Over two decades the Russian Orthodox Church has been actively developing various forms of social service. An important part of this service is help to people affected by emergencies.
The Russia Round Table (RRT) is actively involved in this work. With the blessing of the Russian Orthodox Church’s leadership, the RRT since 1994 has prepared and implemented a number of emergency relief programs, operating under the Department for External Church Relations, Moscow Patriarchate and in cooperation with international Christian organizations.
Specifically, such programs are implemented in cooperation with the Inter-Christian Alliance “Action by Churches Together» (ACT). Alliance is a longstanding partner of the Russian Orthodox Church in emergency relief in various regions of Russia and abroad.
Implementation of emergency programs encountered support and appreciation of the beneficiaries, local and federal authorities, clergy and diocesan bishops in the regions, as well as of the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church.
В 1995-2016 годах были реализованы программы по следующим направлениям:
Armed conflicts: emergency relief and rehabilitation assistance to the affected civilian population, refugees and IDPs
- Emergency and rehabilitation assistance to civilians affected by the armed conflict in Chechnya: programs in Dagestan, Ingushetia, North Ossetia-Alania, Stavropol Territory and Chechnya (1995-2007)
- Emergency assistance to IDPs from Kosovo in Serbia (2000)
- Emergency aid to refugees in Tajikistan and Afghanistan (2002)
- Emergency and rehabilitation assistance for the survivors of the South Ossetia war 2008 – project in North Ossetia – Alania (Russia) and South Ossetia (2008-2009)
- Assistance to refugees and IDPs from south-east of Ukraine in Ukraine and Russia (2015-2016)
- Assistance to displaced persons from south-east of Ukraine in Russia with the support of “Samaritan’s Purse” and the Billy Graham Association (2015)
Natural disasters: aid to victims of floods and wild fires
- Aid to flood victims in the Republic of Moldova (2008) (1994-1995)
- Emergency assistance to flood victims in the Republic of Tajikistan (1998)
- Aid to victims of spring floods in Nizhniy Novgorod region and Yakutia (2001)
- Emergency and rehabilitation assistance to flood victims in 2002 in North Caucasus: Dagestan, Karachaevo-Cherkessia, Krasnodar Territory, North Ossetia-Alania, Stavropol Territory and Chechnya (2002-2003)
- Aid to flood victims in the Republic of Moldova (2008)
- Aid to victims of wild fires in Ryazan and Altay regions, Russia (2010)
- Emergency aid to victims of flood in the Krasnodar Region (2012)
- Emergency aid for victims of the flood in Khabarovsk Region (2013)
Terrorist attacks
- Rehabilitation assistance to survivors of the terrorist action in Beslan (2004-2007)
Economic collapses
- Hot meals for children (1998-1999)