Ukraine Priests and Protests

In this file photo taken on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, An Orthodox priest prays as he stands between pro-European Union activists and police lines during clashes in central Kiev, Ukraine. As a barricade of blazing tires belched thick black smoke, a line of priests stood between angry protesters and ominous riot police. Every freezing morning, priests sing prayers to demonstrators gathered on the Ukrainian capital’s main square, a solemn and soothing interlude to vehement speeches calling for revolution. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, file)