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![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Father Radu Brinza comforts a Ukrainian refugee woman at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000JlBcvN48Ygw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000JlBcvN48Ygw.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Father Radu Brinza comforts a Ukrainian refugee woman at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Srd7838N4zQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Srd7838N4zQ.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Social worker Zota Ionut Lucian, coordinator at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000gMnx3J8014I/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000gMnx3J8014I.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Ukrainian refugees enjoy a hot meal, at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000od634aKq.h0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000od634aKq.h0.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Elena Timofticiuc, executive secretary of AIDRom at the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000jtLmi8_ZMMg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000jtLmi8_ZMMg.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: A Ukrainian refugee woman enjoys a hot drink at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000yTQG2P.h0tc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000yTQG2P.h0tc.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Ukrainian refugees enjoy a hot meal, at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ep7PahzFOGw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ep7PahzFOGw.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Toys wait to be distributed, and Ukrainian refugees enjoy a hot meal, at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000LS2SCFHwx7Q/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000LS2SCFHwx7Q.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000r5ntLQQPizM/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000r5ntLQQPizM.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Aid workers and volunteers await the arrival of refugees at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000BH9CFEY_Z5Y/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000BH9CFEY_Z5Y.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Toys wait to be distributed to refugee childre at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ymYgavKFERI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ymYgavKFERI.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Social worker Zota Ionut Lucian, coordinator at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000gli1.y1zqjU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000gli1.y1zqjU.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Ukrainian refugees enjoy a hot meal, at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000B3_O27gRJuI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000B3_O27gRJuI.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Ukrainian refugees enjoy a hot meal, at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000QSimGmsxvx0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000QSimGmsxvx0.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Ukrainian refugees enjoy a hot meal, at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000zV8aAiR2AkQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000zV8aAiR2AkQ.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: A man visits an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000yRr7qg3Ea98/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000yRr7qg3Ea98.jpg)
![17 March 2022, Sculeni, Romania: Ukrainian refugees enjoy a hot meal, at an AIDRom support point by the Sculeni border crossing connecting Romania and Moldova. The border crossing at Sculeni, near Iasi, Romania, serves as an entry-point for Ukrainian refugees fleeing the atrocities of war caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Located at Romania’s eastern border, the crossing sees Ukrainian refugees enter Romania after passage through Moldova. As war wages on in Ukraine, the influx of refugees across Europe varies geographically depending on what cities are currently under attack in Ukraine. If the city of Odessa comes under heavy fire, large numbers of Ukrainian refugees are expected to take the route into Romania via the crossing at Sculeni. [Image captured on assignment for the World Council of Churches, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the WCC’s work, with credit to Albin Hillert/WCC upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000kxfkwqbAPYg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000kxfkwqbAPYg.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Yury, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks to a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000pJdMheyNn40/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000pJdMheyNn40.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Natalya, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, meets a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000EkylexxTHLo/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000EkylexxTHLo.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Luydmila, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, is among a group of refugees staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000_GkoePmgDRo/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000_GkoePmgDRo.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Natalya, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks to a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000AmmGdQ8FgKA/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000AmmGdQ8FgKA.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children, holds her daughter in her arms. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000LcD7j7B538s/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000LcD7j7B538s.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children, kisses her daughter on the cheek. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I000065mEYtz8U1s/fill=/fit=250x250/I000065mEYtz8U1s.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000hem4zcqwOkw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000hem4zcqwOkw.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Alexandra, a refugee from Yasynuvata in the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, who arrived in Russia to seek refuge with her two children. The family is now staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000TZhQU8NVbao/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000TZhQU8NVbao.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches director of international affairs Peter Prove (right) offers a bar of chocolate to Nik (left), a disabled refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000SCqdC8YSyfc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000SCqdC8YSyfc.