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300 ΄love packages΄ from Metropolitan Church for everyone to celebrate Easter

Metropolitan Church
19 Απριλίου 2023 / 00:13

CORFU. Many bodies supported the effort of the Poor Fund and the community shop, in order for everyone to celebrate Easter with dignity.

With love and support both from parishes, as well as from bodies and businesses, but especially from ordinary people, the Corfu Metropolitan Church tried to ensure that noone would be left helpless during the Easter period, not only in terms of food, but also in terms of basic necessities, especially families. The Archbishop of Corfu Nektarios thanked the bodies of the island who contributed to the effort of the Poor Fund and the community shop, in order for everyone to celebrate Easter with dignity.
   
Specifically, on Tuesday 12 April 2022 the Metropolitan Church distributed 300 'love packages' with food, meat and basic necessities for the beneficiaries of the four community shops on the island in Central, North and South Corfu.


 
The effort was supported, amongst others, by the Vatopedi Monastery that provided chickens every month for the food kitchens and community shops, as well as food offered regularly and cheese for these days.
 
Archbishop Nektarios also thanked the following:
 
The management of Diellas super markets and in particular Mr. Koulouris and Mr. Athineos, who at Christmas, Easter and 15 August offer all the food contained in the package - pulses, pasta, sugar, milk, rice, tomato paste, flour, detergents and basic necessities.
  
Mr. Prokopis Zervas from the USA, who, at his own expense, prepared packages with lamb for the needs of the community shops.
 
The Kerkyra Seaways Shipping Company and in particular Apostolos Souliotis and Gerontakis Athanasios for offering money for the purchase of meat.
 
The Marbella Corfu Hotel in Agios Ioannis Peristeron and the manager Mr. Gourzis who offered 170 packages of roosters for the Lefkimmi community shop, as well as for several families of South Corfu.
 
The Corfu Rotary Club, the president and members who always help the community shop during the holidays with stationery.
 
The Duroxyl Factory in Velonades that provided all the bags of lamb for the needs of the Sidari community shop.
 
The Scouts of Greece who a few days ago collected a lot of food for the needs of all the community shops on the island.
  
Mr. Spyridon Artavanis for the lamb packages that he offered for the needs of the community shops in view of Easter.
 
The supermarkets Diellas, AB Vassilopoulos, Lidl, Masoutis, Sklavenitis, Kazianis and Coop Market for the baskets placed at the exit of the shops, where our fellow humans can offer food, as well as the managers and staff of all supermarkets.
 
The Church of St. Spyridon who donated oil to the community shops.
 
The volunteers who support the work of the Metropolitan Church on a weekly basis, helping to collect and arrange the food.
 
The Cassiopi Metropolitan Church and Church of St. Nikolaos in Sidari for offering lamb this Easter, as well as our parishes and monasteries.
 
Mr. Dimitris Karapoutoulidis from Thessaloniki for offering food in view of Easter.