Russian Church vows to raise funds for crisis-hit Greece
All Orthodox churches in Russia will raise funds to help Greece mitigate the social impact of the euro zone crisis, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia announced on Thursday.
“We are currently establishing relations between our church charitable organizations and the Church of Ellada so that the Russian Church can take part in this good work of helping the needy in Greece,” the Patriarch said at a meeting with the leader of the New Democracy party of Greece, Antonis Samaras, in Moscow on Thursday.
Greece’s current problems are “taken to heart” in Russia, the patriarch said. The Russians think highly of help being given by the Greek Church to those hit hardest by the crisis, he said.
It is so refreshing to hear about the persecuted church reaching out to others. Our prayers are with you in your endeavor to help others.
-MyrtlelinderThis is a side of Russia that we do not often get to see. Would that we might see it more often.
-Bud MacGuireGod bless and keep these heroic Christian people.