Siege of Aleksandrovsk: priests delivered bread to locals under fire from Ukrainian Armed Forces
Nine months without electricity or bread, and that was life in Aleksandrovsk in the LPR in 2014, when the town found itself under blockade. The city faced a humanitarian catastrophe.
One of the few places where people could still get help was the Holy Ascension Church. ‘My brother, also a priest, and I would drive his car to the bakery and buy bread there. We drove along a road that was under fire from Ukrainian tanks,’ recalls Archpriest Konstantin Lobov.
The priests were following the testament of Father Zosima: ‘Always feed people after the service,’ and they did not break it even in the darkest days.
This is a video in a joint project by RT.Doc and the Foundation for the Support of Christian Culture and Heritage. The documentary footage from RT.Doc will become part of the exhibition ‘Return of Light: Restored Churches of Donbass.’
