Svyatogorsk, Donetsk Province, Ukraine, October 31, 2024
Photo: svlavra.church.ua
Over 22 tons of food was collected in just over a week by believers of the Volyn Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church in support of the inhabitants of the Holy Dormition-Svyatogorsk Lavra.
The charitable cargo arrived on October 29, 2024, the monastery reports.
“As every year, with the blessing of Metropolitan Nathaniel of Volyn and Lutsk, we again collected donations for the Svyatogorsk Lavra. Knowing how this region has suffered from military actions, people readily responded to the call to help the monastery’s monks and refugees living here,” said Archpriest Alexander Kondratyuk, dean of the Kivertsy District of the Volyn Diocese, who accompanied the delivery to the Lavra.
The donation included potatoes, beets, carrots, flour, oil, pasta, and other items. The faithful also collected financial aid.
The previous donation from the Volyn Diocese of the UOC arrived at the Lavra in November 2023. Most recently, the Lavra received humanitarian aid from the faithful of Dnipro city churches earlier this month.
Thanks to humanitarian cargo delivered to the Svyatogorsk Lavra, the monastery not only provides all necessities for its inhabitants and refugees but also helps residents of surrounding settlements. The Lavra has been housing and feeding hundreds of refugees for a decade now.
Unfortunately, the Lavra and its sketes have repeatedly come under attack during the war since February 2022, suffering considerable damage. The abbot of the monastery, His Eminence Metropolitan Arseny, has been unjustly detained by Ukrainian authorities since April.
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