Cancer-stricken pastor perseveres in war-hit Kherson

Slavic Gospel Association  |  World
Date posted:  1 May 2023
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Cancer-stricken pastor perseveres in war-hit Kherson

Residents celebrate the liberation of Kherson in November, though Russian shelling has continued since (Nina Lyashonok)

A 69-year-old pastor with bone cancer who is receiving daily chemotherapy is refusing to leave Kherson, Ukraine, so as not to abandon his congregation and others in the city.

Sergei Synii has been urged by his daughters to travel to the USA, where they are, for safety and medical treatment.

But he insists the spiritual and physical needs of people in his war-blasted home city must come before his own.

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