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“Peace Unto All” Annual Report for2025
NGO “Friede Allen e.V.” (Germany, Hamburg, VR 25784) Reporting period: January 1 – December 31, 2025 Dear friends, donors, volunteers, beneficiaries, and partners, On behalf of the Peace Unto All team and the nonprofit organization Friede Allen e.V., we are pleased to present our annual report for 2025. Our mission is to support Christian clergy in Russia and other countries who have publicly spoken out against the military actions launched by Russia on February 24, 2022, and who have faced...
Jan 23, 2026
«Peace unto All» — Undesirable?
In September, the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation declared the organization «Mir Vsem (Peace unto All)» undesirable. This project, created by a group of Orthodox priests and laypeople, helps those who spoke out against the war and were forced to leave the country.
Father Valerian Dunin-Barkovsky is one of the co-founders of Peace unto All. In this interview, he talks about how the initiative began, why the state finds help to priests «undesirable,» and what each person can do in t
Oct 27, 2025
"Peace Unto All" — Support the Anti-War priests!
We have only €550 left in our account. Dear friends, Another month is coming to an end, and once again, it is time for us to do everything we can to support our confessors. These people bear a heavy burden: they have lost their parishes, their jobs, and sometimes even their homes. And yet, they have not abandoned the truth or betrayed their conscience. Thanks to your donations, they can buy medicine, pay for housing, and support their families. After the Russian Ministry of Justice...
Oct 23, 2025
“Mir Vsem” Declared an “Undesirable Organization.” What’s Next?
Friends, on August 15 , the so-called Ministry of Justice declared the organization Friede Allen e.V. (“Mir Vsem”) an “undesirable organization.” On September 16 , this information was officially added to the Ministry’s registry. We have become the first Orthodox organization in Russia whose activities, according to the authorities, pose a “threat to the foundations of the constitutional order of the Russian Federation, to the country’s defense capability, or to state security.” What does...
Sep 19, 2025
Peace Unto All — Mid-Year Report 2025
Friede Allen e.V. (Hamburg, Germany, VR 25784) Project: “Peace Unto All” Reporting period: January 1 – June 30, 2025 A Word from the Team Now in our second year of work, we continue to see just how crucial and necessary this project is. Repressions against anti-war clergy by the hierarchy of the Russian Orthodox Church have not stopped. Many are forced to flee the country; others remain and try to rebuild their lives, despite being stripped of their ministry. Thanks to your support, dozens of...
Aug 25, 2025
Deadly Serious Criticism
https://zeitzeichen.net/node/11840 A Confession of Orthodox Christians in Russia Against the War in Ukraine By Johannes Oeldemann Photo: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS At the beginning of January, a group of about 30 people—mostly priests, but also some laypeople—anonymously published a “Confession of Faith” in Russia. In it, they sharply criticize Patriarch Kirill and the leadership of the Moscow Patriarchate, who attempt to theologically justify Russia’s war of aggression against...
Jun 14, 2025
