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Showing posts with label Kiev. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kiev. Show all posts
Friday, September 22, 2017
Hundreds of Thousands Gather in the Streets of Ukraine to Praise the Name of Jesus - CBN News
Friday, July 25, 2014
Ukraine Rebels See Evangelicals as the Enemy
Ukraine Rebels See Evangelicals
as the Enemy
Friday, July 25, 2014
As tensions between Kiev forces and pro-Russian separatists escalate in eastern Ukraine, Christians are increasingly becoming targets of persecution in areas controlled by insurgents.
Acts of aggression include kidnappings, beatings, and killings, including the murder of four ministers several weeks ago.
According to Sergey Rakhuba, president of Russian Ministries, the rebels view evangelicals as enemies.
"In one of the towns, they even raised the Orthodox flag and said they would fight any heretic, any Protestant, anyone who represents any Western immoral values," he told Mission News Now.
Despite the violence, many pastors have chosen to remain in the war-torn region.
Rakhuba said one pastor told him, "'I'm staying here because I cannot abandon my flock. I cannot abandon those who are trapped here.'"
"There are hundreds of pastors that are doing the same thing," Rakhuba said.
***How much of the Christian persecution in east Ukraine is linked to pressure from the Russian Orthodox Church? Sergey Rakhuba addressed that issue as well as how his ministry is reaching out to the people of east Ukraine.
Click here below for his comments:
Thursday, May 8, 2014
An Overview of Recent Events in the Ukraine - Michael Zinn
Michael Zinn - Chosen People in Kiev, Ukraine
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Shalom dear friend in the Messiah,
I recently returned from a trip to Kiev, where I participated in the European section meeting of the Lausanne Consultation on Jewish Evangelism. This group has existed for thirty years, and was initiated by Jewish mission leaders involved with the Lausanne Consultation on World Evangelism. The meetings for the European group were held in Kiev April, 28 - May 2, 2014.
There were many reasons for the event to be held in Kiev, not the least of which is because there has been a growing, authentic and indigenous Messianic Jewish movement in Ukraine - centered in Kiev - which began in 1989 at the beginning of Perestroika. The conference statement is well worth reading, and reflects the sentiments of the attendees.
The history of the Jewish people of Ukraine is significant. Ukraine was part of the Pale of Settlement, where Jews were allowed to live, and included land that is now part of Russia, Poland, Romania, Belarus as well as today's Ukraine. The borders were quite fluid for many years, and so many Jewish people's "country of origin" frequently changed. However, the borders stabilized after 1945 and the formation of the Soviet Union. The area has always been important to Jewish evangelism, as more than ten million Jewish people lived in the region before World War II.
Fifty-plus years later, the Soviet Union would become the Former Soviet Union and countries that were once part of it would again assert their independence and individuality. This is most assuredly what is taking place now as the Ukrainians, especially in the Western and more European part of Ukraine, seek continued independence from Russia. The conflict between various parts of Ukraine and Russia is at the heart of current conflict. Although the conflict appears to be purely political and nationalistic, there is a spiritual aspect to the situation as well.
The Ukrainian Christians - Baptists, Pentecostals and those who identify with the mainline churches - have been deeply involved in the political struggle, hoping as well that an independent Ukraine would be best for the spiritual atmosphere of the country's people. This is understandable, as the Russian Orthodox Church has been a very controlling presence in Russia and throughout the Former Soviet Union for many years.
Ukrainian Christian with Michael Zinn of Chosen People Ministries
The Christians in the Ukraine believe they now have greater freedoms than others in the Former Soviet Union, and part of their political struggle stems from a desire to maintain this freedom of religion. The fierce and early fighting took place in what is known as Madan Square, the very heart both symbolically and physically of Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. Many born-again believers have found extraordinary opportunities to minister in the midst of the conflict, and as a result of the fighting many Ukranians have come to the Lord.
Many Jewish people believe that Ukraine is an anti-Semitic country. Certainly this is true historically; however, after meeting some of the believers in Kiev, I can honestly say that these believers have renounced this history of anti-Semitism and assured me that they love the Jewish people, affirm the state of Israel and work hard to make the Gospel known among their Jewish friends and loved ones.
