On October 16, at the initiative of the head of the Mariupol assistance center of the Patriarchal Humanitarian Mission and the head of the city headquarters "We are Together", 35 participants of youth organizations joined together to donate blood.
The donation campaign was attended by volunteers from the Patriarchal Humanitarian Mission, the Popular Front, the Mariupol Construction College, medical volunteers, and representatives of other youth and volunteer organizations in the city.
"The need for donated blood remains high, and each such contribution is a real help to those who need it. We are proud of our guys!" said Anton Koltsov, Mayor of Mariupol, in his channel in the Maks messenger.
Similar donor events in Mariupol have been held by the Patriarchal Humanitarian Mission weekly since January 2026. During this time, more than 140 Mission volunteers took part in them.
The Patriarchal Humanitarian Mission was established by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church with the aim of coordinating and systematically developing assistance to civilians in the Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic, Zaporizhia and Kherson regions, as well as providing assistance to wounded servicemen.
There are 12 Patriarchal Humanitarian Mission assistance centers in Donbas, Novorossiya and the border regions, where over 430,000 requests have been processed. More than 4,510 tons of humanitarian aid have been transferred to the victims. More than 8,600 volunteers participated in helping the victims. As part of the project to restore private housing for those in need in the conflict zone, 873 private homes have been restored. Volunteer priests travel in shifts to 45 hospitals in the territory of Donbass, Novorossiya and the border regions. Together with the Synodal Department for Church Charity and Social Service, a service is working to help veterans of the SVR and their loved ones.