Bucharest, February 6, 2025
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The Romanian Orthodox Church, through its dioceses, devoted more than $76 million to its multifaceted social-philanthropic mission in 2024.
The relevant data was presented at the National Church Council in Bucharest on Wednesday, February 5. The total amount reported, $76,063,455 (73 million euros), does not include the expenses related to various charitable activities organized by parishes and monasteries “for the benefit of the sick, elderly, children, and the poor,” the Church report notes.
According to the report, the Church carried out its philanthropic activity through 867 social institutions and services, with 1,270 social projects and programs underway, benefiting over 363,000 people.
The total of $76 million+ includes both financial and material aid, including aid for disaster victims.
The Church’s services in 2024 included:
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social assistance offices
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social canteens and home meal programs
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day and residential centers for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities
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home care services
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institutional and home medical and recovery services
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educational services (afterschool, remedial, school dropout prevention, etc.)
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information, counseling, support and community centers
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sheltered housing
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emergency centers (homeless people, victims of violence, victims of human trafficking)
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camps
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and more
Beneficiaries included:
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101,142 children from the Church’s social settlements, but especially from poor families without means of support, or with parents working in other countries
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27,152 people with disabilities, with speech, vision and hearing impairments, drug users or other types of addictions
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108,041 elderly people from Church social protection settlements, from social transit centers and night shelters, lonely, immobile elderly people, abandoned by their families and who had serious health problems
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124,862 unemployed, adults in difficulty, victims of human trafficking, victims of domestic violence, released prisoners, victims of natural disasters
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1,806 homeless people
By comparison, the Church spent $65.5 million on philanthropic and social services 
Romanian Church invested $65 million+ on social-philanthropic mission in 2023According to the report, the Church carried out its philanthropic and medical activity through 884 institutions and social services, with 1,254 ongoing projects and social programs.
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