Orthodox volunteers bring more than 1,000 Christmas gifts to Syria

Moscow, December 22, 2016

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A Russian delegation has arrived in Damascus with humanitarian aid and more than 1,000 children’s Christmas gifts in tow, for families that have lost parents in the war, reports life.ru.

The cargo of medicine, grains, sugar, salt, pasta, canned foods, candy, stationery, and children’s toys was delivered by participants from the “Forty Times Forty” Orthodox public organization, the Apostle Paul Foundation, and the Orthodox social network “Elitsy.”

Assistance is also being brought to the St. Thecla Convent in Maaloula which was destroyed in September 2013 by militants who kidnapped the abbess and eleven nuns, releasing them in April 2014. The monastery is being supplied with liturgical utensils, icons and procession banners.

The delegation will also visit refugee camps, childrens' hospitals, orphanages, and students who have lost parents in the war, as well as various monasteries and churches. Additionally, the volunteers have a meeting scheduled with His Holiness Patriarch John X of Antioch, as well as various governmental and public figures.

12/22/2016

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IOCC maintains one of the largest established networks in Syria delivering life-saving humanitarian aid. IOCC’s reach extends to large parts of Syria through programs that provide emergency relief with health, education, water, sanitation, hygiene, shelter, crisis counseling and economic recovery assistance. Since 2012, IOCC has provided humanitarian relief to four million Syrian people displaced in their own country, or living as refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq, Armenia, Greece and Serbia. Church-state delegation visits Syria Church-state delegation visits Syria Church-state delegation visits Syria Church-state delegation visits Syria
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'We will thank anyone who helps us stay in our country'
Comments
Elijah Borek12/22/2016 9:32 pm
True Christian unity! Volunteers of the '40x40' (Sorok sorokov) Orthodox movement do so much good, they are active, courageous and openhearted.
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