Metropolitan Epifaniy of Kyiv and All Ukraine during his first pastoral visit to the Poltava Eparchy on September 21 Metropolitan Fedir of Poltava and Kremenchuk concelebrated with the Primate of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine during the consecration and Divine Liturgy The service was attended by defenders of Ukraine the Metropolitan offered a special prayer to the Lord especially during this time of danger for Ukraine Prayers were also offered for the soldiers defending Ukraine the Primate emphasized the significance of the church in the life of a Christian as we have jointly consecrated this beautiful church in honor of St We pray and invoke God’s blessing upon this church the church is a sacred place where we come to be filled with Divine grace which strengthens both our physical and spiritual selves we feel its intangible presence in our souls and hearts the highest expression of happiness is found in God When we offer prayers and feel this connection between ourselves and God And we can achieve this in the house of God,” said Metropolitan Epifaniy The Primate also urged fervent prayer for the defenders of Ukraine and called on everyone to do whatever is necessary to ensure Ukraine’s victory in the war against the aggressor We must continue to remain spiritually strong to encourage one another in these difficult times and to do everything in our power to bring about our shared Ukrainian victory we must not forget that the war is ongoing and contribute to bring this victory closer and we honor those who are no longer with us It is our sacred duty to remember and pray and never to let their heroic deeds be in vain our future is in our hands,” the Primate concluded His Beatitude congratulated the community and the rector on the significant occasion—the consecration of the church—and bestowed high ecclesiastical honors upon the defenders of Ukraine the church’s founder and benefactors as well as doctors and faithful parishioners Metropolitan Epifaniy also consecrated a monument dedicated to St On the occasion of the feast of the Church of Saint George the Great Martyr in Knjaževac On the eve of the conclave that will begin on Wednesday to elect a new Pope The annual graduation ceremony of the Patriarchal Toronto Orthodox Theological Academy (PTOTA) was held at the Cultural Centre of.. 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(function() { window.mc4wp = window.mc4wp || { listeners: [] cb) { window.mc4wp.listeners.push( { event : evt callback: cb } ); } } }})(); © 2023 OrthodoxTimes.com - All rights reserved Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website These cookies do not store any personal information Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website Self-reliance is the guiding principle of Yulia's life when her husband left for military service trying to get through all the khutir responsibilities alone made her learn cooperating and asking for help "I am used to solving all problems myself It mostly worked out that way for me until I got stuck in a swamp with my car." If you have read Mykola Hohol's all-time classic Evenings in a Khutir Near Dykanka then you are partly familiar with the image of Ukrainian khutir it is a settlement outside a village that includes only one or two households Khutirs gradually emerged through land development and cultivation activities predominantly carried out by free peasants and Cossacks at the time As Ukrainians established their households in remote and uninhabited areas these farms became a symbol of peasant individuality Soviet authorities sought to eliminate such settlements as they did not align with the collectivization agenda Yulia has lived the khutir lifestyle for 6 years already Although it all began as her and her husband's rural journey she has so far spent two of these years alone with her animals and garden.The reason for it was "It is one thing to live in an apartment and go to work during the war and quite another to stay on a farm with lots of animals somewhere outside the village on your own.. now there are many such cases when a woman has to deal with it all alone.. as many men from my husband's unit have unfortunately died." Three of the seven cats Yulia now takes care of belong to her friend It has been two months since she heard from him "It is a huge responsibility to care for animals I need to call a vet or transport them to the city Both things are possible only in good weather because you cannot traverse the road otherwise Yulia's husband prepared everything he could to make her life easier before departing for the army a farm cannot run itself like a finely-tuned machine Yulia has never regretted choosing this life That is why it is not as hard for me as it could be for other people The acute challenges Yulia has faced have mostly been a function of the difference between expectations and reality "When the full-scale invasion started we all thought it would last for 2-3 months My husband asked me if I could manage everything here for a couple of months