UKRAINE, Slavyansk : An Orthodox priest walks past a barricade outside the security service (SBU) regional building seized by the separatists in the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk on April 23, 2014. Pro-Kremlin rebels in Ukraine braced today for a renewed military offensive by Kiev as US troops headed to region in a show of force after Washington again warned Moscow over the escalating crisis. AFP PHOTO/KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV
It’s easy to question, from a secular perspective, why anyone becomes a priest – whether Roman or Orthodox. This picture reminds me, and I hope helps even secular oriented readers – that being a priest os not just a job. It is more than an occupation: even on their day off, priests are still priests. His calling is the same whoever is in that tank, and whatever happens because of it – and amid all this conflict, he stands tall.
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W3 so here we go……………….
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