With 3.000 Christmas packages of love and support as well as with financial aid, the Archbishop of Cyprus Chrysostomos will offer smiles of joy this Christmas to many children, students, patients, the elderly and the needy.
According to an announcement from the Archdiocese, the special team, which has been set up in the Holy Archdiocese of Cyprus, with instructions from Archbishop Chrysostom, in order to create packages and distribute them in the State Hospitals of Nicosia (General Hospital, Makareio Hospital, Oncology Center Of Cyprus, Athalassis Psychiatric Institution, etc.) as well as in the nursing homes of the capital, of".
"Apart from the love packages as well as the regular financial aids he gives daily to hundreds of people, His Beatitude will offer, within the coming week and before the holidays, 200 scholarships and financial aids to Cypriot students, whose names are already approved by the relevant committee ", it is added.
It is noted that the sending of Christmas presents by the Archbishop, "is not a ceremonial expression of wishes, but is a permanent manifestation of practical love and support to all people, especially those who either illness or poverty do not allow them to have a decent living ".
It adds that its principle is that "charity in Christianity is not merely an expression of humanitarian feelings or compassion for the needy, but a virtue that is primarily sought as an imitation of God."
(KYPE / MAN / HF)