The Ukrainian Orthodox Church raises funds and humanitarian aid throughout the dioceses to help the flood victims in West Ukraine. In compliance with the decision of the Holy Synod of the UOC of August 5, 2008, this responsibility is conferred upon the Synodal Department for Charity and Social Ministry of the UOC and on Metropolitan of Chernivtsi and Bukovyna Onuphry, whose diocese was also affected by the disaster.
At present by the efforts of the Department with archdeacon Sergiy Kosovskyi at the head a load of humanitarian aid (clothes for children and adults, medicines etc) was prepared and sent to the Diocese of Ivano-Frankivsk of the UOC. Several other loads are expecting their turn. The Department raises funds and gathers clothes for the victims together with the charitable organizations "Vira, Nadiya, Lyubov", "Heart's Triumph" and the charitable fund "Beregynia".
For implementation of the decision of the Holy Synod of the UOC the respective commission was established on August 6, this year. By the present the commission has collected more than 300.000 Hrn, sent from the other dioceses of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, as well as from Belarus and Russia. The dioceses of the Crimea and Cherkasy responded especially promptly. The costs and other assistance (clothes, food etc) were provided to rectors of the flood affected villages, who, in their turn, distributed them between the inhabitants. Such action plan proceeds from the fact that only the local priests know the true state of affairs at the local level.
Last week raising of funds throughout the churches of Kyiv and the region was finished, these costs will be transferred to the affected regions through the church communications. Also we should note the assistance organized by the natives of the affected regions, living abroad. In particular, the containers with humanitarian luggage and the costs from Italy, Spain and other popular countries among our workers, come to the affected Chernivtsi region. Source: http://orthodox.org.ua/eng/node/341
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