thanks for the ping and for posting these images. Those in Eastern Europe are truly inspirational. May God Bless them and protect them.
There is so much about the history of the Ukraine that makes me weep. There are untold numbers of Ukrainian saints, both Catholic and Orthodox, and their witness and faithfulness to Jesus Christ and the Most Holy Virgin are what should shine through to us in contemplation. The Communists are still very much with us working their horrors in China as well as hiding under other names and working their evil in the West.
I also think of the Orthodox Russian saint known as St. Elizabeth the New Martyr. How Christians have suffered, but how glorious their fidelity to Christ.
I have become very interested in the messages of Our Lady of Soufanieh and her calls for unity among Christians and for a united date for Easter. In the days to come whether we call ourselves Catholic, Orthodox, or by some other name, we will find in facing the world and the State that we have great need of each other in withstanding as Christians.