This was deeply encouraging to me.
Our Israel Director, Michael Zinn, who grew up in the Western Ukrainian city of Lvov gives us an overview of the events and interviews Yuri, one of the key leaders of the prayer tent movement in Madan:
Michael Zinn: An Overview of Recent Events in the Ukraine
Michael and Yuri: God's Work Through the Prayer Tent Ministries
It was eye-opening to visit Madan Square last week and see for myself some of what transpired. I know a picture is worth at least a thousand words and so you can see for yourself the pictures of the barricades, tents, tires, para-military groups, nationalist allies and more!
My hope is that you will pray for Ukraine and especially for our brothers and sisters who have been so involved in helping, praying, serving food and leading many to Jesus in the midst of the conflict. Messianic Jews from Ukraine were in the trenches as well, sharing the love of Jesus with their fellow Ukrainian citizens.
Chosen People Ministries has had a ministry in the Ukraine for many years. It started in the midst of what I call the "Russian Jewish Jesus Movement," which I date from the fall of the Soviet Union until today. Tens of thousands of Russian, Ukrainians and other Jews living in the Former Soviet Union have come to faith in the Messiah Jesus. In fact, at our LCJE European gathering, about a third of the participants or more spoke Russian or Ukrainian as their first languages. This is miraculous when you consider that the citizens of the Former Soviet Union were once forced to renounce all religious faith, and Jews especially were not allowed to worship in communities.
It is incredible to see what God has done. In fact, twenty-five years ago, Chosen People Ministries may have had a missionary or two that spoke Russian... but today we have 25-30 Russian speakers on our staff, serving around the globe from Russia and Ukraine to Israel, Australia, the United States and Germany!
Vladimir Pikman, who became a believer through our early ministries among the Jewish people in Kiev, tells the story of the founding of our work in front of the building in Madan where our ministries began (now damaged by fire):
Vladimir Pikman: My Testimony and the Birth of Chosen People Ministries in Kiev
I was also able to speak briefly about the work of those dedicated disciples who are the fruit of God's work through Chosen People Ministries in Kiev. There are a number of fine Messianic Jewish congregations in Kiev and Ukraine and quite a few mission agencies that are laboring in various cities throughout Ukraine, bringing the Good News of Messiah Jesus to Jewish Ukrainians and to Gentiles as well.
Mitch Glaser: Appeal for Prayer for Ukrainian Jewish Evangelism
Remember to pray for Ukraine, as we all have many brothers and sisters there who are enduring hardship and trying to bring the Gospel to their people in trying times. There are still hundreds of thousands of Jewish people in Ukraine, and we are asking God to help us increase our ministry to win our kinsmen to the Savior.
We do have one Messianic congregation in Harkov, led by Sasha Sareda, a Ukrainian Baptist pastor called to serve among the Jewish people. We support Sasha and would appreciate your prayers.
As time goes by it becomes clearer and clearer that we will need to expand our work in Kiev. If you have interest in working in Ukraine with Chosen People Ministries, please take a moment to reply to this e-mail so that we can talk about your involvement personally.
I hope you will enjoy the videos - and please pray about supporting our efforts among Russian-speaking Jewish people today!
Please type Ministry to Russian and Ukrainian Jews in the Special Designation box
Your brother in the Messiah,
Mitch
Remnant and Renewal: The New Russian Messianic Movement
Who are the Jewish people of the former Soviet Union and what is their relationship to the Gospel?
Remnant and Renewal: The New Russian Messianic Movement tells the story of the Russian-speaking Jewish people, and the sometimes heartbreaking, often heroic tales of those who have sought to bring the Gospel to them throughout their troubled history.
