Meet three members of the Ukrainian Pacifist Movement who call for peace as war begins its fifth year. #Ukraine #Russia #War progressive.org/latest/ukrai...

24th February. This day four years ago Putin invaded Ukraine, and he is continuing to procecute his war of aggression without any sign of relent. It came to me that three things are needed to stop the war and prevent its continuation forever.

This article gives account of worship and current concerns of Ukrainian Friends (Munich Security Conference, a meeting in Office of President on the stated topic of "expediency" of alternative service for conscientious objectors that will take place today, my trial tomorrow) www.civilni.media/573/

We could achieve justice and peace without violence, and overcome evil with good (Romans 12: 21). #Quakers, #Kyiv, #Ukraine Ми можемо досягти справедливості та миру без насильства та перемогти зло добром (до Римлян 12: 21). #Квакери, #Київ, #Україна

Praising #Jesus #Christ, the Prince of #Peace, this #PeaceSunday, in English and Ukrainian. It is a #hymn "O Day of Peace That Dimly Shines" by Carl P. Daw.

#Kyiv #Quakers will not allow the war, lawlessness and hatred to freeze our hearts. We'll continue prayers for #peace and labor of love. #Квакери не дозволять війні, беззаконню та ненависті заморозити наші серця. Продовжуємо молитви за #мир і працю любові. youtu.be/KkiLhPrAxqk

At the first worship in 2026 #Friends sought #pacifist responses to warmongering and heavenly help in upholding human rights to peace and cosncientious objection to military service. #Quakers #Квакери youtu.be/7xDLDk05CYA #Друзі шукали у молитві пацифістські відповіді на розпалювання війни.

#Молитва та спілкування на захист сумлінних відмовників: відеозапис. #Worship sharing in support of conscientious objectors: a video record. youtu.be/Iah8tkJWVwA #Україна #HumanRights #Ukraine

Let’s worship instead of bloodshed. #NoWar on #Christmas! www.civilni.media/524/ Будемо молитися, а не проливати кров. #НіВійні на #Різдво!

The #Adventist remains steadfast in his #faith, despite being wrongfully imprisoned among the 14 #ConscientiousObjectors from Desna military training center. #Ukraine #HumanRights www.civilni.media/514/

Lion and Calf. #Quaker Worship for #Peace in #Ukraine Today it may seem impossible for a lion and a calf to live in peace. But there is a #prophecy in the Book of #Revelation that a lion and a calf will stand at the throne in the kingdom of Heaven. friends.org.ua/2087

“Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one.” George Fox Photo by account holder taken in Norfolk.

#Trump 's (Dmitriev-Witkoff) 28 points on #Ukraine: is there a place for a #PeacePlan? Presentation on a looming repetition of the Thirty Years' War in #Europe and key role of #ConscientiousObjectors in stopping the madness doi.org/10.13140/RG....

Remembering Holodomor and victims of Russian aggression, ready to donate blood and give anything needed to resist the war peacefully, the Friends upheld in worship the world leaders in their talks that hopefully prevent great bloodshed. youtu.be/dSzEjIEKcCc #Quakers #Ukraine 🕯️Молитовні збори Друзів

Right to #ConscientiousObjection and security considerations. Presentation at the roundtable on #NationalSecurity of #Ukraine. #ПраваЛюдини Право на сумлінну відмову і безпекові міркування. Доповідь, тема круглого столу - #НаціональнаБезпека України. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

"Force may subdue, but love gains: And he that forgives first, wins the laurel." William Penn

Development of #ComputerGames for #learning peaceful #ConflictResolution (on example of the games “Peacemaker” and “Abolish War”). Розробка комп’ютерних ігор для #навчання мирному вирішенню конфліктів (на прикладі ігор “Миротворець” та “Abolish War”) #ігри www.researchgate.net/publication/...

In 2021, we asked Johanna Jackson and JT Dorr-Bremme to share some of their thoughts after spending 18 months talking to Friends about what makes for healthy spiritual communities. What did they see for the future of the Religious Society of Friends?

