to its affiliation with Russia and some of its priests' collaboration with the Russian authorities. The church has claimed to be independent from Russia and denied any wrongdoing.
Father Serhiy, a chaplain at the competing Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which has no ties with Russia, and a top official at the church's charity department, compared the Russian-affiliated church with a dangerous wound.
"If there is a wound that threatens someone's life, it should be amputated," Serhiy told the Kyiv Independent. "Otherwise the person will die."
He argued that "the aggressor state's church should not exist on Ukrainian territory."
Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 2- "On Detachment"
2. After our call, which comes from God and not man, we have left all that is mentioned above, and it is a great disgrace for us to worry about anything that cannot help us in the hour of our need, that is to say, the hour of our death. For as the Lord said, this means looking back and not being fit for the Kingdom of Heaven. Knowing how fickle we novices are, and how easily we turn to the world through visiting, or being with, worldly people, when someone asked Him: 'Suffer me first to go and bury my father,' our Lord replied, 'Let the dead bury their dead.
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August 14, 2025(Rev 12:12) Therefore, rejoice, O heavens, and you that dwell therein. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.
POPE LEO XIV: “I’m always hoping for a ceasefire. There must be an end to the violence and so many deaths. Let’s see how they can reach an agreement because the war has been going on too long.”
REVIEW: The Catholic Church and the Real History of Ukraine
ACN: Greek-Catholic Bishop of Donetsk: “Before the war, we had over 80 parishes, but more than half closed, are under occupation, or were destroyed”
CHURCH TIMES: Violent clashes break out at cathedral in Ukraine
CATHOLIC CULTURE: Ukrainian Catholic leader calls for prayer, fasting for peace on August 14
Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, the head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, lent his support to an initiative to observe August 14, the day before the Feast of the Assumption, as a day of prayer and fasting for peace.
“I invite all of you—all the faithful of our Church and all people of good will—to live the last day of the Dormition Fast, a day of prayer and fasting for peace, with particular depth and seriousness,” he said at the conclusion of a Divine Liturgy in Kyiv on August 10. “We believe that the Lord will hear those who fast, pray, and work, and will be with us, helping us to survive and victoriously end this unjust war.”
In announcing the initiative, the International Union of Superiors General stated that “in a world torn apart by war and inhumanity—in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine, Myanmar, Haiti, Democratic Republic of the Congo and in so many other countries wounded by both visible and invisible conflicts—we cannot remain silent spectators ... In particular, we propose that 14 August be lived as a day of fasting and prayer, seeking the intercession of the Mother of God, Our Lady of Peace.”
THE KYIV INDEPENDENT: Russian-linked church faces potential ban in Ukraine as it remains reluctant to officially cut ties with Moscow
Three and a half years into Russia's full-scale invasion, the Ukrainian branch of the Russian Orthodox Church is finally facing its judgment day.
Under a law passed in 2024, the branch — the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate — is supposed to either sever its ties with Russia or be banned.
Neither has happened so far.
Due to the invasion, the church has faced an escalating crisis due to its affiliation with Russia and some of its priests' collaboration with the Russian authorities. The church has claimed to be independent from Russia and denied any wrongdoing.
Father Serhiy, a chaplain at the competing Orthodox Church of Ukraine, which has no ties with Russia, and a top official at the church's charity department, compared the Russian-affiliated church with a dangerous wound.
"If there is a wound that threatens someone's life, it should be amputated," Serhiy told the Kyiv Independent. "Otherwise the person will die."
He argued that "the aggressor state's church should not exist on Ukrainian territory."
Ladder of Divine Ascent excerpt: Step 2- "On Detachment"
2. After our call, which comes from God and not man, we have left all that is mentioned above, and it is a great disgrace for us to worry about anything that cannot help us in the hour of our need, that is to say, the hour of our death. For as the Lord said, this means looking back and not being fit for the Kingdom of Heaven. Knowing how fickle we novices are, and how easily we turn to the world through visiting, or being with, worldly people, when someone asked Him: 'Suffer me first to go and bury my father,' our Lord replied, 'Let the dead bury their dead.
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