Moscow, May 12, 2013
Fund-raising for the Serbian Church in Kosovo and Metochia is continuing.
"It is known to everyone how tragic the current situation of Serbian residents of Kosovo is,” noted his Holiness Patriarch Kirill in his report at the Holy Council of Bishops on February 2, 2013. “The Russian Orthodox Church traditionally gives support to its sister Church—the Serbian Orthodox Church—in its difficult mission in this region."
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In January 2012, with the blessing of his Holiness Patriarch Kirill, fund-raising for support of Serbian churches and monasteries in Kosovo as well as charity programs of the Serbian Church was begun. A part of the raised funds the equivalent of 200,000 Euros, raised in the Sretensky Monastery in Moscow, was given at the request of Bishop Theodosius of Razhko-Prizren in summer 2012 to the Orthodox seminary in Prizren that had been renewed after several years of neglect.
With those funds, restoration work was carried out and several buildings were put into operation, thus doubling the total number of the seminary's students and teachers in autumn.
The Serbian Church and people in Kosovo still need help desperately. Many Monasteries and Churches require restoration or repairs, works in the Prizren seminary are still far from completion, and Church organizations are supporting people who are struggling for survival.
"I am calling dioceses and monasteries to be more actively involved in support to our brothers and sisters in faith who are in an extremely difficult situation," stressed his Holiness Patriarch Kirill in his report at the Holy Bishops' Council.
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For those who wish to make a donation to this fund in Euros, please use the following bank transfer information:
Bank correspondent: SWIFT: OWHBDEFFXXX
VTB BANK (DEUTSCHLAND) AG
FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY
Beneficiary's bank: SWIFT: ERCCRUMMXXX
Acc.0103471397
CB ERGOBANK LLC
Bldg. 1, 2 4 Staropansky Pereulok
109012, Moscow, Russia
Beneficiary's name: 40703978000001012685
Sretensky Stauropegial Monastery ROC (MP)
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