When Russian strikes leave many Ukrainian homes without electricity, hope for a just peace remains one of the sources of inward light and power that helps us to survive. This hope gives us the strength to seek justice. friends.org.ua/2016

A quote from William Penn (1644–1718). Penn was an English writer, theologian and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era. #Quakers #QuakersIreland #FaithInAction #QuakerQuotes

Europe is rearming and criminalizing refusal. The WBW Europe Network calls for full legal protection, asylum, and resources for conscientious objectors. History shows: when refusal spreads, war becomes impossible. Scale objection! Undermine militarism! buff.ly/HGjK9gk

Constitutional Court of #Ukraine decides whether the state have a right to imprison conscientious objectors to military service www.civilni.media/448/ Конституційний Суд України вирішує, чи можна ув’язнювати людей за вірність власній совісті. #ПраваЛюдини #HumanRights #ObjectWar #ВідмовВійні

Today's Daily Quaker Message. Read the full quote: dailyquaker.com

#ComputerGames for #PeaceEducation. Навчальні #ігри і мирна #освіта: #дослідження. youtu.be/W3u2EpC5z38

#Quakers and pacifists in #Kyiv, #Ukraine, invite to celebrate #InternationalDayOfPeace together with #worship and #PeaceEducation games. #Квакери і #пацифісти запрошують відсвяткувати #МіжнароднийДеньМиру разом з молитвою та навчальними іграми. friends.org.ua/1891 #мир #молитва #освіта #Україна

Join us for this free online bible study program with Woodbrooke and Barclay Press on October 18th! This session is an opportunity for Illuminate authors to share what led them to write and what inspired them most about the theme of ‘creation’. Register for the link at pendlehill.org/calendar/chr...

There is nothing new about Quakers being arrested. The FBI has opened several investigations into Quaker peace activists, the Religious Society of Friends. American Friends Service Committee @afsc-org.bsky.social, a Quaker organisation, was first under FBI surveillance in 1921, then in 1956 etc.

Пам'ятаючи, що Правда приносить визволення (від Івана 8:32), #квакери молилися за правду, свободу і #мир в Україні та в усьому світі. Remembering that Truth brings liberation (John 8:32), #Quakers prayed for justice, freedom, and #peace in #Ukraine and throughout the world. youtu.be/3VGeBqbowKY

Зі святом, #Україна! #Молитва за правду, #мир і свободу на цей #ДеньНезалежності. A song and prayer for justice, peace and freedom of #Ukraine on this Independence Day.

Enjoy a new singing of the Ballad of #GeorgeFox in English and in Ukrainian from the Ukrainian #Quaker Songbook. Насолоджуйтеся новим переспівом Балади про Джорджа Фокса українською та англійською з Пісенника Українських Квакерів. youtu.be/Rlb0dJIAPrs #Quakers #Квакери #пісня

The tragedies of August 9: the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and the execution of a martyr Franz Jägerstätter who refused to fight for Hitler. -- A Voice of Conscience briefing from the Institute of Peace and Law pax.org.ua

#Quakers pray that children be saved from war and all corruption be eradicated so it will not steal a #future and welfare of the people. youtu.be/DZCd6gPl6iE Молимося, щоб діти не гинули від війни, щоб в світі панувала #правда і #мир і #корупція не крала наше щасливе майбутнє.

How can we hold to our peace testimony, even in times of war? And how can we best contribute to building a sustained and just peace? This BBC podcast explores these questions, which Quakers have been engaging with for over 400 years. Listen here: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Meeting for worship of #Quakers in #Ukraine was dedicated to bright memory of #HumanRights activist Rudi Friedrich. We will continue his work to guarantee #RightToRefuseToKill. Only #peace can be just and blessed. There could be no holy wars youtu.be/8OLY91MCcws #ObjectWar #квакери #Україна #мир

This International Day of Hope, I hope most of all that peoples on Earth have power to stop all wars by refusing to kill. youtu.be/piU6vlVOU7g #InternationalDayOfHope #DayOfHope #IDOH2025 #Ukraine #ObjectWar

Upholding in the Light Oleksandr Ivanov, our Friend forcibly conscripted, #Quakers sought peace and justice in silent #worship. youtu.be/gypBI6-WcY4 #Квакери підтримали у Світлі Олександра Іванова, примусово мобілізованого Друга. Наша тиха #молитва за #мир і справедливість.

