UOC hierarch and priests donate blood for Kharkiv residents and military
Metropolitan Onuphry of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv with priests and seminarians of the UOC. Photo: the Kharkiv Eparchy
On 24 January, the clergymen of the Kharkiv Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church and students of the theological seminary donated blood for the needs of Kharkiv residents and the military, reports the eparchy’s press service.
In the photos published by the press service, Metropolitan Onuphry of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv, together with priests and seminarians of the UOC, are donating blood at the Kharkiv Regional Blood Service Centre.
As previously reported, the UOC hierarch expressed his condolences to the victims of the shelling in Kharkiv.
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