Churchwide gathering funds for immigrants held in forgiveness Sunday
With the blessing of Patriarch of Moscow and all Russia Kirill forgiveness Sunday, February 22, in all the churches of the country will be held plate fundraiser in aid to refugees From the South-East of Ukraine, said Last news in the press service of the Synodal Department for charity.
"The Patriarch blessed to start a new fundraising because almost all of the gathered Church funds and that 59 million rubles have already been spent on assistance to refugees. But we can't stop using, can't stop to give food, hygiene products, clothes, we can't stop targeted to assist the most vulnerable categories of people, because the number of immigrants does not decrease ", - reports the press service of the word the head of the charity Department of the Bishop of Orekhovo-Zuevo Panteleimon.
Today, every day in the Church centre for humanitarian assistance in Rostov-on-don for help comes more than 180 families of immigrants (about five hundred), Church point humanitarian assistance in the capital of Russia - turn 100-150 people per day. IDPs receive food, clothing, shoes, assistance in finding housing, employment, purchasing tickets, as well as targeted financial assistance. In addition, the Church sends humanitarian aid to residents of Luhansk and Donetsk dioceses.
1st fundraiser in aid of the civilian population of Ukraine was declared the Church year. Across the country, the Church opened dozens of humanitarian centers, took thousands of immigrants in their institutions (orphanages, monasteries, parish houses). The ROC also launched a free telephone hotline assistance to refugees.
Kyiv authorities began in April in the East of Ukraine military operation against dissatisfied with the February coup d'etat in the region. According to the summary data, the victims of the conflict began more than five thousand civilians, more than 10 thousand were injured, about a million became refugees. The ninth of December in the Donbass began a consistent militias and security forces through the mediation of the OSCE another truce. On January 9, the intensity of attacks in the region has increased, and among them fired residential areas of Donetsk.
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