Charity, Giving Back

Good Friday Charity

The St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Austin TX Good Friday charity has been a great blessing to many over the years. The offertory obtained during the Good Friday service is used to help fund the education of poor children, medical assistance to poor patients, and building homes for the homeless in India.

Over the years, the project has funded the construction and repairs of more than a dozen homes and has provided more than $250k in help to the needy. The project has been very successful in reaching out to people in need in the most backward dioceses in Kerala such as Idukki, Malabar, and Suthan battery.

Good Friday Charity is our annual charity project where we support people in need of medical, education, and house repair and construction.

Every year, we receive many applications as part of the GFC, which contain life situations and stories of the tragedies of ordinary people. This year was no different. Sharing a few of the stories that help each of us reinforce how our help is making a difference: A child (studying in 1st grade) crosses the road seeing her mother after getting off a school bus and a KSRTC bus hits her and goes over her leg and finally doctors had to amputate her leg, a student gets 96.7% marks, but is unable to continue her education since her parents can’t afford her higher education, Multiple widows living in houses that could collapse any time or having no houses to live in, having to deal with disabled children, losing a husband to cancer, having to deal with brain tumor treatment of their children, and many more and the list goes on.

Thanking our Lord for all the blessings he has given us, we continued our tradition of using the Good Friday offertory to help people in need.

How to apply?

Good Friday Charity tries to help poor people in need. To apply, please follow the steps below. A committee will review your application, will perform verifications, and will select the most deserving applications.

  1. Download the Good Friday Charity application by clicking here.
  2. Fill in the application form
  3. Write a letter with your specific details and situation
  4. Attach the relevant supporting documents
  5. Request an Orthodox priest to certify your application
  6. Send the application to St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, Austin, TX to reach the church before the deadline by either
    • Scan the documents and email it to charity@stgregoriosaustin.org
    • OR post the application to St. Gregorios Orthodox Church, P.O. Box 81684, Austin, TX 78708-1684, USA

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