Kiev, October 8, 2024
Photo: uoc-news.church
Dioceses and departments of the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church continue to provide humanitarian aid to those suffering throughout the country.
Over 1 ton of charitable aid from the faithful of Dnipro city churches was delivered to the Svyatogorsk Lavra, which has housed hundreds of refugees since fighting began in eastern Ukraine in 2014.
Meanwhile, believers of the Vladimir-Volyn Diocese sent another humanitarian cargo for residents of frontline areas, and employees of the UOC Social Department distributed humanitarian kits to 100 families in need, reports the UOC’s Information and Education Department.
On October 2, aid from the Church of the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos and the Church of St. Seraphim of Sarov in Dnipro arrived at the Holy Dormition-Svyatogorsk Lavra in eastern Ukraine. Unfortuantely, 
Bodies of refugees found under rubble at Ukraine’s much-suffering Svyatogorsk LavraTheir bodies were sent to the nearby city of Kramatorsk for a forensic medical examination.
“>the Svyatogorsk Lavra and its sketes have repeatedly come under attack during the war since February 2022, suffering considerable damage.
The humanitarian cargo weighing over 1 ton was delivered to the monastery by the rectors of these churches, Archpriest Timothy Kuchuk and Archpriest Alexander Kurochkin.
The aid included vegetables, various cereals, fruits, canned meat and fish, cheese, more than 1,000 eggs, cookies, candies, condensed milk, vegetable oil, etc. Dnipro parishioners also provided financial assistance.
Humanitarian aid was also sent to Eastern Ukraine from the Vladimir-Volyn Diocese.
On October 5, employees of the UOC Social Department distributed humanitarian kits to 100 families in need at the Holy Resurrection Church in Kiev.
Each kit includes: 3 types of cereals, pasta, canned meat, oil, sugar, tea, laundry detergent, soap, and shampoo.
The kits were purchased with the support of the Peace to You fund of the UOC Primate, His Beatitude Metropolitan Onuphry of Kiev and All Ukraine, and benefactors.
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