Russia claims to defend Christian values. But in occupied Ukraine, churches that don\u2019t support Vladimir Putin\u2019s regime are being silenced.<\/p>\n
In No God but Theirs, The Kyiv Independent\u2019s War Crimes Investigations Unit reveals the persecution of Ukrainian Christian communities in Melitopol, a city now under Russian occupation.<\/p>\n
Before the full-scale invasion, Melitopol was home to a diverse mix of Christian churches \u2014 Orthodox, Protestant, and others \u2014 coexisting peacefully. After occupation, these churches became more than places of worship; they became pillars of hope and resistance. Locals gathered daily in the city square to pray for peace. Russia responded with raids, arrests, and repression.<\/p>\n
This powerful investigative film gives voice to those who continue to worship in secret and documents how religious freedom has been crushed under occupation.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Screening Details:\ufffd<\/p>\n
\u00a0Date: November 4th, 2025<\/p>\n
\u00a0Venue: First Baptist of Plano \ufffd<\/p>\n
\u00a0Time: 7pm<\/p>\n
\u00a0Admission: Free<\/p>\n
Join us for this Texas premiere \u2014 and stay for an in-depth conversation with the filmmakers about truth, faith, and resistance under occupation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russia claims to defend Christian values. But in occupied Ukraine, churches that don\u2019t support Vladimir Putin\u2019s regime are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-25946","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}