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Fundraising Event: Our Annual Soccer Tournament 2017

Traditional Romanian Food Fun games for children Raffle with prizes All proceeds will go to help the children of Glodeanu and Giurgiu Project in Romania When: Sunday, September10th of 2017 Where: Bunker Grove 07 Shelter at Bunker Hill 6800 Caldwell Ave Chicago, IL, US 60646 Suggested Registration: $25/ person Soccer Registration Individual Player $25.00 USDTeam … Read more

Varlaam School Scholarships News: End of school year report

Iuliana Mocănașu, 7th grade Iuliana graduated from the 7th grade with the average of 9.84, being the third in the class and obtained the 1st prize. It is the result of a constant, serious and good quality work. This year she made a great progress in learning and became more sociable and better integrated in … Read more

Letters from the Field: A summer inspired by faith, hope and love in Romania

By Andrei Enache, SPOC Youth Volunteers Ambassador At the end of his third year of college of Honors in Business Administration, our Romanian-born, Canadian-native, Andrei, decided to dedicate his summer giving back, helping out and enriching his humanitarian experience by volunteering at Saint Paraskeva Orthodox Charity sponsored projects sites throughout Romania. In this blog series … Read more

Announcement: SPOC Administrative Fee Update

Saint Paraskeva Orthodox Charity (SPOC) has made significant efforts in building a better charitable experience and in bringing our donors and partners together for a unified cause. Due to the expansion of our operations, effective January 2017, we will allocate 15% of all donated and fund-raised amounts toward our growing operational expenses (to include but … Read more

Varlaam School Scholarships News: Anca – on the spotlight

In November of 2016, Anca (one of the four scholars of Saint Paraskeva Orthodox Charity) took part in a writing competition, “Winter Wonderland”, with over two hundred other participants and she managed to secure her place among the winners. The competition was organized by the American Corner in Iasi, part of the American Embassy, and … Read more

Christ is Risen!

1 Corinthians 15:12-14 The Centrality of the Resurrection 12 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. 14 And if Christ … Read more

2017 Project Updates

The Children of Glodeanu SPOC visited the project site at the Glodeanu Center administered by Fr. Ivascu Alexandru and seems to continue to be self-sufficient as people donate food and other materials for the center. However, there are some critical situations in the village consisting of a number of families with multiple children who live … Read more

Update: Saint Nicholas Shoes Project

Dear Friends and Supporters of Saint Paraskeva Orthodox Charity: During a local site trip in Romania we distributed in one of the most remote village areas of Iasi – Piscu Rusului, 100 pairs of winter shoes that we paid $2.000 for. The real need for shoes for children in that area is for 800 pairs. … Read more

UPDATE: Saint Nicholas Shoes – Winter Clothing Distribution

For the past month Colegiul Sfantul Nicolae, Iasi, Romania (The St Nicholas School, Iasi) was the humble recipient of a generous donation from Saint Paraskeva Orthodox Charity in the amount of $2,000 that purchased 100 pairs of winter shoes for school children for the underserved areas of Iasi. Today, after a local site visit  we … Read more