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Monday, March 10, 2014
Seriously Wounded Ukrainians Airlifted to Israel for Treatment - Israel Breaking News video
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Click here to watch: Seriously Wounded Ukrainians Airlifted to Israel for Treatment
While Kiev and its environs have been relatively peaceful since the bloody clashes of February 18 and 19, hundreds of people are still suffering from wounds they incurred in the confrontation with forces loyal to then-president, Victor Yanukovych. But according to JTA news, the efforts of volunteers in both Kiev and Israel made it possible for seven severely wounded patients to be airlifted to Israel Friday 7, where they are scheduled to receive treatment at the Kaplan Medical Center in Rehovot and at Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Many of the wounded already have undergone multiple surgeries locally. But care in Ukrainian hospitals is deeply lacking, said Tzvi Arieli, a coordinator of the treatment effort who has lived in both Ukraine and Israel. “When you go into a public hospital in Ukraine, you don’t know if you will leave dead,” Arieli told JTA.
The initiative stemmed from the desire of Ukrainian Jews to help their countrymen using the advanced medical capacities of Israeli hospitals, Arieli wrote in an open letter to supporters. “We are a group of Jews from Ukraine,” Arieli wrote. “What binds us together is our Jewish identity and our deep desire to do something to alleviate the suffering of those who have been injured during recent events.” “We love our fellow Ukrainians,” he continued, “and we are proud of the Jewish state, Israel, whose first-class medical treatment will give our countrymen the best chance at resuming a normal life.”
Dr. Valeriya Babchik, a doctor at Kaplan, helped to organize the project, along with Arieli and Marina Lysak, a Kiev resident. Alexander Levin, an American Jewish businessman with extensive ties to Ukraine, donated $50,000 to the initiative, which covered the initial costs of transporting the first group. But Arieli and others estimate the cost of transportation and medical care for 20-30 severely wounded individuals to reach into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not higher.
Source: Arutz Sheva
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Friday, March 7, 2014
For Ukrainian Jews, Crisis Raises Ghost of Holocaust
For Ukrainian Jews,
Crisis Raises Ghost of Holocaust
Chris Mitchell
CBN News 03.07.14
JERUSALEM, Israel -- The situation in the Ukraine pits East versus West, but as often happens in a crisis, Jewish people are caught in the middle.
While the images of Russian troops, protests and barricades dominate the news, behind the scenes another drama is playing out.
Michael Utterback, with Ministry to Israel and Ezra International, said Ukrainian Jews are fearful.
"The Jews are afraid," Utterback told CBN News. "All across the Ukraine, there's a fear, not a panic, but there's a fear that they'll be blamed for a lot of the problems that are taking place in the Ukraine right now."
The Jewish people in Ukraine today remember their history and have reason to fear. Nearly a million Ukrainian Jews were killed in the Holocaust and more than 30,000 of them in the infamous Babi Yar massacre in 1941 in Kiev.
Now, once again they see foreign troops on their soil.
"When they see an invader come in who has a hatred for Jewish people they become afraid," Utterback explained.
Utterback serves with two organizations that have helped more than 130,000 Jews emigrate from the former Soviet Union to Israel since 1991. He said now many more are looking for a way out to go to the Jewish state.
"We have 15 full-time workers and hundreds of volunteers that are working with the Jews all across the Ukraine," he said. "Recently, we have seen the people asking for assistance."
"That number has doubled since all of this has gone on," he continued. "And they're calling night and day asking for someone to know how to immigrate to Israel."
Utterback said despite the crisis, prophecy is being fulfilled.
"If you pull back from all of this and look at what really is taking place from a spiritual perspective, we're watching prophecy come to pass before our very eyes," he told CBN News.
"God promised there would come a day when Jews would have to come back to their own land," he said.
Utterback said it's time to pray for the Ukraine.
"I believe that if believers all over the world would begin praying for the Ukraine, that God would help them in the situation they're in," he said. "Pray that God would spread that throughout the nation and that righteousness would once again reign throughout that land."
Watch here: CBN News video
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Jewish Jerusalem Captured on Canvas: landscape painter Alex Levin
Published on Nov 19, 2013
From the tender age of 6, Alex Levin, was identified as a talented painter. When the Kiev native immigrated with his family to Israel at age 16, a very strong emotion towards his Jewish roots evoked and ever since he only captures in his art moments in Jewish life and places important to the Jewish faith.
