(5 May 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Donetsk region, Ukraine – 05 May 2024
1. Various of Priest Ivan, chaplain of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian army, lighting candles and saying prayers
2. Various of Easter cakes
3. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Priest Ivan, Chaplain of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade, Ukrainian army:
"Today we are celebrating the biggest and grandest holiday – the holiday of the bright Resurrection of Christ, the holiday of Easter. This is when our Lord Jesus Christ sacrificed himself for the sake of all humanity, for the sake of all people, just as Ukraine is now sacrificing itself for the sake of the whole world."
4. Various of soldiers placing candles
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Priest Ivan, Chaplain of the 72nd Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian army:
"Spiritual support is no less important. Just as the body is sick, so is the soul. Just as a surgeon cuts off everything that is superfluous in the body, the priest also cuts off everything that is superfluous in a person’s state of mind. Because the state of mind and spiritual support are no less important for ensuring the fulfilment of combat tasks of personnel."
6. Various of Priest Ivan placing and lighting candles and singing prayers
7. Closeup of candles
8. Various of Priest Ivan driving in car
9. Sunrise
10. Closeup of number plate reading: (Ukrainian): "Chaplain"
11. Various of cakes being placed on a table
12. Priest Ivan blessing Easter cakes and praying with soldiers
13. Closeup of Easter cakes and eggs
14. Soldiers are blessed with water
15. Close-up of cakes
STORYLINE:
For a third year running many Eastern Orthodox Christian Ukrainian soldiers are celebrating Easter on the front lines.
It’s a busy time of the year for members of the church, including frontline priests like Ivan, Chaplain of the 72 Mechanised Brigade of the Ukrainian Army,
After driving to a Ukrainian army position in Donetsk region in the dead of night, he held a short service with soldiers and blessed Easter cakes that would end up with troops in and around the frontlines.
Explosions were heard during the service but Priest Ivan didn’t stop praying.
He has been in the army since the beginning of the war in 2014.
"Our Lord Jesus Christ sacrificed himself for the sake of all humanity, for the sake of all people, just as Ukraine is now sacrificing itself for the sake of the whole world," he told the Associated Press.
AP video shot by Vasilisa Stepanenko
Producrion by Volydymyr Yurchuk
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