Parishioners of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Church Abroad Send Over 7 Tons of Humanitarian Aid to the Peaceful Residents of Southeastern Ukraine

Source: ROCOR
Natalya Mihailova | 02 May 2015
With the blessing of His Holiness Patriarch Kyrill of Moscow and All Russia and His Eminence Metropolitan Hilarion of Eastern America and New York, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia, local clergyman and laity collected and sent over 7 tons of goods, medicine and food to the residents of Southeastern Ukraine on Wednesday, April 29, 2015.
Parishioners of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA and the Eastern American Diocese of the Russian Church Abroad Send Over 7 Tons of Humanitarian Aid to the Peaceful Residents of Southeastern Ukraine
Photo: http://synod.com/

His Grace Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, and His Grace Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan,Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, Protopriest Serafim Gan, Chancellor of the Synod of Bishops, Hegumen Nikodim (Balyasnikov) of Saint Nicholas Cathedral in New York, and Ivan Baldychev, one of the active organizers of the New York-area collection, participated in accompanying the shipment of aid through Aero Deluxe Shipping Incorporated in Brooklyn NY. Pavel Kalinovsky, president of the firm, offered the free use of shipping containers and warehousing throughout the period of the collection of humanitarian aid. The peaceful residents of Ukraine will receive these goods through the Department of External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, as well as the philanthropic international mission known as “Mercy Without Borders” in Kiev.

Since you are here…

…we do have a small request. More and more people visit Orthodoxy and the World website. However, resources for editorial are scarce. In comparison to some mass media, we do not make paid subscription. It is our deepest belief that preaching Christ for money is wrong.

Having said that, Pravmir provides daily articles from an autonomous news service, weekly wall newspaper for churches, lectorium, photos, videos, hosting and servers. Editors and translators work together towards one goal: to make our four websites possible - Pravmir.ru, Neinvalid.ru, Matrony.ru and Pravmir.com. Therefore our request for help is understandable.

For example, 5 euros a month is it a lot or little? A cup of coffee? It is not that much for a family budget, but it is a significant amount for Pravmir.

If everyone reading Pravmir could donate 5 euros a month, they would contribute greatly to our ability to spread the word of Christ, Orthodoxy, life's purpose, family and society.