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Luydmila, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks a members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance visiting the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000.Gwq9UoA6Bw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000.Gwq9UoA6Bw.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches director of international affairs Peter Prove (right) offers a bar of chocolate to Nik (left), a disabled refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000YTUdrhk46tg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000YTUdrhk46tg.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Nik, a disabled man from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, is among a group of refugees staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000AHyORIXIRfA/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000AHyORIXIRfA.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Luydmila, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, is among a group of refugees staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ObxIJENK7xc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ObxIJENK7xc.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Luydmila, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, is among a group of refugees staying at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000GMI_zNyk80k/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000GMI_zNyk80k.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Yury, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks to a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000SKqHVYSyl4s/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000SKqHVYSyl4s.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Lucy, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks to a visiting delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000HzIvvTHL3Xw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000HzIvvTHL3Xw.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches director of international affairs Peter Prove (right) meets Lucy (left), a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Kz.aaHvaDMg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Kz.aaHvaDMg.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Luydmila, a refugee from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine, speaks a members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance visiting the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000R.QFl22Ct.s/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000R.QFl22Ct.s.jpg)
![10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: Shipments of donations from people across Europe wait to be transported across the border into Ukraine. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000b.y3s0_C9E8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000b.y3s0_C9E8.jpg)
![10 March 2022, Záhony, Hungary: Shipments of donations from people across Europe wait to be transported across the border into Ukraine. A town of some 3,500 residents, Záhony has become a key border crossing for Ukrainians going to Hungary, particularly by train. Záhony residents support incoming refugees in a variety of ways, and a local high school has been repurposed to serve as a temporary centre for accommodation with a capacity for 250 refugees, as they pass through the town on their way onward into Hungary or other neighbouring countries. Following the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February, more than 200,000 people have crossed the border from Ukraine into Hungary, to seek refuge from war and an increasingly desperate humanitarian situation. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000fQubm9aCTxM/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000fQubm9aCTxM.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in front of the Independence Monument, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ubdf6ofISTY/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ubdf6ofISTY.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: 'Stand with Ukraine' reads a mural in central Kyiv. Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000pywI2iP5.2s/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000pywI2iP5.2s.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Behind the flags stands a sign reading 'Ukrainians killed by Putin' (the Russian president). Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000479KoJFXvac/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000479KoJFXvac.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000B5dCBLD8IG0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000B5dCBLD8IG0.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in front of the Independence Monument and a sequence of three-dimensional letters reading 'I love Ukraine', in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000wTalUCJbQ.0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000wTalUCJbQ.0.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Behind the flags stands a sign reading 'Ukrainians killed by Putin' (the Russian president). Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00000mF1AOuP68w/fill=/fit=250x250/I00000mF1AOuP68w.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000qarrmuNhLtc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000qarrmuNhLtc.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in front of the Independence Monument and a sequence of three-dimensional letters reading 'I love Ukraine', in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00005dEzWD7Oi2Q/fill=/fit=250x250/I00005dEzWD7Oi2Q.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000lf4nrvhXLqg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000lf4nrvhXLqg.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Ukrainian flags mounted at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine. Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the square in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000DAcHG64ntIc/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000DAcHG64ntIc.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: Thousands of Ukrainian flags have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in front of the Independence Monument, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Behind the flags stands a sign reading 'Ukrainians killed by Putin' (the Russian president). Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000M6TGUMfOXrg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000M6TGUMfOXrg.jpg)
