New Times

EDITION 4

With grace and peace the Apostles of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in their letters greeted those to whom their letters were addressed. This is the secret of the influence that these letters still have on their modern readers, the beloved of God, the called-out saints. We read an example of this greeting of the Apostle Paul in his letter to the Romans: “… to all you who are in Rome, beloved of God, called out saints: grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 1:7)

The words of grace and peace are conveyed to the readers of the almanac “New Times” by the friendly team of authors, editors and publishers. It is only by the grace of God that we have collected, prepared, and published the fresh works of our contemporaries that are included in this anthology. We remind our readers that the purpose of the almanac is to give each of them the opportunity to get acquainted with new works by their favourite authors or to discover new names. And we are happy to serve poets and pro- zists by helping them to expand their readership.

The authors of the works, testimonies, and reflections included in the next issue of the New Times Almanac No. 4 (2024) currently live in different countries of the Russian-speaking dispersal, where they found themselves unwillingly. Many of the authors have lost everything they had. For most of them, their living conditions have changed: they have lost their favourite job or their newly built house; they have experienced an internal rupture with people with whom they had a long-standing friendship and cooperation; they have encountered previously unknown experiences, agony and suffering, and betrayal by loved ones. But these unbearable circumstances not only did not change their trust in the love, mercy and faithfulness of their heavenly Father, but also confirmed them in the faithfulness of His promise “… I will not leave you nor forsake you” (Hebrews 13:5).

With this trust and testimony the authors of this publication share with the readers in the hope of meeting the sincere sympathy and understanding of kindred souls.

There is no doubt that some readers, encouraged by the publications that have found their place on the pages of our almanac, will discover the literary gift that has long been in them, will look around them and will see countless evidences of the manifold grace of God, which can be spoken and written about endlessly.

We have humbly and hopefully fulfilled our part of labour and service and leave it to the grace of God to use this publication to strengthen the faith and trust of our dear readers.

The editorial board of the spiritual lyrics almanac “New Times” sincerely hopes that the reader who has not yet discovered in Jesus a priceless source of living water and an inexhaustible supply of the bread of life, will surely approach this source of grace. We thank the Lord for all the participants in the literary ministry and work who contribute to the fulfilment of our mission with their prayers, advice and donations and help us to fulfil the purpose of the literary ministry. “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all. Amen.” (Revelation 22:21)

Peter Panasenko, coordinator of the “New Times” project

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Authors

Pjotr Abrashkyn

This Resurrection of Christ was very special to me! It is the day when the Savior took me out of the sinful captivity of a senseless and vicious life of passions and lusts and filled it with the life-affirming wisdom of the Sermon on the Mount.
Aleksandr Atlas

Only a marvelous God could set everything in place with such precision, predetermining the time and place of our meeting.
Hryhoryi Berh

But times, like a pendulum, invariably swing back and forth. In the seventies it was easier to practice one’s faith than in the thirties. Of course, the freedom of the nineties was still a long way off…..
Olga Veligan

How this long-awaited bread smellsWith blossoms of unearthly fragrance…On this poor, scorched earthWe have touched Jesus again.
Vyktor Verkhovod

It is so important in life to find salvation, Without hesitation and without doubt, To accept Jesus, like children, simply, For it will be too late there at the pogost….
Elena Vykulyna

And even if the lights go out tomorrow,You’ve got today and nowDon’t waste that timeDon’t miss that God-given chance
Andrei Dziuba

We know from the Bible that God is the Creator of history and the migration of peoples, that is, He is the one behind it. He has determined, as the Scriptures say, the times, the dates, the limits of dwelling to know Him.
Aleksei Dunaev

Let me understand someone else’s painAnd share in someone else’s joy.To have salt in my words and in my life,But not to hurt anyone’s feelings
Aleksandr Kalynskyi

God accomplishes His government through earthly authority. It is she who is appointed to establish God’s order on earth, and we submit to her. Provided it does not overstep the bounds of God’s will.
Yryna Karkhut

Salvation’s door is open to thoseTo those who trustWhom Christ has foreverRedeemed by His blood.
Nykolai and Vera Kytsen

Here I go to Him again with a prayer,From the noise of the day, in the silence of the nightI go like a chamois to the watering hole:To drink my soul’s refreshment.
Eduard Kurat

He rewarded by faith, He inspired,He gave me hope and he didn’t give up on meHe opened my eyesTo keep me in the dark
Serhei Kushnar

Prayer brings us closer to God,The soul desires to thank Him,Don’t whisper a word to Him,but only a humble silence.
Valeryi Marukhyn

My thoughts, Lord, are with You,Of the great and beautiful landWhere peace and quiet reignWhere there’s no smell of death’s storm,My thoughts, Lord, are with Thee.
Pavel Ozerkov

For ten years we have been walking across Kamchatka.On paths and dusty roads,preaching the principles of God.
Liubov Pavliuk

His mother’s words rose again in his mind, and her warning of the end time, of the vicious life he had led. But did not everyone live a noble and holy life, and would not a loving God stop them at the right moment to give them a chance not to perish?
Leonyd Pysarchuk

I’d like a heart where the painwhere pain is sharp and familiar,I’d like a word with salt in itShort but weighty.
Yulyia Sanko

I love to hear God. I love to talk to Him mentally. Nothing and no one could comfort my motherly soul. The Holy Spirit spoke tenderly and so reverently of His love each time. About how there would be more times to hurt and promised to be there for me. Before Him, I can be real. He is attentive and very close.
Natalia Smolykova

Dear parents, do not agree with the public opinion when it is not in favor of your child, and do not follow it, do not be afraid of losing your “face”, do not be ashamed of your children, even if they do something wrong, take their side! After all, if not you, then who?
Vladymyr Shyshko

For a ship, sails to sail on the waves.A bird has wings to fly to the clouds.For man, faith in Christ’s victory,That he may inherit the heaven of heavens.