{"id":557076,"date":"2026-01-26T15:47:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=557076"},"modified":"2026-01-26T15:47:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:47:55","slug":"southern-bessarabia-diocese-aid-ukraine-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/southern-bessarabia-diocese-aid-ukraine-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Bessarabia Diocese sends 44 tonnes of aid to war-hit Ukrainians, 2025 report says"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Diocese of Southern Bessarabia supported Romanians in Ukraine affected by the war by delivering dozens of tonnes of humanitarian aid as part of a wide-ranging social and charitable campaign, according to its 2025 activity report<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the direct involvement of priests from the Ismail Deanery, humanitarian assistance was provided to the two Romanian parishes within the deanery: the \u201cSaints Peter and Paul\u201d Parish in Hagi-Curda and the \u201cSaint Andrew the Apostle\u201d Parish in Reni.<\/p>\n

With the support of the \u201cVolunteers Without Borders\u201d Association and in partnership with the \u201cMelchisedec \u015etef\u0103nescu\u201d Religious Association in the village of Priozeornoe, two lorries carrying humanitarian supplies were sent to the Kherson region, near the front line.<\/p>\n

More than 44 tonnes of food products were distributed through these shipments to communities affected by the war.<\/p>\n

Separately, through the support of Lukas Hospital in Laslea, Sibiu County, a second medical caravan was donated to the Odesa Regional Administration \u2014 a truck equipped with mobile clinics, medical equipment and supplies \u2014 intended for health interventions in conflict-affected areas.<\/p>\n

Support for refugees<\/h2>\n

The diocese\u2019s assistance for refugees from Ukraine was also delivered through the \u201cSaint Basil the Great\u201d Educational Centre, affiliated with the \u201cSaint Hierarch Dionysius\u201d Cathedral in Cahul, Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n

In 2025, 26 Ukrainian refugee children participated in educational and integration programmes, including creative workshops, camps, and digital skills classes, while eight refugee women participated in education and training programmes.<\/p>\n

Photo: Pexels<\/p>\n

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The Diocese of Southern Bessarabia supported Romanians in Ukraine affected by the war by delivering dozens of tonnes of humanitarian aid as part of a wide-ranging social and charitable campaign, according to its 2025 activity report. With the direct involvement of priests from the Ismail Deanery, humanitarian assistance was provided to the two Romanian parishes…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":556831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[36674,24509,36672,36673,36675,27327],"class_list":["post-557076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social-en","tag-cahul-refugee-support","tag-diocese-of-southern-bessarabia","tag-kherson-region-aid","tag-odesa-medical-caravan","tag-romanian-orthodox-church-charity","tag-romanians-in-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=557076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/557076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=557076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=557076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=557076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}