Orthodox Donor Day will be celebrated in Chelyabinsk

July 16, the day of remembrance of the holy unmercenaries Cosmas and Damian, is traditionally considered the Day of the Orthodox donor. On this day, mobile blood donation points are opening in different cities of Russia, where those who wish, who have no medical contraindications, can donate it.

This action has been taking place in Chelyabinsk for several years in a row. Its organizers are the missionary department of the diocese and the regional blood transfusion station. As reported by 'Yuzhnouralskaya Panorama', from eight o'clock in the morning at the Cathedral of St. Simeon's Cathedral will begin to take blood. The only document that is required for this is a passport. True, those who want to donate blood will not be paid here: everything happens exclusively on a voluntary basis. “The Church regards blood donation as the greatest act of mercy and encourages participation in the action free of charge,” says Konstantin Putnik, head of the diocesan missionary department. He recalls that last year, during a one-day campaign, they managed to get about sixty liters of donated blood. Perhaps, on the scale of the city and region, this is not so much - but this blood saved someone's life. Let us remind you that Saints Cosmas and Damian, who lived in the fourth century, and whose memory of the action is timed, are called by the Church unmercenaries because they disinterestedly healed people and animals.