Khmelnytskyi Eparchy collects 25 tons of aid for Sviatohirsk Lavra

Metropolitan Viсtor blessed a 25-ton shipment of humanitarian aid from the UOC's Khmelnytskyi Eparchy to the Sviatohirsk Lavra.

The Khmelnytskyi Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church has sent approximately 25 tons of humanitarian aid to the Sviatohirsk Lavra, collected through the joint efforts of clergy and believers, the eparchy reports.

The humanitarian aid was assembled on the grounds of the Transfiguration Church in Khmelnytskyi. Before the truck departed, Metropolitan Viktor of Khmelnytskyi and Starokostiantyniv offered a prayer for a safe journey and sprinkled the truck and its cargo with holy water.

The shipment included food, drinking water, and hygiene supplies. Hieromonk Mark (Lys), a cleric of the Khmelnytskyi Eparchy and a monk of the Exaltation of the Cross Monastery in Starokostiantyniv, is accompanying the aid to the monastery.

The eparchy expressed its sincere gratitude to the clergy and faithful for their generosity.

Earlier, the UOJ reported that UOC volunteers had delivered 30 tons of aid from Bukovyna to the Sviatohirsk Lavra.