and I imagined everything would go smoothly because he would definitely be home by fall But when I realized that his absence was not just for a month or even three I grew anxious about the challenges ahead." Yulia had to feed and clean the cattle and their living area and also run her own small business selling ghee butter online Even though the war has brought her all these challenges they have kept her spirit strong at the same time The specialist told me that she could provide free therapy for one person and asked if I needed it I cannot let myself get to a point where I need to rely on free therapy which should be left for those who have really suffered from the war As I find myself in safer conditions than others and assist others through donations or however I can." Only recently was Yulia's husband rotated back into the reserves and this is the first spring they have welcomed together since he joined the army Yulia is getting used to the idea that her story may repeat itself "When my friend once visited me while I was living alone on the khutir she would have put it all up for sale the first day!" as she had spent much of her life in the comfort of the city there is nothing that would make her want to return there again---at least imposing fake values and materialistic desires upon you As you stroll through its streets with your takeaway coffee you're bombarded with advertisements for the latest collections from some brands and that also goes with popcorn and cola.. but the city wears you down with its relentless offerings and demands." This distracted Yulia much from enjoying now which are your life itself and the lives of those around you I cannot name a single reason why I shouldn't live here but I am absolutely comfortable with that." and sitting under her own trees all in her dreams including about finishing the hayloft building makes so much more sense for Yulia than getting caught up in the rush of city life Yulia's rural area is populated by other people who share her philosophy on life Yulia lives a few kilometers away from her closest neighbors but time has shown that they can rely on each other in difficult times her friend Pan Bohdan from the neighboring village helped her mow her grass One neighbor lent his horses to deliver manure under Yulia's trees and one more neighbor even borrowed a staircase to go down to the well himself to get Yulia's torn-off bucket from the bottom These people showed her that nobody can manage this sort of life entirely on their own and can pick them up in the city from time to time Yulia and her husband are now busy preparing for spring from cleaning the stables after winter to trimming their animals' hooves Many tasks had been put off while her husband served in the military they are once again sharing the joy that led them to choose their khutir life ‘This international help has enabled Ukraine to defend itself; so this move is unimaginable’ Four coffins are lowered into graves at the cemetery in Dykanka were killed by a Russian strike on residential building of Poltava on 1 Feb UKRAINIAN church representatives have voiced shock at the closure of foreign-aid programmes by the United States, announced on Monday as Russia pressed on with its three-year invasion “This international help has enabled Ukraine to defend itself; so this move is unimaginable,” the director of the Roman Catholic Caritas organisation in Kharkiv “It has been essential in enabling us to reach the neediest people and their husbands and fathers at the front it will have enormously harmful consequences” Fr Stasiewicz spoke as American officials confirmed that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) had been closed down with immediate effect He told the Church Times that no warning had been given of the sudden termination of USAID, whose support, backed by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees had been vital for life-saving help provided by Caritas to villages and settlements close to the 930-mile front line Appeals for the resumption of aid came from church leaders in the US who urged Christians to contact their elected representatives “New administrations usually review ongoing programmes against their policy goals,” the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a joint statement with Catholic Relief Services ceasing almost all humanitarian and development assistance during that time will have real impacts for human life and dignity and US national interests.” has proved “pivotal” to its “economic and democratic future” and “Euro-Atlantic integration” It said that the US government “remains committed to the Ukrainian people as they continue to defend themselves from Putin’s onslaught” and that autocrats worldwide were “watching whether the US its allies and partners can sustain such resolve” Speaking on Monday, however, President Trump said that USAID was being run by “radical left lunatics” who were getting away with “tremendous fraud” Fears of an unjust peace have grown across Ukraine since President Trump’s