Chaplains of UOC deliver humanitarian aid to Kherson region
UOC believers from Kyiv and Kropyvnytskyi collected humanitarian aid for the residents of Berislav.
Military chaplains of the Kyiv Eparchy of the UOC, along with volunteers from the Petro Kalnyshevskyi Support Fund for Defenders of Ukraine, conducted a spiritual and humanitarian mission in the city of Berislav in the Kherson region, reports the Telegram channel of the UOC Synodal Department for Social and Humanitarian Affairs.
The mission participants delivered winter clothing and food to the residents of Berislav, which had been collected by the communities of the Kyiv parish of All Saints and the Annunciation Cathedral in Kropyvnytskyi.
In addition, Fr Oleksandr Shulzhenko, a volunteer from the Hetman Kalnyshevskyi Fund, presented a generator to the residents of Berislav.
According to Father Nikolai, the rector of the Vvedensky Cathedral in Berislav, "this assistance is a true testament to the unity of the Church of Christ".
As earlier reported, the UOC parishes in the German cities of Cologne and Paderborn had also provided humanitarian aid to the Armed Forces of Ukraine and residents of the frontline areas in the Kherson and Donetsk regions.
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