In Yekaterinburg, the results of the traditional charity event to collect warm clothes for the homeless “Don’t Pass By” were summed uptranslated

The “Don’t Pass By” campaign to collect help for the homeless has ended in Yekaterinburg. The organizers, the Orthodox Charity Service of the Yekaterinburg Diocese, managed to collect almost 125 thousand rubles - this is twice as much as in the last two years.

Donations were accepted in four churches in the city: St. John the Baptist Cathedral, the Church-Monument on the Blood, the Church of St. George the Victorious and the Cathedral in honor of the Dormition of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Volunteers were on duty at the churches, and each donor could write down his name for the subsequent prayer service.

It is planned to use the funds raised to purchase winter shoes, fleece socks, gloves and hats for the wards of the Orthodox Charity Service.

“The volunteers did a wonderful job, thanks to everyone.” Men actively solicited donors, women managed to write down names. One female volunteer came with a cane and stood there for four hours! - said the organizers.

Volunteers from different parishes took part in the action: Anastasia Uskova and Yulia Lapshova worked at the Church-Monument on the Blood, Andrei Borisovich and Olesya Krushinsky at the Cathedral of John the Baptist, Natalya Kazaeva, Vladimir Kostygin and Alexander Albychev at the Assumption Cathedral, at the Church of St. George...