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On January 15, 2022 we marked the 10th Anniversary of the Hodegetria Mission!
Over these past ten years, the Mission has provided moral, material and spiritual support to thousands of the sick, the homeless and the prisoners.
Within the first years of work I looked for those in need myself, today they find me themselves: my phone number is well known between the people who can not cope with difficult life circumstances. And no one can without assistance...
The phone rings continuously from morning to late evening.

The lack of men's warm shoes is very acute. Last year, a good man sent a whole
box of cheap but warm winter boots - 42 pairs. It's a drop in the ocean, but 42
needy people received winter shoes. Winter jackets are also very necessary. And
you need to buy glasses for the prisoner, -9. I found such in the market “Privoz”,
budget (maning cheapest), cost 300 UAH. Maybe someone wants to make a
targeted donation ... And the woman who is released needs to buy a ticket

Collected and sent the parcel to the one who was released from the place of
imprisonment, because he can barely see and is in trouble, and lives in a
“bear ‘s corner ...
Faith and love to all.

Collected and sent the next seven parcels to various places of imprisonment in
Ukraine - warm clothes, shoes, bedding, products, personal hygiene items and
essentials, literature and medicines.

Everything finished in the mission: bed linen
and underwear, food, warm clothes, winter shoes (!!!) size.41-45, household
chemicals, personal hygiene items, finances to continue work. The mission helps
those who have no one to help - sick detainees, their children, orphans, the
homeless and the poor.

Please, help them too, if You have a desire …

My pressure completely unleashed - jumped to 250x170, and then crashed
to 70x45 ... ... but nevertheless today I served with Alexander
Filippov, and the mission continues its work. Good people did not send
many men's clothes and shoes - an earthly bow and a big thank you to
them, and to all those who worked prayerfully and sacrificially!
My blood pressure completely unleashed - jumped to 250x170, and then
crashed to 70x45 ... ... but nevertheless today I served with
Alexander Filippov, and the mission continues its work. Good people

I am afraid, I have to beg for help again.

People who responded to my previous publication (dd March 6) helped me to cover only the most burning debts. But today it became even worse – my debts were handed over to the bill debtor’s collectors, and they will not let me work, I mean, that I would not be able to advise the detainees and their relatives, because these collectors will call me 100 times per day, and same they will do to my wife...

Debts have reached a critical level – within the 11 years that I have been involved in charity, they have become very big.

From our experience:

Those who have no one close, no one to turn for help, call and write to us.

First of all, this is communication, long conversations about life, about faith, about the church, about Christ and His sacrifice.

And as a result of such communication, a desire is born to help the repentant in his everyday matters, so that he would not look for soap and washing powder, but would open the New Testament, and maybe the Word of God will touch his heart, and he will change, and will never be the same “bad”...

Despite the difficult financial situation
mission Hodigitria continues its work - sent seven parcels to prisons in Ukraine.
Bow to the ground to sacrificial workers and our gratitude is boundless!
Counseling and spiritual support throughout the day in connection with the prisoners.
We collect more parcels.

My financial for 11 years, ship is getting lost. Debts have reached a critical level. - I’m working
for Mercy (Charity) for 11 years, and my personal debts became even greater. My family
consists of 5 persons, they are: my wife, two children aged 10 and 11 years and an old Granny.
Besides I also have to take care about the homeless as they come to me, to my home. There are
also several faithful believers, who can have only my back.
I ask for help from all the not indifferent Ukrainians, because I am getting lost with the debts,