His
Grace Akakije Bishop of Uteshiteljevo has sent an appeal to all True Orthodox
Churches throughout the world to take part in the humanitarian action which the
Serbian TOC has begun to help the victims of the cataclysmic floods in
Serbia. On the official site of the
Serbian TOC an appeal from His Grace Akakije in has been published in the Serbian,
English, Russian, Romanian and Greek languages.
Along
with being significant help which would be collected for the victims of the
floods this would also be the first joint action of all the True Orthodox Local
Churches throughout the world.
In
the following we present the content of the appeal broadcasted:
Serbian
True Orthodox Church
Humanitarian
Action
TRUE
ORTHODOXY
THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
FOR THE AID
OF FLOODED SERBIA
To
the Most Reverend Leaders of The True Orthodox Churches,
Archbishops,
Metropolitans, and Bishops
APPEAL FOR
HELP
For
the victims of the great floods in Serbia
And Noah
sent forth a dove from him, to see if
the waters
were abated from off the face of the ground…
and the
dove came in to him in the evening;
and lo, in
her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off:
so Noah
knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
(Gen.
8:8-11)
The
Serbian True Orthodox Church sends an appeal to all the Local True Orthodox
Churches to gather help through their Holy Synods, eparchies and parishes for
the many victims in Serbia and Serbian Bosnia of these unprecedented floods.
