Ust-Katava, Chelyabinsk Province, Russia, March 23, 2022
diaconia.ru
More than 40 tons of humanitarian aid from Ust-Katava in the southern Urals Chelyabinsk Province were recently delivered to Mariupol, Ukraine, which has been the scene of intense fighting for about a month now.
The donation included more than 2 tons directly donated by the Russian Church’s Zlataoust Diocese.
Two trucks full of bottled water, non-perishable goods, hygiene products, and diapers were delivered on March 21, reports the Russian Church’s Synodal Department for Charity and Social Service.
“When such an opportunity arose, we immediately joined in sending aid, which is being collected in all the churches of the diocese,” said Fr. Nikolai Nevzorov, head of the Social Department of the Zlatoust diocese.
Another 14.5 tons of aid were collected in the churches and monasteries of the Simferopol Diocese, for the relief of those suffering in the Kherson Province in southern Ukraine. Funds from the Synodal Department for Charity were also put towards the collection.
The majority of the aid was sent for injured civilians in Kherson, and the rest to more than 1,000 people on the border between Crimea and the Province.
This is the second dispatch of humanitarian aid. 5.5 tons of food and basic necessities were previously sent to the Kherson Province, and there are plans to distribute food, diapers, and medicine again.
The Synodal Department has distributed millions of rubles to a number of dioceses to help refugees.
According to another report, 41 Russian dioceses are actively involved in helping refugees.
As OrthoChristian has reported several times, numerous countries and Orthodox Churches throughout the world have offered and continue to offer substantial humanitarian aid to refugees and those suffering in Ukraine.
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