Staraya Stanitsa, Rostov Province, Russia, May 21, 2024
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A new Church center for assistance families with children with disabilities opened in the Rostov Province within the Shakhty Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church on Friday, May 17.
There Berega center is located at the Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh in Staraya Stanitsa, part of the diocese’s City of Angels social project, reports Patriarchia.ru.
The center has already accepted the first 10 families with children for rehabilitation, including five families from Donbass.
Photo: diaconia.ru
The Shakhty Diocese already has years of experience helping families with children with disabilities, and now it has opened its new center “which provides facilities for classes, doctors, other specialists and the round-the-clock stay of a mother with a child.”
Experienced specialists will offer families medical, psychological, and spiritual help at the center through an individualized rehab program developed for each child.
All assistance is provided free of charge.
Today, there are more than 400 Orthodox organizations in Russia that help and children and adults with disabilities.
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