![9 October 2022, Kyiv, Ukraine: A woman sits down to observe the thousands of Ukrainian flags that have been placed at the Maidan Nezalezhnosti --Independence Square -- the central square of Kyiv, capital city of Ukraine, in memory of those whose lives have been lost since the invasion of Ukraine by Russian military forces in February 2022. Behind the flags stands a sign reading 'Ukrainians killed by Putin' (the Russian president). Ukraine suffers from the invasion by Russian Federation military forces into the country, ongoing since late February 2022, and since 30 September also the annexation by Russia of four regions in eastern Ukraine. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000zNNdx5o6_Sk/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000zNNdx5o6_Sk.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese, speaks to a group of children at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000SGKPgCkagso/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000SGKPgCkagso.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Stephan Igumnov of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) speaks to a group of refugees visited by members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000PkbLUkBxjlY/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000PkbLUkBxjlY.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Children walk through the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000CZyLq6oKw7s/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000CZyLq6oKw7s.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A girl rides a small skateboard at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000aLzh9BNC9Jg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000aLzh9BNC9Jg.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Elena from Yasynuvata is one of many refugees currently staying at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000KvCDjlMo2Xo/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000KvCDjlMo2Xo.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Natasha (Natalia) from Donetsk (right) and Elena from Yasynuvata (left) are two of many refugees currently staying at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000OYPqVriQYh4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000OYPqVriQYh4.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Olga Nikolaevna, director of the Orphanage-Internat Numder 1 of Donetsk, shares her experience evacuating with hundreds of children from the Donbas region to take shelter at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000XyoQF5im6n4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000XyoQF5im6n4.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Children run towards their dormitory building, named Solnechny ('Sunny'), at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000WTlmfHDAcJQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000WTlmfHDAcJQ.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A boy walks with a small skateboard in his hands at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000RceooEvYdiE/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000RceooEvYdiE.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Children run towards their dormitory building, named Solnechny ('Sunny'), at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Gxvtjq9u_LU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Gxvtjq9u_LU.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria and other members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance visit the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000yuNlOFjsF7s/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000yuNlOFjsF7s.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A young girl pats a dog at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00007qxLZ.swAi8/fill=/fit=250x250/I00007qxLZ.swAi8.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Laundry hangs to dry on a balcony at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Cc1gcF0YFZ8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Cc1gcF0YFZ8.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Daniil Davidenko of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) takes a photo of members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance as they visit the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000Ww7BUFceKZk/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000Ww7BUFceKZk.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A child holds a woman's hand as they walk through the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000TBePGo35SAg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000TBePGo35SAg.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: An elderly woman rests on her cane in a courtyard at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000DFpAwhpvS.8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000DFpAwhpvS.8.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A child holds a woman's hand as they walk through the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000mppOyImDQYM/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000mppOyImDQYM.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A woman refugee pushes a pram through a pathway at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000p6KGvoho5pM/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000p6KGvoho5pM.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri (left) receives and answers questions from a curious refugee girl named Alisa (Alice) (right) at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00006hYICazyBxU/fill=/fit=250x250/I00006hYICazyBxU.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Clothing lay prepared for distribution at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00005JXbPKJY5cs/fill=/fit=250x250/I00005JXbPKJY5cs.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Children play at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000RLDpg.ZkZe0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000RLDpg.ZkZe0.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese hands a bar of chocolate to a child at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000PX9YNU5MksU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000PX9YNU5MksU.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Daniil Davidenko (left) of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in conversation with children at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000X3vVzNWSIbU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000X3vVzNWSIbU.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese smiles as he greets a woman and child at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000DY0zZFcXNvU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000DY0zZFcXNvU.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese greets a group of children at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000.ML5oHvNJis/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000.ML5oHvNJis.