Ukraine Prayer # 475

Ira Kapitonova
The Lord has made known his salvation;
he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.
Psalm 98:2
Today is the Ukrainian Unity Day.
Over the centuries, Ukraine had been divided between different empires. It gained its attempt at independence after WWI when former empires were weakened. That’s when the Ukrainian People’s Republic (UNR) and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic (ZUNR) were established. For a while, they existed separately and tried to find where they fit in the new world order. In 1918, the Ukrainian People’s Republic finally proclaimed its independence, and on January 22, 1919, they declared a Unification Act, converging the Ukrainian People’s Republic and the West Ukrainian People’s Republic into a sovereign state. Ukrainians, previously divided by the borders of former empires, could finally become one. Unfortunately, the newly established state turned out to be too weak against the new enemies, and Ukraine lost its independence, its land divided between the Soviet Union and Poland. For decades, the Unification Act was the driving force for an independent, unified Ukraine, and its independence was finally restored on August 24, 1991. Yet, the fight for our independence (and existence) continues now.
 
God loves the nations, He sets their borders, in heaven there will be a tree that the leaves will be for the healing of the nations. Can we pray for the nation of Ukraine as they celebrate this special day and pray that one day it will be a united independent nation again.

Al Akimoff and the Slavic Ministries Team
 
Today's picture — the activists raised the flag of Ukraine in Crimea. "We unfurled the flag on one of the peaks of the Crimean mountains, Pakhkal-Kai, to show the unity of the Ukrainian people because Crimea is Ukraine! Today, the symbol of Ukraine flies over the mountaintop of Crimea, and very soon, we will decorate the entire peninsula with blue and yellow flags. Happy Unity Day, Ukraine!" the activists of the Yellow Ribbon Movement wrote.