{"id":4303,"date":"2016-05-30T15:26:52","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T12:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/filanthropika-programmata\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T14:56:06","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T11:56:06","slug":"charitable-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/charitable-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Charitable Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:90px;--awb-padding-right:15%;--awb-padding-bottom:90px;--awb-padding-left:15%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Holy Metropolises of Hong Kong and the Far East, and Singapore and South Asia, have established, supervise, and maintain the following charitable programs:<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;\"><p>8 medical clinics in West Bengal, India<br \/>\n1 clinic on the island of Nias, Sumatra<br \/>\n1 hospital in Medan, Sumatra<br \/>\n1 dental clinic in Calcutta, India<br \/>\n1 orphanage for 114 girls in Calcutta, India<br \/>\n1 orphanage for 34 boys in Calcutta, India<br \/>\n2 boarding homes for underprivileged children in Medan and Singaraja, Indonesia (60 boys and girls)<br \/>\n8 kindergartens in India, Indonesia, and the Philippines<br \/>\n10 primary schools in India and Indonesia<br \/>\n2 secondary schools in Indonesia<br \/>\n2 technical schools in India and Indonesia<br \/>\n1 higher education academy in Indonesia with two departments: Information Technology and Business Administration<br \/>\n1 Theological Seminary in Medan, Indonesia, where the Greek language is also taught<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-2 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:90px;--awb-padding-right:15%;--awb-padding-bottom:90px;--awb-padding-left:15%;--awb-background-color:#f5f3f1;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-3\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The following programs are also being developed:<\/h3>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:30px;width:100%;\"><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-4\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;\"><p>Financial assistance programs for those in need<br \/>\nWeekly distribution of food, clothing, personal hygiene items, and medicines<br \/>\nDistribution of school supplies and textbooks to underprivileged children, as well as educational support for the illiterate<br \/>\nConstruction of homes for families affected by natural disasters<br \/>\nPsychological and material support for abused women and abandoned children<br \/>\nDrilling wells in impoverished areas to provide access to drinking water<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-3 fusion-flex-container hundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-background-position:left top;--awb-border-sizes-top:0px;--awb-border-sizes-bottom:0px;--awb-border-sizes-left:0px;--awb-border-sizes-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-padding-top:90px;--awb-padding-right:15%;--awb-padding-bottom:90px;--awb-padding-left:15%;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-stretch fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"width:104% !important;max-width:104% !important;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-5\" style=\"--awb-content-alignment:center;\"><p>The Holy Metropolises are responsible for the maintenance, equipment, and operation of these institutions and programs, as well as for the salaries of their personnel. The annual cost of all missionary and charitable programs reaches approximately \u20ac750,000.<\/p>\n<p>This entire work is supported by donations from people who love Mission, since both Metropolises lack financial resources and property assets.<\/p>\n<p>In the two Metropolises, there are 50 Orthodox communities served by 32 clergy.<\/p>\n<p>There are also two Holy Monasteries: one in Masbate, Philippines, and one in Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia.<div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:40px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omhksea.org\/\">www.omhksea.org<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.omsgsa.org\/\">www.omsgsa.org<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greek.omhksea.org\/\">www.greek.omhksea.org<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4373,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-hong-kong"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4303"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4394,"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4303\/revisions\/4394"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.patriarchikoidryma.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}