On December 16, 2022, with the blessing of Archbishop Pimen, believers and priests of the Rivne diocese donated blood for the needs of children with cancer and soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Rivne Regional Blood Service Center. 50 donors donated 25 liters of blood. This was reported by the press service of the Rivne diocese, reports the Information and Education Department of the UOC.

“We donated blood positively and on the rise, we were glad that we could serve our neighbors in this difficult wartime,” commented the head of the social department, Archpriest Peter Peretyatko.