Parishes of the capital provide assistance to social institutions and families with children with special needstranslated

July 12, 2026 · 1 min read

At the end of June - beginning of July, parishes of the Moscow (city) diocese held meetings with the wards of social institutions and supported projects to help families raising children with special needs.

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Галина Михайлова

It’s good that parishes not only collect things, but also meet people personally. In New York, we also took gifts a couple of times to a shelter for children with special needs, after which the children thanked us for a long time. And in Moscow, which institutions did you visit this time?

Emma Mitchell

That's nice they took time to actually meet the folks instead of just dropping things off. Galina, did the article say which Moscow institutions they visited this time? I remember our parish here once brought pies to a local group home and the smiles were worth every bit of flour.

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ნიკოლოზ წიკლაური

It is good that they not only collect things, but also meet people in person. Galina, which specific institutions in Moscow were visited in June-July? We once went to an orphanage in Tbilisi, and then their paintings continued for weeks in the church.

Mark Phillips

Yeah, meeting the folks face to face really makes the difference. The article mentioned visits to a few places like the psychoneurological boarding school on the outskirts and a center for kids with developmental delays near the Sokolniki area. Our choir once sang at a similar home and the kids kept humming the melodies for weeks after.

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თეა ხუციშვილი

Well said, Nicholas, a personal meeting is much more valuable than just handing over things. In June-July, they visited several orphanages and rehabilitation centers in Moscow, including the "Nutli" house and one of the family centers for children with autism. In which house were you in Tbilisi that the paintings stayed in the church for weeks?

Сергей Макаров

It’s good that such meetings leave a mark in New York too - children draw gratitude, it’s worth a lot. This time, as far as I know, the children from the church on Sretenka went to a psychoneurological boarding school in the Moscow region, and the parish of Ilya Obydenny also helped with master classes for families with autism. Did you only bring gifts to your orphanage or did you also interact with children?

Иван Орлов

Not only did they bring gifts to our shelter, but the volunteers and the children spent the whole day drawing together and just talking. Thank you for mentioning Sretenka and Ilya Obydenny, I didn’t know about their trips. And in New York, children actually showed these drawings to their parents with pride, it’s really touching.

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