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Al Jazeera
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Liz Cookman

Amid attacks, Ukrainians seek shelter in a subterranean church

Andriy Voytsekhovskyy prays in the church on the first day of the Russian invasion, Mariupol, Ukraine [Emre Caylak/Al Jazeera]

Mariupol, Ukraine – Andriy Voytsekhovskyy held back tears, praying for Ukraine and singing hymns with a small and emotional congregation in a subterranean church as fighting raged nearby.

In a quiet suburb of Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, the church is almost invisible from the street as it sits in the foundations of a building that was never completed. It’s unusual for two reasons – it is underground, and it is Evangelical in a country where most Christians are Orthodox.

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