December 27, 2025 – January 3, 2026

Christ is born!

This New Year brings a lot of hope, but it will also be a year full of strength, faith and love for those around us. We would like to thank all our friends who care about us.

There are many difficult situations, including those related to the cold season. For us, this is turning off the lights. Many people come to our social kitchen in Fastiv to warm up in December – 4,604 people.

I am pleased that our heating point in front-line Kherson has started working. People can come to warm up, eat warm food, drink tea, and be together. And there is a special sign in this: when we are together, we can do more. Thanks to our administrator, Ms. Alyona Poteryaiko, and our volunteers on site in Kherson, who care and help those whose situation is even harder every day.

I express my gratitude for transporting humanitarian aid from Kharkiv to Mr. Piotr Kaszuwara, as well as to our missionary sisters from Kharkiv, on whom we can always count and who support us in humanitarian missions. Special thanks to Sister Kamila Frydryszewska, who serves in Korotychy near Kharkiv.

We thank our dominican sisters from Zhovkva, who always share with us what they have themselves, and thanks to this we can pass this aid on. Thanks to Sister Mateusza Trynda and Mr. Robert Masliwa.

Thank you to our volunteers in Fastiv, who throughout this week have been sending aid to our Defenders. You will see this in our photos in the report. These are the units that need our support the most now and need to warm up. We pray and help the Defenders with what we can.

With prayers

Fr. Mykhailo Romaniv OP