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.
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
