Kiev, Ukraine
On May 24th the «Mary and Martha House” was opened; it is a center of spiritual and psychological assistance for those with serious infectious diseases (HIV/AIDS, chronic hepatitis, etc.) as well as for their relatives and for the specialists working in the field. It is located next to the State L.V. Gromashevsky Institute of Epidemic and Infectious Diseases.
This small hospital church is a cooperative diaconal project of a number of different churches and civil organizations. The chaplains there will be from the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine and from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate). The doors of the center are open for all, independent of their religious background.
The prayers of 5 denominations were united at the opening of the center – the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate), The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the “Ark of the Covenant” Pentecostal Church and the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine. The last was represented by Bishop Sergei Mashevsky and Pastor Igor Shemigon.
The foundation and opening of the center was possible thanks to the efforts and financial assistance of the “Helios-Ukraine” charitable organization, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate), the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine as well as partners – the Ukrainian charitable organization Merezha LzhB, the UN program for HIV/AIDS in Ukraine and the Elena Pinchuk “ANTISPID” foundation.
This small hospital church is a cooperative diaconal project of a number of different churches and civil organizations. The chaplains there will be from the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine and from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate). The doors of the center are open for all, independent of their religious background.
The prayers of 5 denominations were united at the opening of the center – the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate), The Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the “Ark of the Covenant” Pentecostal Church and the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine. The last was represented by Bishop Sergei Mashevsky and Pastor Igor Shemigon.
The foundation and opening of the center was possible thanks to the efforts and financial assistance of the “Helios-Ukraine” charitable organization, the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kiev Patriarchate), the German Evangelical Lutheran Church of Ukraine as well as partners – the Ukrainian charitable organization Merezha LzhB, the UN program for HIV/AIDS in Ukraine and the Elena Pinchuk “ANTISPID” foundation.
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