A charity event of the Ashmyany Sisterhood of St. Barbara “In the Footsteps of the Intercession” took placetranslated

Last weekend became a time of “living faith” for the parish sisterhood of St. Barbara’s Church. Following the Feast of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, when it is customary to remember maternal care and intercession, the sisters, led by Archpriest George Mukhoy decided to translate these meanings into concrete actions.

Saturday was spent in efforts to collect and deliver food aid. The priest and sisters of mercy visited parishioners in difficult life circumstances: a family where parents are caring for a sick son, single elderly women with disabilities living in difficult living conditions. The House of Cooperative Independent Living for Elderly Citizens did not go unnoticed either.

The wards were given gifts from the sisters' own plots and donations from caring parishioners. They brought the most necessary and “homemade” items - bags of potatoes beets, carrots, pumpkin and zucchini. Pickles and jam were added to the vegetables, as well as fresh dairy products and meat. The “basket of goodness” installed in the church also played an important role: every parishioner who put a pack of cereal or a can of canned food there became an invisible co-author of this good deed.

On Sunday the sisters gave...