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese smiles as he greets a woman and child at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000sMLu4VhoC20/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000sMLu4VhoC20.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Daniil Davidenko (left) of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) in conversation with children at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000az4K6yBrhF0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000az4K6yBrhF0.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese greets a group of children at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000sJQVW8V_C9k/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000sJQVW8V_C9k.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches director of international affairs Peter Prove helps distribute bars of chocolate to children at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I000093x2KgHbxuc/fill=/fit=250x250/I000093x2KgHbxuc.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance are shown around by director Alexei Resvanov at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000flFhsyddo5c/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000flFhsyddo5c.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Evgeny Osyak of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), head of the department for church charity and social service at the Rostov-on-Don Diocese, speaks to a group of children at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I00006EQaWDLGScQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I00006EQaWDLGScQ.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Daniil Davidenko of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) greets a group of children at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ODl0oJKk5ho/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ODl0oJKk5ho.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Yulia Alexeivna Zhuravlova serves as director at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000DNy.3gp7VuM/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000DNy.3gp7VuM.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A group of refugees walk on a path enshrouded in trees at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000lsW1jpEk6zI/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000lsW1jpEk6zI.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Yulia Alexeivna Zhuravlova (centre) serves as director at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000QG0MbIstWBw/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000QG0MbIstWBw.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Road sign to the city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, pictured west of Taganrog in the Rostov-Oblast region of Russia. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000jFk.k4MC2.8/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000jFk.k4MC2.8.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Father Stephan Igumnov of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) speaks to a group of refugees visited by members of a delegation from the World Council of Churches and the ACT Alliance at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000bgVJUfc4m2o/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000bgVJUfc4m2o.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Road sign to the city of Mariupol in eastern Ukraine, here pictured in the Rostov-Oblast region of Russia. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000_PytrpwMOvQ/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000_PytrpwMOvQ.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: Natasha (Natalia) from Donetsk (centre) is one of many refugees currently staying at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000QQN5QfIbJn4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000QQN5QfIbJn4.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria helps distribute bars of chocolate to children at the Kotlostroitel Children’s Wellness Centre ”Sunny” in the village of Krasnydesant, near Taganrog in southwest Russia, which following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in late February serves as temporary accommodation for refugees from the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine — most of them women, children and elderly people. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000k_vDJuRxRdA/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000k_vDJuRxRdA.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: A girl shows a necklace of her own that she is wearing to Fr Stephan Igumnov of the Russian Orthodox Church, at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000RYfXtwESUUY/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000RYfXtwESUUY.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: World Council of Churches deputy general secretary Prof. Dr Isabel Apawo Phiri helps distribute bars of chocolate to children at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000IpFCQnKaISg/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000IpFCQnKaISg.jpg)
![23 May 2022, Taganrog, Russia: ACT Alliance general secretary Rudelmar Bueno de Faria helps distribute bars of chocolate to children at the Romashka sports and recreation complex in Zolotaya Kosa, southwest Russia near the border to Ukraine. Romashka hosts several hundred refugees from the Donbas region in Ukraine, most of them children from orphanages formerly in the Donbas region of Ukraine, evacuated as military tensions grew in eastern Ukraine and along the border between Ukraine and Russia in mid-February 2022. While the refugees receive Russian state support for accommodation and meals, the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate) also accompany them, providing spiritual and psychosocial support, as well as processing and responding to individual or more specific requests or needs expressed by the refugees. [PLEASE NOTE: This image was captured on assignment with the World Council of Churches and ACT Alliance, visiting Russia upon invitation from the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate).]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ec0yulA7Q0o/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ec0yulA7Q0o.jpg)
![14 March 2022, Pozdišovce, Slovakia: Bishop Peter Mihoc (left) of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia (Eastern district) and local pastor Rev. Denisa Vargová (right) lead Sunday service in Pozdišovce, Slovakia. Pozdišovce is the closest to the Ukrainian border of all the church’s congregations, and so the church here plays a key role in supporting incoming refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine into Slovakia. Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, close to 200,000 Ukrainians have come to seek refuge in Slovakia. The Lutheran church is taking a leading role in hosting and providing support to incoming refugees, both immediately at the border, and medium to long-term by arranging accommodation and shelter, providing food and other support needed. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000yYDlr7f1Qm0/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000yYDlr7f1Qm0.jpg)
