The charity-based soup kitchen is once again asking for donations before the holiday season. The free community kitchen is run by Father Aleksandre Galdava at St. Michael the Archangel church in Chughureti district.

The original post goes on to say that they're looking for one-time donations as well as long-term sponsors.

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Receiver name: Tkhilis Guli
PayPal: [email protected]

Statement made by the Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox Church
Damascus, December 12, 2024

Referring to news circulating lately on social media claiming that Metropolitan Paules Yazigi has been found alive, and following the Patriarchate’s direct investigation into the matter, which included identifying the individual in the hospital and thoroughly examining the case medically and scientifically:

The Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East for the Greek Orthodox Church affirms that these claims are baseless and that the individual in question is not Metropolitan Paules Yazigi.

The Church of Antioch continues to pray, work, and place this issue at the forefront of its concerns, imploring God with the heartfelt prayers of its children for the two kidnapped metropolitans, Paules Yazigi and John Ibrahim. Their case represents the plight of every kidnapped and anguished individual and encapsulates a fraction of the cross borne by this East, yearning for its dawn of resurrection.

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"If someone curses your faith and you stand there and say nothing, be assured that you are worse than the unbeliever."

Mama Gabrieli the Confessor and Fool-for-Christ

25th Week after Pentecost

10 December
14:00 Paraklesis to St John the Baptist

12 December
21:30 Night Vigil
☦️🎉 Holy and All-praised Apostle Andrew the First-called

13 December
14:00 Paraklesis to St George
16:00 English Vespers

14 December
08:00 Matins & English Liturgy
16:00 Vespers

15 December
08:00 Matins & Liturgy

*Schedule of services at St. George Church in Dighomi (all are Georgian language unless specified):

*Saturday English liturgies are generally followed by a community meal (trapeza) at the church. Offerings for the food are accepted in cash.

*Donations/tithing to the parish can be made via Bank of Georgia bank transfer to:
GE69BG0000000533531869

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St. George of Dighomi Eastern Orthodox Church (Georgian Patriarchate)

24th Week after Pentecost

3 December
14:00 Paraklesis to St John the Baptist
16:00 Vespers

4 December
07:00 Liturgy ☦️🎉 The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple

6 December
14:00 Paraklesis to St George
16:00 Vespers

7 December ☦️🎉 Great-martyr Catherine of Alexandria (305)
08:00 Matins & Liturgy
15:30 Litany for the Departed
16:00 Vespers

8 December
08:00 Matins & Liturgy

*Schedule of services at St. George Church in Dighomi (all are Georgian language unless specified):

*Saturday English liturgies are generally followed by a community meal (trapeza) at the church. Offerings for the food are accepted in cash.

*Donations/tithing to the parish can be made via Bank of Georgia bank transfer to:
GE69BG0000000533531869

https://maps.app.goo.gl/vTPCuujPzgLKkyEF8

St. George of Dighomi Eastern Orthodox Church (Georgian Patriarchate)

SCHEMA-ARCHIMANDRITE VITALY: “WALLS WILL COME APART WITH LOVE!”

On December 1st, we mark 32 years since Schema-Archimandrite Vitaly (Sidorenko) departed to the Lord.

For his numerous ascetic feats, the Lord endowed him with numerous priceless gifts. He took on the feat of a fool-for-Christ. He conquered every evil with humility, thanked all his enemies and always loved his neighbour more than himself. He liked to say, “Where there is love, the walls will come apart.”

Father Vitaly knew the day and hour of his departure to the Lord. Several days before his death, he had partial paralysis. He could not speak, but he was glowing with inner grace and joy. The elder prayed incessantly, crossed himself frequently and took communion each day. On the day before his death, the Mother of God appeared to him in a vision. Father Vitaly was in great pain, but he remained calm and did not complain. He departed on 1 December 1992.

Schema-Archimandrite Vitaly was laid to rest inside the fence of the Alexander Nevsky cathedral opposite the altar. The stream of visitors to his grave has not stopped to this day. The people keep coming to ask the elder for reassurance and healing, and he always responds to their pleas. By the prayers of Father Vitaly, Lord have mercy on us!

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