The past few days have been surreal. We have tried to reflect on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At first, we could not. We had no words. We were paralyzed – not so much with fear, but with the inability to think or feel. In our paralysis, one of our members thought, by way of sheer free association, of the story of St Elias’ Church in Brampton, Ontario. It had burned to the ground in 2014. Another member of our fellowship says he distinctly remembers being on the Maidan in

St. Mary of Egypt exemplifies our vision of social justice for many reasons. Not only did she overcome profane human desire in search of spiritual fulfillment, she did so through acts of generosity and humility. She was born in Egypt, and at the age of twelve began to live a life of debauchery in Alexandria, where she spent seventeen years in this perverted way of life. Driven by the adulterous flame of the flesh, she one day boarded a boat which was sailing for Jerusalem. Ar

The hierarchs of the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Church have recently displayed deep courage after thugs harassed, mobbed, and lynched Roma (Gypsy) encampments around Ukraine. After 23 year-old David Popp was killed in June, Patriarch Sviatoslav issued a declaration that “strongly condemned” all acts of violence against Ukraine’s Roma minority. Since then, another Roma woman was killed in the fifth such attack since April. The Roma are among the most marginalized social groups

Inside St Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv, there is a mosaic icon of the Mother of God with her arms held upward in prayer. She is the Oranta, the praying one. It is said that as long as she stands, the city will never fall. Because of this tradition, she is called the Immovable Wall. In prayer, the Oranta of Kyiv guards the city. To thee, the Champion Leader, we thy flock dedicate a feast of victory and of thanksgiving, as ones rescued out of sufferings, O Theotokos. But as thou