![14 March 2022, Pozdišovce, Slovakia: Bishop Peter Mihoc of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia (Eastern district) places his hands on congregants' heads while sharing a blessing during Sunday service in Pozdišovce, Slovakia. Pozdišovce is the closest to the Ukrainian border of all the church’s congregations, and so the church here plays a key role in supporting incoming refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine into Slovakia. Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, close to 200,000 Ukrainians have come to seek refuge in Slovakia. The Lutheran church is taking a leading role in hosting and providing support to incoming refugees, both immediately at the border, and medium to long-term by arranging accommodation and shelter, providing food and other support needed. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000h_2EQpAFx5A/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000h_2EQpAFx5A.jpg)
![14 March 2022, Pozdišovce, Slovakia: Bishop Peter Mihoc of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia (Eastern district) places his hands on congregants' heads while sharing a blessing during Sunday service in Pozdišovce, Slovakia. Pozdišovce is the closest to the Ukrainian border of all the church’s congregations, and so the church here plays a key role in supporting incoming refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine into Slovakia. Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, close to 200,000 Ukrainians have come to seek refuge in Slovakia. The Lutheran church is taking a leading role in hosting and providing support to incoming refugees, both immediately at the border, and medium to long-term by arranging accommodation and shelter, providing food and other support needed. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000VePxdCmhtrU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000VePxdCmhtrU.jpg)
![14 March 2022, Pozdišovce, Slovakia: Bishop Peter Mihoc of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia (Eastern district) places his hands on congregants' heads while sharing a blessing during Sunday service in Pozdišovce, Slovakia. Pozdišovce is the closest to the Ukrainian border of all the church’s congregations, and so the church here plays a key role in supporting incoming refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine into Slovakia. Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, close to 200,000 Ukrainians have come to seek refuge in Slovakia. The Lutheran church is taking a leading role in hosting and providing support to incoming refugees, both immediately at the border, and medium to long-term by arranging accommodation and shelter, providing food and other support needed. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000EtSgY.t46Vo/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000EtSgY.t46Vo.jpg)
![14 March 2022, Pozdišovce, Slovakia: Bishop Peter Mihoc of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia (Eastern district) distributes holy communion during Sunday service in Pozdišovce, Slovakia. Pozdišovce is the closest to the Ukrainian border of all the church’s congregations, and so the church here plays a key role in supporting incoming refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine into Slovakia. Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, close to 200,000 Ukrainians have come to seek refuge in Slovakia. The Lutheran church is taking a leading role in hosting and providing support to incoming refugees, both immediately at the border, and medium to long-term by arranging accommodation and shelter, providing food and other support needed. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000r2KX3FYxbW4/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000r2KX3FYxbW4.jpg)
![14 March 2022, Pozdišovce, Slovakia: Bishop Peter Mihoc (left) of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia (Eastern district) and local pastor Rev. Denisa Vargová (right) lead Sunday service in Pozdišovce, Slovakia. Pozdišovce is the closest to the Ukrainian border of all the church’s congregations, and so the church here plays a key role in supporting incoming refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine into Slovakia. Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, close to 200,000 Ukrainians have come to seek refuge in Slovakia. The Lutheran church is taking a leading role in hosting and providing support to incoming refugees, both immediately at the border, and medium to long-term by arranging accommodation and shelter, providing food and other support needed. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000cbDUeRt_IqY/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000cbDUeRt_IqY.jpg)
![14 March 2022, Pozdišovce, Slovakia: Bishop Peter Mihoc of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia (Eastern district) preaches during Sunday service in Pozdišovce, Slovakia. Pozdišovce is the closest to the Ukrainian border of all the church’s congregations, and so the church here plays a key role in supporting incoming refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine into Slovakia. Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, close to 200,000 Ukrainians have come to seek refuge in Slovakia. The Lutheran church is taking a leading role in hosting and providing support to incoming refugees, both immediately at the border, and medium to long-term by arranging accommodation and shelter, providing food and other support needed. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000ogr8tcUUJrU/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000ogr8tcUUJrU.jpg)
![14 March 2022, Pozdišovce, Slovakia: Bishop Peter Mihoc of the Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Slovakia (Eastern district) shares a word of prayer during Sunday service in Pozdišovce, Slovakia. Pozdišovce is the closest to the Ukrainian border of all the church’s congregations, and so the church here plays a key role in supporting incoming refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine into Slovakia. Since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022, close to 200,000 Ukrainians have come to seek refuge in Slovakia. The Lutheran church is taking a leading role in hosting and providing support to incoming refugees, both immediately at the border, and medium to long-term by arranging accommodation and shelter, providing food and other support needed. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert, to report about the war in Ukraine.]](https://archive.lifeonearthpictures.com/img-get2/I0000e4OsX8.AOng/fill=/fit=250x250/I0000e4OsX8.AOng.jpg)