Dear SPOC Family With God’s help and your generosity, SPOC released grants in amount of $196,428 to 24 projects in the year 2024. We are grateful for your involvement; your contribution made it possible to help economically disadvantaged children, families with financial problems and other various needs, and parishes and monasteries providing humanitarian assistance in … Read more
Dear SPOC Family This Christmas, let us open our hearts to receive Christ to be born in us! The most precious gift we can offer to God is our heart filled with compassion for the sick, the suffering, the lonely, and the impoverished. In 2024, Saint Paraskeva Orthodox Charity distributed $196,428 to 24 operational projects … Read more
Site Progress to Date SPOC’s partnership with Saint Onufrie Social Settlement started in 2015. It is to date one of our longest beneficiaries and a major investment site. Currently accommodation is provided to 24 abandoned children (12 boys and 12 girls) in two separate familial houses (fully operational) under the guidance of Father Visarion Paşca … Read more
Site Description Saint Paraskeva Church of Baia Mare, was founded in 2004, at the initiative of Father Gavriș Gavril, when he received a piece of land from the City Hall in order to build a new church. At vespers, on July 4, 2004, His Eminence Justin Sigheteanul, sanctified the place and laid the foundation stone, … Read more
Site Description This church was built between 2014 and 2023, and it was consecrated by His Eminence Andrei, Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălajului on October 22nd, 2023. Saint Elijah and Moses Church, Fanatale Clujului is one of our latest projects; our collaboration started in the Fall of 2024. SPOC Contributions Our children are our … Read more
All children should have a home! Saint Onufrie Orphanage in Florești, Cluj County, Romania, is a home to 24 abandoned children. As the number of orphans grows, the orphanage is growing as well, preparing shelter for 24 more orphans. Currently, two new homes are being built. In order to facilitate the progress of the construction … Read more
On October 14th, we celebrate the Feast Day of Saint Paraskeva, our Charity patron. We are endlessly grateful for her intercession in prayer and for her guidance throughout the years of continuous service. Through prosperity and hardship, driven by the love for the people, Saint Paraskeva Orthodox Charity continues to be faithful to its mission … Read more
Dear SPOC Family, In the first two quarters of the year 2024, SPOC released grants to 18 projects totalling $93,575. The support of our donors, and the united efforts of volunteers in the United States, Canada, Romania made this accomplishment possible. We thank you all for the financial assistance, time, effort, prayers, and commitment. God … Read more
Dear SPOC Family, In the parish of Irești, Father Ionel Miron would like to express his gratitude for SPOC support which arrived at the right time, in a crucial moment. With your help, work will begin on a summer school, benefiting all the children and elderly residents of the community. Father Ionel thanks God for … Read more
