Community members gathered last night at St. John the Baptist Ukrainian Catholic Church in Riverhead for a solemn service marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The phrase ‘separation of church and state’ dates back to a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist congregation.
When Celebration Church decided to help relocate one Ukrainian family affected by Russia’s invasion, Pastor Robert Russell never would have guessed where ...
In December 2025, he became pastor at Pine Mountain Gospel in Backus.