Malin, Ukraine Church Restoration Update

ROCOR: Pictorial & Fund-raising History of repairs to severely war-damaged Church of The Protection of The Mother of God, in Malin, Ukraine  

  Time:  Sat, 14 Jan 2023 

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Restoration of the Protection/Pokrov Church of The Mother of God, in Malin, Ukraine (update)

Author: Metropolitan Agafangel. Publication date:January 14, 2023. Category: ROCOR .

• January 7, 2023. By the Nativity of Christ, the dome space of the Intercession Church in Malin was repaired.

• 29 September. In the Church of the Intercession in the city of Malin, the external repair of the walls damaged by fragments from the explosion of a Russian rocket has been completed. The heating system in the temple has also been repaired.

     The diocesan administration of the Odessa diocese transferred funds for these works from its bank account to the company-contractor of works:

09/01/22 advance payment for facade repair UAH 19,052 = $516.31

09/29/22 final payment for the work performed to repair the facade of the temple UAH 70,424.80 = $1,908.53

09/29/22 repair of heating of the temple premises 6 967.66 UAH =  $ 188.82

Total: 96,444.46 UAH = $2,613.66

Earlier, UAH 463,629 = $14,099.28 were transferred to the contractor for the repair of the temple  

Total : $14,099.28  + $2,613.66 = $16,712.04 (excluding bank fees for currency sales and banking transactions with other banks).

     This does not include funds donated directly to the parish and the rector of the temple, Fr. George Storozhitsky.

• 24 September. In the Church of the Intercession in the city of Malin, the external repair of the walls, damaged by fragments from the explosion of a Russian rocket, is almost completed. The eastern wall from the side of the altar remained. The work is complicated by daily rains.

• 14 September. In the Church of the Intercession in the city of Malin, the external repair of walls damaged by fragments from the explosion of a Russian rocket continues. The work is made more difficult by constant rain.

• 5 September. In the Church of the Intercession in the city of Malin, scaffolding was installed for the external repair of walls damaged by shrapnel from a Russian rocket explosion.

• August 23. In the Intercession Church in Malin, the chimney for the boiler was replaced and a window was installed in the sacristy.

• 21 August. For the repair of the central dome and the drainage system of the ROCOR Church of the Intercession in Malin, $1,510 were transferred to the account of a construction company. In total, the diocesan administration transferred $14,099.28 + $1,510 =  $15,609.28 for the repair of the Intercession Church

•  18 August. The repair of the main dome of the Church of the Intercession in Malin has been completed. We will try to overlay it with gold-plated sheets. Now the drainage system is being put in order.

•  16 August. The restoration of the main dome of the Church of the Intercession in the city of Malin continues, three sections remain to be restored. Rectangular windows are also being installed.

•  12 August. Starting today, the restoration of the main dome of the temple has begun in the Intercession Church of Malin. The wooden frame will be restored and covered with preserved galvanized iron. If we manage to raise money, we will add the completion of arched windows and overlay the central dome with sheets of stainless steel with a gold coating. For those who want to help, the ways to transfer funds are indicated  here.

•  8 August. In the Intercession Church of Malin, the replacement of the destroyed windows continues. Unfortunately, arched windows are very expensive, while we are installing rectangular ones.

•  30 July. Thank God, the restoration of the roof of the temple is over! The cover on the entrance gate has also been repaired.

     What remains is the repair of domes, the restoration of all windows, the repair and painting of the outer walls of the temple. Funds raised are not enough to complete the work. We ask, if possible, to donate to the needs of our Church. Details are listed here

     The bank account of the Odessa Diocese, as well as the bank card of the Ruling Bishop and the Diocesan Treasurer, received donations from our parishioners for the repair of the Pokrovsky Church in the city of Malin, Ukraine, which was damaged by the explosion. These funds were transferred for the renovation of the temple in the following order:

22.0310 transferred to Malin to a bank card 5000 UAH = $170.94

03/22/30 transferred to Malin to a bank card 7500 UAH = $256.41

04/22/18 transferred to Malin to a bank card for parishioners whose houses were damaged by a missile strike UAH 6,829 = $233.47

05/22/13 advance payment for the replacement of the roof of the temple UAH 169,800 = $5,805.19

07/22/12 sheets with gold coating (20 pieces) UAH 16,600 = $567.52

07/22/27 for the manufacture of metal-plastic windows (9 pcs) with installation UAH 71,800 = $1,967.12

08/22/28 final payment for the manufacture of the roof of the temple UAH 186,100 = $5,098.63

Total: UAH 463,629 = $14,099.28 (excluding bank commission for the sale of currency and banking transactions with other banks).

     This does not include funds donated directly to the parish and the rector of the temple, Fr. George Storozhitsky.

• July 20. The roof over the side entrance has been restored.

• July 19. The window above the side entrance to the temple has been restored.

• the 14 th of July. In the Church of the Intercession, at the windows in which the frame has been preserved, the film is changed to glass. While glass was installed in one window, it cost UAH 4,000 ($137). The replacement of the roof of the temple is coming to an end.

• 27th of June. The repair of the roof of the Intercession Church continues. In two weeks, it is planned to complete the replacement of the entire roof.

     The windows in which the frames survived were temporarily decided to be glazed with one row of glass, the windows where the frames were destroyed should be completely replaced before the onset of cold weather.

• 14 June. In response to a request from the Odessa Diocese of ROCOR to the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine regarding the actions of Mayor Malin, who exerted administrative pressure and forced our ROCOR parish to transfer to the OCU, a response was received, the essence of which is that the actions of A. Sitaylo should be dealt with by the police. We also contacted the police, we hope to get an answer from there as well.

• 14 June. An answer came from the Malinsky mayor to a request for help in restoring the Church of the Intercession destroyed as a result of a missile strike by the Russian Federation. The answer, in fact, means a refusal to help, since the reference to the fact that this repair does not provide funds in the budget is an excuse, since the budget provides funds for the repair and improvement of the city's infrastructure. Also at the disposal of the city authorities there are many ways to help without attracting budgetary funds.

• 14 June. Part of the new roof is already visible from the street. At this point, the rain no longer flows into the temple.

• 13 June. Work continues to restore the completely destroyed roof of the Intercession Church. After laying the waterproofing, they began to lay the corrugated board.

• the 9th of June. Building structures are being erected around  the temple. Eight windows in the dome drum have already been installed.

• June 3rd. Eight windows were made and brought to be placed under the central dome of the Church of the Intercession in Malin, to replace those destroyed by the explosion of a Russian rocket, and work began on their installation. From today, after the purchase of building materials, the main restoration work begins.