Polish Primate hands over humanitarian aid to Kharkiv Eparchy of UOC

On March 21, 2022 the Kharkiv Eparchy of the UOC received humanitarian aid from the Primate of the Polish Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Sawa, Metropolitan of Warsaw and all Poland, reports the press service of the Kharkiv Eparchy of the UOC on its Facebook page. In addition, the Metropolitan of Warsaw expressed his support to Metropolitan Onuphry of Kharkiv and Bogodukhiv.

The humanitarian aid – storable food, household chemicals, hygiene products – will be distributed in parishes of the Kharkiv Eparchy among the needy.

As reported, the aid was brought to the Rivne Eparchy from the Orthodox Germans.

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