Clergy of UOC Kharkiv Eparchy donate blood plasma for sick children

Priests of the Kharkiv Eparchy became blood plasma donors. Photo: www.eparchia.kharkov.ua

On June 22, 2020, with the blessing of Metropolitan Onuphry of Kharkiv and Bogodukhiv, the clergy of the Kharkiv Eparchy of the UOC became blood plasma donors.

Thanks to the priests-donors, small patients of the Kharkiv City Children's Clinical Hospital No. 16 will receive plasma-based medicines for free, reports the eparchy’s press service.

As reported earlier, as part of the charity event “Love has Mercy”, the clergy and believers of the Zaporizhzhia Eparchy of the UOC organized a blood donation for sick children.

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