The sum of one million dollars, raised from the donations of the Greek Diaspora, will be distributed to the fire victims of last August by the Archdiocese of America.
This was announced today at noon by Archbishop Elpidophoros of America during a dinner given in his honor by the North Aegean Region at an event at the “House of Maria” – “Maria Tsakos Public Benefit Foundation” in Kardamyla, Chios.
As Archbishop Elpidophoros stressed on the occasion of the recent fires, “the pollution and insult of the environment is a moral sin since if you do not respect the creation of God, you do not respect God himself.”
The Archbishop of America referred to the importance of reforestation but also to the need to provide assistance to the fire victims, as well as to the Archdiocese of America, “which with the contribution of its faithful has collected and will allocate the amount of 1,000,000 dollars.”
Source: ANA-MPA