Dear friends!
The New Year and Christmas holidays have ended. As always, they were full of bright hopes and childlike faith in miracles. May their joy always remain in our hearts!
We were able to give joy to our little and grown care-receives. Traditional congratulation visits for the New Year and Christmas have been held in various German cities.
Here is one of the coordinator reports:
We, with Father Frost and Snow Maiden, have congratulated 30 care-receives on the New Year, among them four seriously ill old ladies, who also rejoiced at the gifts like children.

All the year our volunteers, and you, our dear friends and helpers, have supported those who were having a hard time. In total, the assistance has been provided to 63 families.
Thanks to you, we have raised about EUR 70.000. This money was used to pay for treatment, rehabilitation, medications, accommodation, travel, etc. of 16 care-receivers.
10 children have received financial support from German charity foundations totalling to EUR 63.000 owing to the work of the volunteers of our Department of Clinics and Fonds.
Our Good Deed, and we, its Clinics and Funds Department, continue to help those who always need help: in time of peace and time of war. Now it has become even more difficult for these people to get their children treated. But we remain on their side, help with words, help with deeds.

Over the course of the year, the dozens of pages of medical documents were translated for 15 patients by the volunteers of the Translation Department. 22 people took part in the rehabilitation program. We have helped families with sick children in Ukraine and supported the refugees. Our volunteers were there for dozens of families who needed help. Charity bazaars, holidays for children undergoing treatment or rehabilitation, psychological and everyday support – all this is the work of our wonderful volunteers in various cities and countries. Thank you, dear ones, for your invaluable contribution! We continue to help! Read more

On December 17, 2023, a charity bazaar, for which our volunteers had been preparing for a long time, took place in Cologne on the premises of the Church of St. Great Martyr Panteleimon.
The atmosphere was festive and joyful. There were many of visitors. The students of the St. Children’s and Youth Center of John of Shanghai have contributed much. Under the guidance of teachers and parents, they prepared wonderful Christmas cookies and made Christmas tree decorations.
We thank all participants and guests of the bazaar!
See the photos

Words of gratitude from the family of Nikolai, for whom in November we have managed to help to purchase medication for a course of treatment (oncology). We sincerely thank you, friends, for the opportunity to help those who are contacting us!

Good afternoon! My children and I want to thank the foundation of the Russian Orthodox Diakonia in Europe for helping our grandfather, father, to purchase the medicine. May the Lord protect your families, Happy New Year! Good health to you and your family!
Thank you very much for helping our grandfather, we wish you all the best, health and Guardian Angel to your family.
All the best, I wish you to be healthy, strong, and a Guardian Angel to you.

We have paid for another rehabilitation course. Feb 2024

Age: 8 y. o.
Residence: St. Petersburg, Russia
Diagnosis: spastic form of cerebral palsy, delayed psychomotor development
Needs: a rehabilitation course, new stroller
Funds to raise: EUR 3200

As a result of a very difficult and long birth labor, the child has suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. Spartak had spent almost a month in intensive care, but was able to recover. However, after a routine vaccination he began to show deterioration. Only at the age of 1.5 years was it finally possible to make a diagnosis.
After a rehabilitation at the Rodnik center, Spartak has begun to hold his head up, roll over, and hold his back. To ensure that the positive results do not disappear, regular rehabilitation courses at the center are required. For the next course, Spartak needs EUR 3,000. In addition, Spartak needs a new stroller, since the old one has fallen apart completely. The price of the stroller is EUR 3200.

We have helped to pay for the treatment. See the letter of Jan 2024

Age: 9 y. o.
Residence: Vladimir region, Russia
Diagnosis: binocular retinoblastoma (retinal cancer)
Needs: treatment in Switzerland
Funds to raise: EUR 45,000

Anna has a dangerous form of retinal cancer, that she has been fighting for several years. The girl went through many anesthesia and chemotherapy procedures, operations to restore vision and to prevent the spread of metastases. In 2018, a long-awaited remission came. But in October 2023 the disease had relapsed and the tumor began to grow rapidly again. The doctors in Moscow are inclined to remove the eyes. However, they can take her for a treatment at Jules Gonin hospital in Switzerland. All the funds available for the family have already been spent. EUR 45,000 more is needed.