Orthodox believers of New York send a container with humanitarian aid to Donbass

St. Seraphim Church in Sea Cliff (New York) sends a container with humanitarian aid to Donbass, reports Interfax.

It includes medical and household facilities, cloths and footwear. The Synodal Department of Humanitarian Matters of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church will spread the aid, press service of the Synodal Department for Church, Society and Media Relations reports.

The action was held by parishioners of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia and Russian organizations abroad.

The USA Orthodox believers sent the first container with humanitarian aid to Donbass in spring 2015. This aid was delivered to the places, which suffered the most from the military actions.

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