One Diocese received emergency aid of €53,500 for priests and religious.

Writing in response, Bishop Yosafat Hovera of Lutsk said under the conditions of war, Ukrainian society has been facing challenges with danger related to life, property, and basic means of existence.

“However, seeing the support of the international community, we do not feel left alone with our difficulties. Priests and consecrated people, enduring all the problems caused by the war, keep supporting parishioners, refugees, and soldiers who protect our country and everyone searching spiritual and material help.

Another recipient of aid, Nil Yuriy Lushchak, O.F.M., Auxiliary Bishop of Mukáchevo, said they “have been helping refugees for more than a week, supporting people at the borders, and collecting food for Kiev and other cities where it is difficult.”

Fr. Mateusz Adamski of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr Diocese, wrote to say: “We as the Church of Christ are with our people who are in danger, in need, vulnerable, frightened, wounded and weak.  We are trying to get those who are in severe humanitarian crisis and serve them by delivering water, food, medication, evacuating IDPs to the safe place.”