"Mission of Mercy”: UOC aid delivered to war-affected areas
UOC humanitarian mission delivered aid to residents of Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. Photo: "Church Helps" TG channel
Priests of the Kyiv Eparchy delivered humanitarian aid to the most war-affected areas of Donetsk and Kharkiv regions for local residents and AFU military in the "Mission of Mercy" project of the UOC Department for Social and Humanitarian Affairs.
According to the Telegram channel "Church Helps", within three days, from January 31 to February 2, 2023, the participants of the humanitarian mission visited the cities of Izium, Kupiansk, Sviatogorsk, the villages of Zarichne, Kamyanka, Dolyna, Torske, and Ivanchukivka. These settlements survived shelling and occupation, and fighting is still going on in some of them.
The priests brought more than a ton of humanitarian kits, 400 kg of salt and sugar each, sweets, clothing, painkillers and antipyretic medicines. AFU soldiers and the mobile hospital received canned meat, energy drinks and candy bars.
"Our spiritual Mission of Mercy continues. With the blessing of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry and the Synodal Department for Social and Humanitarian Affairs of the Kyiv Eparchy, we delivered a humanitarian cargo for those most affected by war," said Archpriest Andriy Dvorovyi, Head of the Social Ministry and Charity Department of the Kyiv Eparchy of the UOC. “The Scripture says it is ‘more blessed to give than to receive’ (Acts 20:35). True riches are measured not by what you have accumulated and spent on yourself, but by how much you have given. What we have accumulated in heaven is a true treasure. Hurry up to do good."
As reported, UOC priests from the frontline towns of Siversk and Chasiv Yar delivered and distributed humanitarian aid collected in Kyiv and Boryspil eparchies to their fellow countrymen under shelling.
Read also
Удар по Лавре вызвал у меня ярость, мы вернем войну в Рашку, – ЗеленскийTranslation:The strike on the Lavra enraged me, we will bring the war back to Rashka, – Zelensky
The President of Ukraine stated that the Russian strike on the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra filled him with rage, and promised to "bring the war back" to Russian territory.
Глава УГКЦ: Нас с Польшей разделяют не сами факты борьбы УПА, а мифы о ней Head of the UGCC: What divides us from Poland is not the facts of the UPA's struggle themselves, but the myths about it
Sviatoslav Shevchuk called for a return to the papal formula of reconciliation "we forgive and ask for forgiveness" and urged not to leave the topic of Polish-Ukrainian dialogue in the hands of politicians.
RCC priest killed in Sudan after reporting theft of medicine for the poor
In the Nuba Mountains, a Catholic parish cleric was killed by militants after reporting the theft of medicines.
DESS begins checking Pochaiv Lavra for ties to ROC
Viktor Yelensky signed an order to conduct a study into whether Pochaiv Lavra is affiliated with a religious organization banned in Ukraine.
Authorities show Honduran president and U.S. diplomat damage in Kyiv Lavra
The National Reserve noted that the involvement of international partners in documenting the destruction is of great importance.
First openly transgender U.S. lawmaker sentenced for child sex abuse
Former New Hampshire lawmaker sentenced to 33 years in prison for receiving explicit images of young children secretly taken at a daycare center.