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Steven Spielberg bought on of Alex's paintings
Thursday, March 14, 2013
Alex Levin Fine Art
Alex Levin - fine art from Israel
I befriended Alex Levin on Facebook last year, and have tremendously enjoyed his fine art paintings. Below are a few samples. More can be seen at his website and on his FaceBook page. Steve Martin
artistic development and enable him to devote
substantial time to the creation of new work.
Tradition of Jewish Heritage is a collection of work of Jerusalem's holy Western Wall and it's surrounding religious neighborhood by Alex Levin, one of Israel's most talented and youngest celebrated artist. Through the strokes of his brush, Alex has captured the inhabitants of Jerusalem's ultra orthodox neighborhood of Mea Shearim, Jewish Attributes and people at the Western Wall, one of Judaism most holy places... In 2007 Alex received the Medal Award for the Contribution to the Judaic Art from the Knesset. Major Exhibitions: 1989 - KIEV, UKRAINE 1990 - HERZLIYA PITUACH, ISRAEL Alex Levin comes from Kiev, capital of Ukraine, where he was born in 1975 and later on attended Art Academy, which he graduated with honors. In 1990 Alex Levin immigrated to Israel, where he continues to live in a city of Herzeliya. With most productive and hectic schedule, Alex Levin finds additional time to grow as an artist and studies new techniques with Professor Baruch Elron who was the Chairman of Israel Artist Association. The main painting styles are Surrealism and Realism. Featuring a range of works in oil, acrylic, pencil, charcoal and tempera paints.Artworks of Alex Levin admired worldwide and were purchased for numerous private, corporate and institutional collections in the United States of America, Israel, France, Italy, Ukraine, Switzerland and Belgium. A young artist, who just have turned thirty years old, was directly acknowledged by many influential figures including actor and producer Richard Gere, Madonna, Canadian Jazz player Oscar Peterson and former president of Israel Ezer Weizman. Practicing the original manner of 16th century technique, which happens to be multilayered use of tempera and oil (no brush strokes). After serving 3 years in Israel Army, in 1997 entered the industrial and web design program which was a great benefit for his art work. Currently working on 2 themes: "Tradition of Jewish Heritage" and "Venice through the mask's eyes". An artist’s new vision of a Venice Carnival takes a completely unique approach and presents a viewer with a lavish and most prominent feature of Venetian carnival – the Mask. The earlier paintings from "Mask collection" were introduced in year 2002 in Venice and where awarded with the scholarship to Venice Academy of Art to support artist's continuing 1993 - TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (Wine festival Rishon le Zion) 1994 - NEW YORK, USA (ArtExpo) 1997 - SIDNEY, AUSTRALIA (Avory Gallery) 1998 - TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (Bitan Haomanim) 1998 - AMSTERDAM, HOLLAND (ArtExpo) 1999 - PARIS, FRANCE (Gal. le Parvis Saint Merri) 1999 - HERZLIYA, ISRAEL (Vizo) 2000 - LAS VEGAS, USA (ArtExpo) 2000 - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (Gallery Aigu) 2001 - NEW YORK, USA (ArtExpo) 2001 - BERN, SWITZERLAND (Galerie Marlyse Aebli) 2001 - HAIFA, ISRAEL (Eshkol Pais) 2002 - NEW YORK, USA (ArtExpo) 2002 - TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (Offir Gallery) 2003 - NEW YORK, USA (ArtExpo) 2003 - SIDNEY, AUSTRALIA (Hamilton Art Gallery) 2004 - NEW YORK, USA (ArtExpo) 2004 - NEW YORK, USA (Alexander Gallery (Ancient Tradition of Jewish Heritage)) 2005 - NEW YORK, USA (Alexander Gallery (Jerusalem Revelations)) 2006 - NEW YORK, USA (Downtown by Philippe Starck, 23 Wall Street)) 2007 - LOS ANGELES, USA (Beverly Hills, (Jerusalem Revelations)) 2007 - JERUSALEM, ISRAEL (Knesset, (Jerusalem Revelations)) 2008 - NEW YORK, USA (Kostushko Foundation) |
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