electoral pledge to end the war through talks with President Putin and are likely to be amplified by USAID’s closure Ukrainian church leaders in the US said that they counted on Mr Trump’s presidency to “mark a just end to the Russian global threat” and hold Moscow “accountable for numerous war crimes the genocide of Ukrainians and crimes against humanity” In a sign of growing assertiveness, however, the Russian Orthodox Church has announced a fivefold increase in chaplains assigned to the “special military operation” in Ukraine to maintain morale and counter a “sinful spirit of vengeance” among Russian troops The Tass news agency said that the additional clergy would be trained under a new “military-focused programme” at the Rostov Theological Seminary had argued that “greater religiosity” among troops would “bolster their effectiveness against Ukraine” and “push Russia towards victory” At a meeting in Moscow on Monday, Putin thanked Patriarch Kirill on the 16th anniversary of his enthronement for his work “not only for Orthodox Christians in Russia but for the country as a whole” also praised the Patriarch for the “huge number of churches” already built in “newly liberated territories” of Ukraine with government support and for his part in “strengthening the faith and courage of soldiers for the speedy achievement of the victory for which you prayed and we together with you” The German-based Eastern Churches News Service (NOK) carried a new “confession of faith” last week by Russian Orthodox clergy opposed to the war deploring the “frivolity” of church representatives who “use the name of God in their rhetoric” and “dictate which side He should be on in earthly conflicts” Nicholas Reed Langen examines the Supreme Court ruling on gender We are a partnership of six diverse and welcoming congregations in the northern districts of Milton Keynes offering a rich tapestry of worshipping traditions – Anglican made up of 6 churches in 5 parishes who enjoy working and worshipping together We are two parishes with three churches in the beautiful North Somerset countryside and are eager to find a new Vicar to come and work alongside us as we seek to put the love of Christ at the heart of our three villages with a broad range of highly developed performance and teaching skills to play a key role in shaping our schools and community outreach initiatives – as well as supporting our chorister training and organ education programmes run jointly by Sarum College and The Church Times tickets available This online seminar, run jointly by Modern Church and The Church Times discusses the theology underpinning the drive for growth tickets available To explore the Church Times website fully, please sign in or subscribe. 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Logout Gateway to the global feed industry DuPont Pioneer has opened a seed production facility in Stasi The $40 million facility is built in one of the most productive maize and sunflower growing regions in the world DuPont’s investment in the facility shows its commitment to meet the world’s increasing demand for nutritious food The Stasi facility together with the logistics facility built in Stasi two years ago employs approximately 70 employees to support the warehousing timely distribution and production of about 500,000 units of Pioneer® brand maize and sunflower hybrids is a market leader in Ukraine for maize hybrids and continues to expand its sunflower and oilseed rape hybrid business The company aims to double its grain production in Ukraine and is working with farmers in Ukraine and Russia to meet the growing needs and make sure that a steady supply of grains is available This success story comes from the practice of Tetiana Biliaieva, a paralegal with the Ukrainian Paralegal Association She is one of more than ten coordinators who as part of the Regional Coordinators’ Initiative* have helped residents of their communities solve social and legal problems by calling on the lawyers of the Legal Development Network for professional advice and assistance Tetiana Biliaieva (pictured) is an active leader of the Dykanka community in Poltava oblast She implements environmental projects in her community involving young people Tetiana also has credibility and trust among the parents of her students an IDP from Kharkiv who now lives in the village of Velyki Budyshcha She suffered from diabetes and wanted to know what medical benefits she was entitled to as an IDP including whether she could get free glucose test strips Lada Karaban (pictured left) also noted that blood glucose test strips are part of the government’s Affordable Medicines Program which provides full or partial payment of the cost of certain medicines from the budget the Affordable Medicines Program has included blood glucose test strips since October 2023 The list of medical devices reimbursed under the State Medical Care Guarantee Program contains 23 types of test strips They can be purchased at a pharmacy with an electronic prescription from a doctor Paralegal Tetiana