Spiritual support for patients: the ministry of sisters of mercy in the Central Committee of the Medical Centertranslated

On October 28 and 31, the sisters of mercy of the Simbirsk sisterhood in the name of St. Blessed Andrew, Christ for the Fool's sake, visited the wards of the Central Clinical Medical Unit named after V.A. Egorova city of Ulyanovsk.

On October 28, the sisters held spiritual and educational conversations with patients, helped in caring for seriously ill patients, and assisted in matters of personal hygiene. In addition, they helped people prepare to receive the Holy Mysteries of Christ.

On October 31, at the end of the Divine Liturgy in the hospital church in the name of St. Luke of Crimea, the rector of the church, Priest John Podzhilkov, together with the sisters of mercy, visited the departments to perform the Sacraments of Confession and Communion. The sisters took on organizational concerns: they explained the basics of the Sacraments to those who were beginning them for the first time, and helped low-mobility patients get to the place of prayer.

“Today it has become noticeably easier to be obedient in the hospital: both medical workers and patients already recognize us. There is still a lot of work ahead, and we have not yet covered all the departments. But to see people we have visited in emergency being transferred to rehab and being discharged in full health is a real comfort. When I first started this...