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MINISTRY OF THE CHARITABLE ORGANISATION "CHARITABLE FOUNDATION ODIGITRIA"

My name is Archpriest Dmytrii Krasnobaiev. I am the rector of the Holy Protection Church in Odesa, the representative of the Odesa Eparchy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine for pastoral care in places of detention, and the director of the Charitable Organisation "Charitable Foundation Odigitria".

I have worked with people in places of detention since 2012. The organisation was officially registered in July 2015. Our ministry covers the whole of Ukraine.

Camouflage nets are being made and sent to our warriors…

We send humanitarian aid to seriously ill prisoners, orphans, and the helpless — medicines, medical supplies, food, hygiene products, and basic necessities…

Every day we offer prayers to God for victory, for Ukraine, and for all of us…

We believe that the Lord will not leave us without His mercy…!!

Christ is Risen!

By God’s grace and through the open hearts of caring friends, together with the charitable organization Odyhitria Charity Fund,

we have purchased, installed, and launched a machine for producing perforated camouflage nets at our volunteer center “Pokrova of Victory” located at the Holy Protection Church in Odesa, 67 Bakhmutska Street.

Remember this: whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,
and whoever sows generously will also reap generously.
Each of you should give what you have decided in your heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.
And God is able to bless you abundantly, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work. As it is written:
“He has distributed freely, he has given to the poor;
his righteousness endures forever.”

Today, after the Divine Liturgy, together with the charitable organization Odigitria Charity Fund,

I collected and sent medicines to places of detention — the Odesa pre-trial detention center and the Kropyvnytskyi correctional colony.

My deepest gratitude to Humanitarian Nova Poshta and the specialists of Nova Poshta Branch No. 30 in Odesa for their cooperation and open hearts!
Glory to God for everything!

Today, after the Divine Liturgy at the Holy Protection Church in Odesa (67 Bakhmutska Street), together with the Odigitria Charitable Foundation, we gathered and sent humanitarian aid to places of detention:

• Vinnytsia Pre-Trial Detention Center

• Dnipro Pre-Trial Detention Center

• Zaporizhzhia Pre-Trial Detention Center

• Correctional Colony in Dnipropetrovsk Region

The aid included food, footwear, hygiene products, and essential items.

Since April 16, our home internet had been down due to an enemy drone strike on the provider’s equipment...

…but thank God and the Armed Forces of Ukraine, everything is working again now.

We stand firm.
We pray.
We work.
We will win.

Glory to God for everything!

Today, after the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Nativity of Christ of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in Odessa (Pastora 5a), together with the "Odigitria" Charity Fund, 

Collected and sent humanitarian aid to places of detention — to the prison hospital of the Odessa correctional colony.
Thank you to Humanitarian Nova Poshta, Sant’Egidio.ua, and all caring friends for your cooperation and open hearts!

Today, after the Divine Liturgy, together with the charitable organization BF Odighitria, I gathered and sent humanitarian aid to places of detention—specifically, 

to the Kryvyi Rih pre-trial detention center, in the sector for life-sentenced prisoners. 

The aid included books, food, hygiene products, clothing, and bedding.

One drunken evening, one fight, just five minutes—and now, a person has been in prison for more than 20 years…

There is almost nothing left of the person who once stood before the court's verdict.