Svyatogorsk, Donetsk Province, Ukraine, January 3, 2025
Photo: svlavra.church.ua
Another shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived at the Holy Dormition-Svyatogorsk Lavra in the Donetsk Province, which has been housing refugees since 2014, and which has suffered repeated damage since the war began in 2022.
The abbot of the monastery, His Eminence Metropolitan Arseny, has been unjustly detained by Ukrainian authorities since April.
On December 31, 5.5. tons of aid from the Diocese of Chernivtsi and Bukovina were delivered, the monastery reports.
The delivered cargo included cabbage, onions, eggs, dairy products, condensed milk, fresh fish, apples, fruits, as well as personal hygiene items, household chemicals, greenhouse film (150 microns) to replace previous window coverings, a construction-grade vacuum cleaner, barrels, and other items.
Believers from all over Ukraine and from abroad participated in this act of mercy. The Bukovina volunteers continue to collect aid for the Lavra.
After visiting the main monastery, the Bukovinians delivered humanitarian aid to the Lavra’s skete dedicated to St. John of Shanghai and San Francisco in Adamovka village, and then to the Holy Protection Convent in Lyman.
Also note that the monastery residents use the received humanitarian aid both for the needs of the monastery and its refugee residents, as well as for the inhabitants of surrounding settlements.
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