Your Community Pantry

08/30/2026

Help! You can make a difference and bring hope where there is none.

The Monastery of the Holy Martyrs and Orthodox Workers needs your help. We have expenses to pay and nothing to do with that. Well, actually, we do have 54 cents in the bank.

The Monastery of the Holy Martyrs and Orthodox Workers needs your help so that we can continue to serve all whom Christ brings to our doors. We were forced to cut back on some programs and services, so more people hear, "Sorry, we can not serve today!" And I never like to say that. We need your financial support so this does not happen. And those services cut back can be restored.

You can use this link to donate, and no donation is too small. Remember the widow and her mite. https://givebutter.com/sNSoWF

May God's blessings and mercies always be upon you and your family.

You Are giving the Gift of Hope and the Gift of Warmth

05/25/2026

It's Monday afternoon, and the pantry is now open with tasty food just for you, your friends, and your neighbors. Come on down and go shopping.

05/23/2026

05/23/2026

The bread in your cupboard belongs to the hungry man; the coat hanging in your closet belongs to the man who needs it; the shoes rotting in your closet belong to the man who has no shoes; the money which you put into the bank belongs to the poor

05/09/2026

id you know that Monday marks the start of Monthly Gift Week? Your donation can make a difference. Donate $5 on a recurring donation, and the fundraising platform will donate $10. No matter what your donation is, they will add $10.

Consider making a difference in the lives of the folks Christ brings to the monastery's doors, or leads us to on the streets. Just $5 can bring hope to someone who has little or none.

Just follow this link: https://givebutter.com/0Oa1Z2

Here is what they sent us about the Monthly Gofting Week promotion.

"Monthly donors provide steady, reliable funding and often give more over time, helping you grow long-term revenue for your cause. Here at Givebutter, we’re so fired up about the incredible impact recurring contributions can have for nonprofits that we’re giving away $25K for Monthly Giving Week!"

Please help> this ministry serves the homeless and the near homeless, the disenfranchised and marginalized, those unseen, unheard, and unloved, the forgotten. Please remember them

“Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, so you do unto me”

04/18/2026

My parents helped build the Monastery of the Holy Martyrs and Orthodox Workers—a ministry grounded in truth and strong Orthodox faith, serving all people, no matter who they are, where they’re from, or what they believe. Their faith was never exclusive, never conditional. They believed that every person who came to our door was sent by Christ Himself.

Today, they continue to guide me—to reach out more, to love more, to welcome everyone, and to never close the door to anyone in need.

Their Built and Trust Must Continue

Our monastery serves the disenfranchised and marginalized, the homeless and near homeless, the poorest of the poor. We reach out to the unseen, the unheard, and the unwanted—though as my parents often reminded me, none are unseen, unheard, or unwanted by Christ.

But today, our monastery itself is in need. Severe leaks in the monastery’s roof have made our great room unusable—the very room that once served the homeless as a day shelter and the elderly as a place of fellowship and warmth.

When I was ordained thirty years ago, my mother told me she had prayed since I was thirteen for me to become the priest that Christ wanted and needed. I have no doubt that her final prayer on Christmas morning was for that same purpose—and that now she is asking Christ to challenge me more deeply in His service.

To learn more about the monastery's immediate needs and how you can help, just follow this link: https://givebutter.com/CQY5jj

The amount does not need to be large; however much you give, you will be helping change the lives of those the monastery serves. Remember the indow and her mite. Her small coin was far from small to her and to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.

May God's blessings always be upon you and your family.

May their memories always be eternal!

03/30/2026

Two Bonus Food Distributions at the Food Bank of Northern Indiana, 702 Chapin Street, South Bend, IN 46601 on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

10 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. - this distribution is sponsored by the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi and its Four Winds Casinos and will serve 185 households

1 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - this distribution is sponsored by the City of South Bend and will serve 250 households.