On July 2, 2015, the IV Parliamentary Prayer Breakfast of Ukraine was held, uniting in a common prayer for our country the MPs of Ukraine, Ukrainian Government Ministers, representatives of Kyiv City State Administration, members of the All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations, Congress and SenateRepresentatives, members of the European Parliament, foreign diplomats. Among those present were the coordinators of prayer breakfasts in the United States and Europe,and the President of the European Baptist Federation.
The prayer breakfast with "Our Father" prayer and performance of the spiritual anthem of Ukraine –“Oh Lord and the Only, for us our Ukraine, please, keep.” Next, the participants read the Scripture, prayed and shared their thoughts.
“For already eighth consecutive year, Ukrainian MPs hold regular prayer breakfasts in the Parliament of Ukraine. Every Thursday in Parliament, a prayer group of MPs gathersaround the Word of God and studies it. Then they say Our Father prayer and then go to work to the parliamentary hall.
In addition, from 2011, we launched the national prayer breakfast, which found wide support among Ukrainian politicians, public figures and representatives of the clergy.
Ukraine is a young country that goes through difficult times, it is important to base its formation in eternal spiritual values, having secured God’s help,”says the MP of Ukraine, coordinator of the parliamentary prayer breakfast, Chairman of MAO For spirituality, morality and health of Ukraine Pavlo Ungurian.
Background:
Prayer breakfast is a longstanding tradition in many democratic countries, and serve as a place of spiritual unity and understanding for politicians and government officials. Over more than 60 yearssuch prayer breakfasts were held in the United States, as well as in the European Parliament, Germany, Norway and many other countries in Europe and the world. In 2011, Christian MPs initiatedthe national prayer breakfast in Kyiv, uniting MPs, politicians and government officials. In 2014, the third National Prayer Breakfast of Ukrainewas held on the eve of presidential elections under the patronage of Speaker of the Parliament of Ukraine Olexandr Turchynov.
This prayer breakfast became the spiritual platform, which consolidated after the Revolution of Dignity around the Word of God – MPs, representatives of the Government and Presidential Administration, parliamentarians and foreign diplomats, heads of Christian denominations. During the prayer breakfast, politicians, government officials, clergy and the public discussed how to build a new country on spiritual foundations. It was reported by the press service of the National prayer breakfast.