Orthodox Christianity::Charity, Mercy - News

Metropolitan Sergey of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk is awarded the Order of Saint Prince Vladimir, Second Class

diaconia.ru — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 03:00:00 +0300

On January 30, 2008,� it was 25 years since His Eminence Metropolitan Sergey of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk, Chairman of the Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Moscow Patriarchate,� was consecrated as a bishop.

The Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Moscow Patriarchate

Sisters of mercy feeding homeless in Vladivostok

diaconia.ru — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:00:00 +0300

It is for four years now that a sisterhood has been working at the Parish of the Dormition in Vladivostok. The sisters feed the homeless three times a week.

The Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Moscow Patriarchate

About two dozens of chapels and prayer rooms functioning in hospitals in Yekaterinburg diocese

diaconia.ru — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 03:00:00 +0300

The Sverdlovsk regional healthcare ministry and the diocese of Yekaterinburg have signed a cooperation agreement. The first program for their cooperation was worked out in 1994.

The Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Moscow Patriarchate

Social services in the diocese of Irkutsk and Angarsk

diaconia.ru — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:00:00 +0400

In 2005 the Department for charity and mercy was founded in the Irkutsk and Angarsk diocese. Priest Alexander Vasilenko was apppointed head of the department.

The Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Moscow Patriarchate

Social Service of the Astrakhan and Yenotaev Diocese

diaconia.ru — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0400

The Astrakhan and Yenotaev diocese was established in 1602. Since October 1992 Archbishop Iona (Karpukhin) has been administrating� the diocese. During the period of fifteen years� that vladyka has been the ruling hierarch� of the Astrakhan diocese some great changes took place in the diocese.

The Department for Church Charity and Social Service of the Moscow Patriarchate