In late May, a team from United Methodist News, the United Methodist Committee on Relief and the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries visited church refugee ministries in the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and western Ukraine to share stories of the United Methodist presence in the wake of such tragedy and ongoing need.
Mike DuBose is staff photographer and Joey Butler is a multimedia producer/editor for United Methodist News.
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The gymnasium at the Onokivtsi Secondary School near Uzhhorod, Ukraine, has been turned into a dormitory for single persons who fled their homes elsewhere in Ukraine due to the war with Russia. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
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Daryna irons a baby blanket while Maria monitors the embroidery machine in their sewing shop at the United Methodist Hotel Hanul Fullton and community center in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. The women fled the war in Ukraine. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
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The Revs. László Khaled (left) and Üllas Tankler (second from left) pray with the family of Robert, Renatta and their children in the small cabin they share at the United Methodist Dorcas church camp in Debrecen, Hungary, where they are staying after fleeing the war in Ukraine. The family is among many Roma who have found a place of welcome at the camp. Khaled is superintendent of The United Methodist Church in Hungary and Tankler is the European/Eurasian representative of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
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Maryna Tagunkova (front) and Eduard Holtman (center) join in prayer at Prague 2 United Methodist Church in Prague, Czech Republic. They are members of Agapé United Methodist Church, the Russian-speaking congregation that shares space with the Czech-speaking congregation. Holtman is a lay speaker at the church and regularly drives relief supplies to the Ukrainian border. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
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The Rev. Jack Amick (center, with back to camera) of the United Methodist Committee on Relief leads a prayer for refugees from Ukraine who are living at the monastery for the Church of the Assumption in Cornești, Romania, where The United Methodist Church of Romania is helping provide support. The Revs. Rares Calugar (left, rear), is superintendent of The United Methodist Church in Romania, and translator Alexandra Aiscpur (right, rear) joined the prayer. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.
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A banner representing solidarity with Ukraine hangs from the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. Photo by Mike DuBose, UM News.