Biliaieva shared this information with Halyna explaining in detail how to access free primary health care in the Dykanka community and how to use the expanded list of medicines under the Affordable Medicines Program the woman can receive a free medical consultation and eventually test strips for a glucometer to monitor her blood sugar levels constantly * The material was created within the Regional Coordinators’ Initiative framework The Initiative is released with the support of the international charitable platform GlobalGiving and Legal Empowerment Fund (a program of the Fund for Global Human Rights) and the Legal Development Network The contents of this publication are the sole responsibility of the Legal Development Network and do not necessarily reflect the views of the previously mentioned organizations ** Name has been changed for ethical reasons If you have notices an error on the web-site Print and place the Network's poster on a notice board in your entrance hall Become a volunteer and assist others in finding problem solutions https://ldn.org.ua/en/success-story/an-internally-displaced-woman-with-diabetes-receives-free-medical-care-and-glucose-test-strips/ i один з експертiв Мережi надасть вiдповiдь Графік роботи чату: з 10:00 до 16:00 щодня(обідня перерва з 13:00 до 14:00) Поставте питання через LawLink Bot в будь-який зручний спосіб LawLink Bot — це розумний та цифровий юридичний помічник Web-site development — demch.co A new Russian film aimed at a youth audience reinvents classic novelist Nikolai Gogol as a gothic-style detective who battles dark supernatural forces to solve a series of ritual murders A statue of Nikolai Gogol in central Moscow.(AFP) Critics have queried the lashings of eyeliner plumped-up lips and lack of historical rigour while the makers say the film will breathe new life into the 19th-century writer’s works for school students black horses gallop through dark forests and naked witches leap over bonfires in the first film in a planned series of four which opened in cinemas on August 31 and will also be shown in an eight-episode television version The film is based partly on the author’s real life with references to his epileptic fits and a brief job as a clerk for the tsarist political police – as well as to his fear of being buried alive Gogol works alongside a famed tsarist investigator who is sent to rural Ukraine to probe a series of murders of young women especially the spooky tales of peasant life collected in Evenings on a Farm Near Dykanka Gogol – whose most famous work was the novel Dead Souls (1842) – grew up in today’s Ukraine and was inspired by its folk traditions “We made up the possible circumstances in which Gogol wrote Evenings on a Farm Near Dykanka,” said producer Alexander Tsekalo “We linked up all the scary incidents into a sequence and gave them a single perpetrator you could say,” Tsekalo said at a press conference is forced to investigate these crimes himself.” and even the fact that he worked as a scribe in the Third Department (political police) and came to Dykanka in this job – all that happened in real life.” Gogol’s works are compulsory reading in Russian schools One of the film’s scenarists Natalya Merkulova praised the film as “a giant step forward” for giving Gogol “new life” He and other classic writers “hang in classrooms in big dusty portraits – and everyone is sick to the back teeth of them,” she claimed The film is being released in two versions one with a 16+ certificate and another more graphic one with an 18+ age limit Played in the film by 28-year-old actor Alexander Petrov Gogol is pale and brooding with dark-rimmed eyes waking up with the latest clue to the murders “You see what other people can’t see!” says one of the characters He also enjoys lusty encounters with beautiful young women some of whom have suspiciously plumped-up lips “I don’t think they brought silicone to Dykanka in Gogol’s day I also don’t think Gogol wore eye makeup,” complained a reviewer in Vokrug TV entertainment website Interfax news agency in turn slammed the dialogue as lacking in historic accuracy saying characters “talk like salespeople in a mobile phone store.” But the makers stress the film isn’t meant to be taken too seriously they wore T-shirts with the slogan “Sorry Gogol” A promotional clip for the film shows an actor playing a flustered school teacher who laments: “I never in my life expected to see Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol without his trousers on.” “The slight trashiness is intentional,” director Yegor Baranov told Momenty The film’s poster shows Gogol holding a blood-stained quill with the cutline: “The darkest hour comes before dawn.” Although the film’s playing fast and loose with the classics outraged some critics generally said the film worked on its own terms The reviewer for Vokrug TV concedes that if the series continues on the same level “young people could get a nice locally made horror flick.” “As a horror B-movie it’s not bad,” wrote Rossiiskaya Gazeta government newspaper