On Thursday, July 31, a meeting was held between the Mayor of Lviv and representatives of the City Council of Bishops with Christian leaders from the United States of America. (Original article)
During the roundtable discussion, the American guests expressed their support for the Ukrainian people in their current difficult trials. The meeting began and ended with fervent prayer and a request that God grant Ukraine deliverance from the “evil spirit of Pharaoh,” if necessary, in a supernatural way.
Representatives of Lviv Churches told the guests about their war experience, in particular about the assistance that religious communities of Lviv provided to thousands of internally displaced persons. As well as about the losses that the Ukrainian people are suffering in the struggle for their existence.
Chad Connelly, founder and CEO of Faith Wins, expressed support and assured that today Christians around the world support Ukraine.
“We see what Putin is doing to the people in Ukraine. It is very painful, so we have come to you with love and support. We feel your great energy, there are thousands of Christians here who believe and pray. We are with you,” Chad Connelly noted.
The Americans’ conversation with Andriy Sadov took place before the meeting with the Lviv clergy
The mayor of Lviv spoke about the UNBROKEN ecosystem, which is being built to provide maximum assistance to wounded Ukrainians – in treatment, rehabilitation, and further socialization. As well as about the reconstruction of houses destroyed by Russian missiles during attacks on the city, about industrial parks and local production, the introduction of innovative technologies in various areas, and more.
The moderator of the roundtable discussion was Yevhen Boyko, head of affairs of the executive committee of the Lviv City Council.
The American side was represented by:
Chad Connelly, founder and CEO of Faith Wins;
Dr. Jim Harlow, founder and CEO of Well Versed;
Gary Marks, President of Madison Strategies LLC and The Concord Fund, host of the Peace & Power Ukraine podcast on the Federal Newswire platform;
B.J. Faircloth, journalist;
Roman Chukhvitsky, President and Founder of the Global Alliance for Ukraine Foundation.
The city’s council of bishops was represented by:
Father Andriy Khomyshyn — Syncell for Military Chaplaincy Affairs of the Lviv Archeparchy of the UGCC;
Archimandrite Cyprian Lozynskyi — abbot of the St. John the Golden Horde Monastery of the Lviv-Sokal Eparchy of the OCU, dean of the theological faculty of the Lviv Orthodox Theological Academy;
Father Ruslan Matvienko — Secretary of the Lviv Eparchy of the OCU;
Father Oleksandr Kusyy — Head of the Press Service of the Lviv Archdiocese of the Russian Orthodox Church;
Vasyl Boyechko — bishop of the Church of the Resurrection , head of the Good Samaritan mission ;
Father Karapet Garibyan — rector of the Armenian Cathedral in Lviv;
Viktor Hayduchok — Deputy Senior Presbyter in the Lviv Region of Evangelical Baptist Christians;
Taras Kolivoshka is the pastor of the Lviv Bethesda Church (4 Volodymyr Velykyho St.);
Father Andriy Sidanych is the chaplain of the Lviv City Council.
After the conversation, the guests visited the Field of Honorary Burials, where they paid tribute to the fallen Heroes of the Russian-Ukrainian War.
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