Thank you to the Friends (Quaker) Committee on National Legislation and the Episcopal Church for hosting a virtual prayer vigil for peace in Ukraine to mark the second anniversary of the Russian invasion.
In particular, please join me in praying for: Tatiana who is training trauma counselors; for Andre who is shaping anti-war messages inside Russia; for the repose of the soul of Fr Stephan Podolchak of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine whose body was found dumped in the streets of Kalanchak a week ago after being taken away by Russian military; we pray for conscientious objectors to war in Russia and Ukraine; we pray for Olga who was born in a Nazi concentration camp in Poland and will die in a refugee camp outside Kyiv; we pray for Rabbi Markovitz and Rabbi Moshe Asman. And we pray for the young couple married in Al-Ramah Mosque in Kyiv between bombings and invited our pilgrimage to join in their wedding. We pray, O Lord.
Rose Marie Berger 