Russian Orthodox Church collects over 39 million roubles in aid to victims of wildfires

By August 20, the amount of 39,052,000 rubles (1, 27, 813 USD), 26,254 US dollars and 5,451 euros have come to the accounts of the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service as of August 18, the website Miloserdie.ru has reported.

The present needs are as follows:

- oxygen cylinders (medical) and 240-litre plastic bags

- foodstuffs: canned meat and fish, tinned stewed meat, cereals, macaroni, milk and drinking water

- fire fighting appliances: 51-mm fire hoses and adapter connectors for pumps, petrol-powered pumps; 110×51-triplex valves, special clothes, axes, tarpaulin gauntlets, petrol-powered saws, respirators, special footwear with a thick sole, backpack fire-extinguishers.

- clothes and other things: (please bring only new clothes with labels) bed linen, underwear, socks for men and women, mattresses, beds, refrigerators, waffle-cloth towels, women’s large-size nightgowns, large-size and light dressing gowns, field showers, deposable tableware, tarpaulin sleeping bags, tarpaulin tents.

All the rest is not needed at the moment.

These things can be brought to the Synodal Department at Rimskaya metro station, Nikoloyamskaya ul, 57, build. 7, from 09.00 to 21.00.

We still need volunteers:

- to unload and sort out the aid according to locations

- to keep contact by telephone with local people and to clarify information

- to explore the situation on spots, to deliver aid, to control deliveries (we need volunteers with cars)

- to help disseminate information by writing in the Internet, distributing leaflets, giving information to friends, etc.

- to stand by together with our workers on duty and to meet coming volunteers.

Inquiries can be made by e-mail: otdel.pozhar@yzndex.ru, and hotline: (495) 542 0000 (495) 542 0000.

We do not accept cash. All the donations are to be made to the Synodal Department’s account. The Petrocommerce bank will not charge transactions on our account from August 9 to October 1, 2010.

For donations in roubles, see the Russian version of the site.

For donations in US dollars:

NAME: PRO Department for church charity and social service of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow’s Patriarchate)
Address: 109004, Russian Federation, Moscow, st. M.Kommunisticheskaya, d.29
Beneficiary Bank:
OJSC Bank Petrocommerce
Bank’s Address: 127051, Russian Federation, Moscow, st. Petrovka, d.24,str. 1
S. W. I. F. T.: PTRBRUMM
Account number/IBAN: 40703840400100001493
DETAILS OF PAYMENT: Voluntary Donation to victims of fires
INTERMEDIARY BANK: The Bank of New York Mellon RUSSIAN FEDERATION, New York
SWIFT: IRVTUS3N
Acc. № 890-0068-116

For donations in euros:

BENEFICIARY:
NAME: PRO Department for church charity and social service of the Russian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
Address: 109004, Russian Federation, Moscow, st. M.Kommunisticheskaya, d.29
Beneficiary Bank:
OJSC Bank Petrocommerce
Bank’s Address: 127051, Russian Federation, Moscow, st. Petrovka, d.24,str. 1
S. W. I. F. T.: PTRBRUMM
Account number/IBAN: 40703978000100001493
DETAILS OF PAYMENT: Voluntary Donation to victims of fires
INTERMEDIARY BANK: J. P. Morgan AG, Frankfurt am Main
SWIFT: CHAS DE FX

Donations can also be made by SMS to 7715 with the word “пожар”.

DECR Communication Service

8/22/2010

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