Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Russian Church Opens Youth Hospice in Moscow; 3,000 Moscow Children Have Incurable Diseases

The Interfax-Religion website reports today (September 21, 2011) that the Moscow Patriarchate is organizing a fundraising action for children's hospice on September 25 in frames of charitable event "The Day of White Flower."

"It is planned to open the hospice in Sts. Martin and Mary Convent where the event will take place.Ambulatory service will start working on October 3, and we will need about 4 million rubles for launching an in-patient department," the Synodal Department for Church Charities and Social Service said.

Children's hospice at Sts. Martin and Mary Convent will be the first in Moscow arranged not only for children with oncology, but also with other incurable diseases.

It is estimated that more than 3,000 children in Moscow suffer from incurable diseases.

1 comment:

  1. It's sad to learn that so many children in Moscow have incurable diseases. May God comfort the children and their families.

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