May 6, 2015
New York City: Parishioners of the Eastern American Diocese and Patriarchal Parishes in the USA send over 7 Tons of Humanitarian Aid to Civilians in Southeastern Ukraine

On Wednesday, April 29, with the blessing of His Holiness Kyrill, Patriarch of Moscow & All Russia, and His Eminence Hilarion, Metropolitan of Eastern America & New York, First Hierarch of the Russian Church Abroad, local clergyman and laity collected and sent over seven tons of goods, medicine, and food to the residents of Southeastern Ukraine.

As reported by the official website of the Russian Church Abroad, Bishop John of Naro-Fominsk, Administrator of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, and Bishop Nicholas of Manhattan, Vicar of the Eastern American Diocese, Archpriest Serafim Gan, Chancellor of the Synod of Bishops, Abbot Nicodemus (Balyasnikov) of St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York City, and Ivan Baldychev, one of the active organizers of the New York-area collection, participated in accompanying the shipment of aid through Aero Deluxe Shipping Inc. in Brooklyn, NY. Pavel Kalinovsky, president of the firm, offered the free use of shipping containers and warehousing throughout the period of the collection of humanitarian aid. The peaceful residents of Ukraine will receive these goods through the Department of External Church Relations of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate, as well as the philanthropic international mission known as "Mercy Without Borders" in Kiev.

Official website of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia