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TikTok Videos Spark Faith Journey for Ukrainian Teen

Social media encounter leads young man from western Ukraine to explore Christianity and join a supportive faith community.

September 6, 2025

Ukraine

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TikTok Videos Spark Faith Journey for Ukrainian Teen

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Short TikTok videos marked the beginning of Omelyan Visokansky's spiritual journey, a young man in the Lviv region of western Ukraine.

One day, he came across the blog of a Seventh-day Adventist pastor on social media. Initially, they were merely interesting thoughts and brief passages from the Bible, he shares. But over time, Visokansky's heart was ignited with a desire to know God more closely. He began reading the Bible on his own and realized that this was the truth he had been searching for all along.

In his search for a community of faith, the young man traveled to Lviv, where he attended a Seventh-day Adventist worship service for the first time. Later, he learned that much closer to his home, in the town of Sambir, there was an Adventist congregation that meets every Saturday. Since then, he has become part of this community, where he has received support and encouragement from fellow members.

Today, Visokansky is preparing to publicly commit his life to Christ through baptism.

About the Adventist Church in Ukraine

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Ukraine overseen by the Ukrainian Union Conference (UUC), which as of mid-2024 oversees approximately 733 churches and has about 39,000 members. It was formerly part of the Euro-Asia Division but has been temporarily attached directly to the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists due to the challenging circumstances in the region.

The original article was published on the Ukrainian Union Conference Ukrainian news site. Join the ANN WhatsApp Channel for the latest Adventist news.

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