Faith Under Fire in Russia’s War on Ukraine

On October 30, USIP, the Atlantic Council, and Razom for Ukraine hosted a conversation with a delegation from the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations. These senior Ukrainian religious leaders — who represent multiple branches of Christianity in Ukraine in addition to the country’s Muslim and Jewish communities — shared personal experiences from the frontlines and discussed the challenges of navigating religion’s complex intersection with the war.

Speakers

Peter Mandaville, opening remarks
Senior Advisor, Religion and Inclusive Societies, U.S. Institute of Peace

Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, moderator
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine
 
Yevstratiy (Zoria)
Metropolitan of Bila Tserkva; Spokesman, Kyiv Metropolis; Deputy Head, Department for External Church Relations, Orthodox Church of Ukraine
 
Yaakov Dov Bleich
Chief Rabbi of Kyiv and Ukraine; Founder and President, Union of Jewish Religious Organizations of Ukraine 
 
Anatoliy Kozachok
Senior Bishop, Ukrainian Pentecostal Church 
 
Vyacheslav Horpynchuk
Bishop, Ukrainian Lutheran Church
 
Anatoliy Raychynets
Deputy Secretary General, Ukrainian Bible Society
 
Ivan Rusyn
Deputy Senior Bishop, Ukrainian Evangelical Church

Akhmed Tamim
Supreme Mufti of Ukraine; Head of the Religious Administration of Ukrainian Muslims

Ambassador John Herbst, closing remarks
Senior Director, Eurasia Center, Atlantic Council; Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine 

For more information about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/faith-under-fire-russias-war-ukraine