Lamia, Fthiotida, Greece, April 16, 2025
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One metropolis within the Orthodox Church of Greece has distributed 32,000 ready meals, care packages, and Pascha gifts to help the less fortunate.
“The Holy Metropolis of Fthiotida and Metropolitan Symeon of Fthiotida wanted, at the beginning of Holy Week, beyond the spiritual call of the holy services, fasting, and prayer, to also extend a call of love and awareness, so that we don’t forget, amid the festive atmosphere, the sacred persons of our brothers and sisters in need, as love and brotherhood towards them is a prerequisite for experiencing the meanings of spiritual life,” the diocese reports.
The diocesan charitable fund teamed up with parish charitable funds and other philanthropic organizations to hold numerous charitable events.
Initially, food supplies and other essential items were distributed to dozens of single-parent families with minor children as part of the relevant SYN-enosis program, implemented in the city of Lamia.
Later, the Together Where There’s Need initiative was carried out, distributing 32,000 ready meals to 500 mostly solitary individuals across the entire regional unit of Fthiotida, in cooperation with local parishes.
Within this framework, a special distribution of holiday packages and financial aid was also provided to the beneficiaries of the Love Center of the Parish Charitable Fund of the Holy Metropolitan Cathedral Church of the Annunciation of the Theotokos in Lamia.
Met. Symeon distributed Pascha candles and conveyed holiday wishes to students, children, and vocational trainees across various educational institutions in Lamia. He will also visit the Metropolis’ social and welfare structures and the homes of brothers and sisters in difficult circumstances on Holy Thursday, from the morning after the Liturgy of St. Basil until late afternoon before the Matins with the 12 Gospel readings.
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