Ukrainian Christians: 'We Stay, Pray and Try to Bring Hope'

Christians across Ukraine woke to the sounds of explosions as their Russian neighbors began a bombardment of the Eastern European nation. "Our safest places are under attack," said Alexander Rodichev, a church member from Dnipro, a city on the Dnieper River that separates eastern and western Ukraine. Expecting attacks from the east, where pro-Russian separatists control the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, Rodichev and fellow Christians had made plans to house refugees making their way west.