Light fills the sky with hope, and the prayers of Friends today are for peace, freedom, and justice. Світло наповнює небо надією, і #молитва Друзів сьогодні за #мир, свободу та справедливість. #Quakers #Ukraine #Квакери www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2LA...

When the federal government rescinded a decades-old policy protecting houses of worship from immigration raids, a group of Quakers filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security. Listen to this week's episode: quakerpodcast.com/the-quakers-...

Two gifts for #pacifists on #Constitution Day: a judge of Constitutional Court appointed by #Zelenskyy; nice ruling of Supreme Court #Ukraine #Україна www.civilni.media/400 Подарунки на #ДеньКонституції: #Зеленський призначив суддю Конституційного Суду; гарна ухвала ККС ВС. #Конституція #Закон #Суд

QUNO announces the publication of the new report, "Civil Society at the United Nations." Since the outbreak of #COVID19, #CivicSpace (the means for #CivilSociety groups like NGOs to work) has shrunk worldwide, including at the UN. quno.org/timeline/202...

The #Quaker United Nations Office in #Geneva is looking for its next leader! If this could be you, please consider applying. You must be a member of the Religious Society of Friends to be eligible for this role. Application deadline: Friday 18 July 2025. Apply here: quno.org/timeline/202...

Valentyn Adamchuk, a #Pentecostal, sentenced to 3 years of prison in #Ukraine for obeying commandment #ThouShaltNotKill. He must be acquitted. #ObjectWar www.civilni.media/366/ #Пятидесятник Валентин Адамчук засуджений на 3 роки тюрми за відмову вбивати. Він має бути виправданий. #Україна

"My journey into faith and with faith and through faith is primarily to do with seeking a direct connection and communication with the Divine," Tim Gee explains—and for a long time, that led to Scripture taking a back seat. So how did Tim come to find solace and support in the Bible?

I told them I lived in the virtue of that life and power that took away the occasion of all wars (George Fox). #Quakers #Ukraine Я сказав їм, що живу чеснотами такого життя і сили, які позбавляють сенсу усі війни (Джордж Фокс). #Квакери #мир #молитва youtu.be/A94SmgkDKq4

The #PrisonersOfConscience must be immediately released. It is vital to protect human right to #ObjectWar in #Ukraine and allow alternative service. Необхідно негайно звільнити в’язнів сумління, захистити #ПраваЛюдини. #ВідмовВійні, #Україна має створити альтернативну службу. www.civilni.media/331/

#Quakers worshipped in silence, read moving Epistle of the Central European #YearlyMeeting (CEYM), that mentions #Ukraine with care, and prayed for peace. #Друзі, #Квакери молилися у тиші, читали зворушливе Послання Центрально-Європейських Щорічних Зборів, молилися за #мир. youtu.be/164Dvc8XegM

It’s the channel’s 100th video! A short montage of my thoughts, experiences and conversations with Friends at Britain Yearly Meeting! #quaker #quakerism #yearlymeeting @quaker.org.uk I go to Britain Yearly Meeting for the FIRST time! youtu.be/Hk885omCFkY

William Penn’s “Holy Experiment”: Quaker Roots, Radical Toleration, and the Birth of Pennsylvania www.witf.org/2025/06/06/w...

📰 Olena Nikolayenko examines interplay between #gender norms & nonviolent/civil resistance in Ukraine's #Euromaidan: how they are contested but also how they constrain patterns of resistance doi.org/10.1163/2772...