Warming stations opened in UOC churches in Kyiv for capital’s residents

The Pokrovsky Monastery of the UOC in Kyiv. Photo: inok.info

In Kyiv, warming stations have been set up at UOC's churches. According to the UOC press service, the decision was taken with the blessing of His Beatitude Metropolitan Onufriy in response to a sharp cold snap, difficult weather conditions, and disruptions to the electricity supply in the capital.

The warming stations are operating at a number of parishes in all districts of Kyiv, including the Pokrovsky (Intercession) Convent, as well as churches in Podil, Obolon, Darnytsia, Holosiiv, Sviatoshyn, and Pechersk.

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In specially equipped rooms, anyone can come in to warm up, drink hot tea, and charge mobile phones and other gadgets.

The Kyiv eparchy is urging everyone who has found themselves in a difficult situation because of the cold or the lack of electricity to seek help at the nearest UOC churches.

The warming stations are open daily from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

We are publishing the full list of parishes:

  1. Intercession Convent, Bekhterevskyi Lane, 15
  2. Church of St Michael, Metropolitan of Kyiv (Oleksandrivska Hospital), 39/1 Shovkovychna Street
  3. Exaltation of the Cross Church (Podil District), 1 Vozdvyzhenska Street
  4. Intercession Church (Priorka, Podil District), 2 Mostytska Street
  5. Demiivka Church (Holosiiv District), 54 Holosiivskyi Avenue
  6. Makariv Church (Shevchenkivskyi District), 46 Stara Poliana Street
  7. Intercession Cathedral (Obolon District), 5A Pryrichna Street
  8. Church of Cosmas and Damian (Obolon District), 8A Yuriia Kondratiuka Street
  9. Church of the Nativity of Christ (Berezniaky, Dniprovskyi District), 3B Yuriia Shumskoho Street
  10. Church of the Icon of the Mother of God “Quick to Hear” (Darnytsia District), 12 Borysa Hmyri Street
  11. Church of Venerable Sergius (Solomianskyi District), 14 Umanska Street
  12. Church of St Spyridon (Sviatoshyn District), 7A Lesia Kurbasa Avenue
  13. Church of St Theodosius of Chernihiv (Sviatoshyn District), 2 Chornobylska Street
  14. Church of Adrian and Natalia (Lisovyi Masyv, Desnianskyi District), 32 Lisovyi Avenue
  15. Church of All Saints (Pechersk District), 3 Zaliznychne Highway

As the UOJ previously reported, warming stations were also opened in the Vinnytsia, Rivne, and Khmelnytskyi eparchies.

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