On the 900th Day of War, UGCC Head Calls on All to Help Feed the Hungry This Winter on Behalf of the Wise Cause Foundation
Many European countries believed in the capacity of our Church to change Ukraine. Even now, during the war, we are contemplating what our homeland should look like after we achieve victory over the unjust aggressor. His Beatitude Sviatoslav, the Father and Head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church, said this in a traditional video address on the 900th day of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukrainian land.
The Primate noted that this 130th week of this sacrilegious, unjust war was perhaps one of the most difficult in more than 2 years of full-scale military confrontation… Heavy fighting is taking place along the entire front line. Recently, the Ukrainian state announced a forced evacuation, including five villages on the northern border of Sumy region, where active hostilities are ongoing. Children are also being forcibly evacuated from several settlements in the Donetsk region.
The Primate noted that this week our Church once again sought to reassess and then reorganize its social ministry in Ukraine: “We have three main instruments through which we can save human life during this war. These are Caritas Ukraine, which collaborates with Caritas Internationalis, the patriarchal foundation Wise Cause, which involves our church structures around the world, and the international organization of Catholic men Knights of Columbus.”
According to him, a very good event took place—the Slovak government has once again resumed cooperation with Wise Cause. “This foundation,” he said, “was created under the impetus of the social teachings and business morals of the righteous Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky. His social wisdom formed the basis for the creation of this instrument of our Church. The goal of the foundation is to transform society and build a better social life, to transfigure our state.”
On behalf of Wise Cause, the Head of the Church called on all the concerned to help feed the hungry this winter: “For almost three years in a row, we have been creating the necessary ecosystems of Ukraine’s economic existence to feed the needy Ukrainians, but with the Ukrainian food that we have today and that the Wise Cause Foundation supplies to our parishes in Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk and the South of the country every week, feeding millions.”
His Beatitude Sviatoslav emphasized that the UGCC is actively fighting on the humanitarian front and thanked everyone who helps. “We ask you: please, do not tire of offering this help, because, unfortunately, this winter may be much harder than the previous ones,” he urged.
The UGCC Department for Information
Recipient: Charitable organization “Patriarchal Foundation ‘Wise Cause’”
Recipient’s address: 4 g Mykilsko-Slobidska St., office. 16, Kyiv 02002, Ukraine.
Identification code: 44480020
IBAN: UA333253650000000260080034363
Recipient’s bank: JSC “Kredobank”
Bank address: 78 Sakharova St., Lviv 79026, Ukraine
Recipient’s bank code: 325365
Payment purpose: Charitable donation
