BRIDGE Team
BRIDGE
Artem Tyshchenko
20 years old, Kharkiv
About
A third-year student at the Faculty of History of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University and Deputy Head of the Faculty’s Student Scientific Society. He is actively engaged in academic research and participates in and organizes academic conferences on historical topics.
He is a member of the youth organization AIESEC and the civic initiative “SityFace.” He also served as a mentor for children from frontline areas as part of the “Studmentor” program.
Key Actor 1: Leaders and activists of secular youth organizations
Key Participant 3: Students and young social and civic researchers
Artem Herasymenko
23 years old, Kharkiv
About
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Tourism. He is a member of the missionary organization “Orthodox Easterners.” He is engaged in missionary activities and serves as a reader during church services.
Key Participant 2: Leaders and activists of youth organizations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU)
Key Participant 5: Young representatives of deeply traumatized groups (widows, orphans, internally displaced persons, military spouses, veterans) who have not yet actively participated in civil society activities
Mykola Horaichuk
17 years old, Kyiv Region
About
A lyceum graduate, an applicant to the Kyiv School of Economics, and a civic activist. He has experience leading student self-government, where he worked with his team to organize school events. He is also actively involved in sports and played on his school’s volleyball team, which represented Fastiv District at the regional level.
Volunteering and civic engagement are an important part of his life. He organized school fairs to raise funds for FPV drones, participated in the charity “Chestnut Run,” and contributed to a joint fundraising campaign organized by the media outlet “GRUNT” to purchase quad bikes for the 95th Air Assault Brigade.
In addition, he sings in the amateur choir of the Transfiguration Cathedral and participated in the 2025 “Cardboard Protest.”
Key Actor 1: Leaders and activists of secular youth organizations
Key Participant 3: Students and young social and civic researchers
Nikita Kravchuk
30 years old, Nizhyn
About
A postgraduate student at the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy, a board member of the All-Ukrainian Union of Assyrians “Nineveh,” co-founder of the NGO “Ranganatha,” a member of the Youth of the National Council of Ukrainian Communities, and Head of the Department for Intercultural Dialogue and Cooperation with National Communities and Religious Organizations of the Youth Council under the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.
Key Actor 1: Leaders and activists of secular youth organizations
Key Participant 3: Students and young social and civic researchers
Hieromonk Ioan Bondariev
29 years old, Kyiv Region
About
Rector of St. Nicholas Church. Representative of the Pereiaslav-Vyshneve Eparchy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU) for relations with public authorities. He actively participates in state events, youth projects, the implementation of secular projects, and volunteer initiatives.
Key Actor 1: Leaders and activists of secular youth organizations
Key Participant 2: Leaders and activists of youth organizations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UOC) and the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU)
Ключовий актор 1: Лідери та активісти світських молодіжних організацій
Ключовий учасник 2: Лідери та активісти молодіжних організацій УПЦ та ПЦУ