{"id":44769,"date":"2022-05-07T14:38:33","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T12:38:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofmconv.net\/il-convento-delle-ultime-cene\/"},"modified":"2022-05-07T14:41:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T12:41:15","slug":"il-convento-delle-ultime-cene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ofmconv.net\/en\/il-convento-delle-ultime-cene\/","title":{"rendered":"Friary of the \u201cLast Suppers\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cHe calls it the \u2018Friary of the Last Suppers.\u2019 Yes, it\u2019s plural. Moreover, as Friar Mykola ORACH talks about it, his tone becomes somber. We are not in the Holy Land but in Ukraine, in downtown Lviv. \u2018Within our walls we have seen and continue to attend the last suppers of so many people.\u2019\u201d <\/em>This Conventual Franciscan friar is being quoted from an article published May 6, 2022, in Avvenire<\/em>, a Catholic-inspired, Italian newspaper.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201c\u2018Those fleeing the war stop here and stay with us,\u2019 says Friar Mykola. \u2018We have opened up our friary, which is next to St. Anthony\u2019s Church. Whole families have been arriving<\/em>, each comprised of a <\/em>husband, a wife and their children. The husband, however, cannot leave the country, as decreed by the government. Therefore, he can only accompany his family to the border crossing with Poland, perhaps by car. Our friary is a place where families stop before crossing the border. They sleep here. They eat their last supper with us before they part ways. They look into each other\u2019s eyes and caress each other\u2019s hands. Every whisper and gaze contains the pain of an entire attacked people. It is unacceptable that this is happening.\u2019\u201d
\n<\/em>The Conventual Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Cross in Ukraine are located in five different friaries spread across the country. Since the beginning of the war, they have established an active and effective network of solidarity, in constant collaboration with Assisi, to help and be with those who have chosen to stay in the country.
\n\u201c\u2018The world believes that the war in Ukraine began in February of 2022, but for us, it has been going on since 2014,\u2019 the friar explains further. \u2018And since then, we have been transporting basic necessities here to be sorted, in an area that has been defined as a gray zone, at the crossroads between Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.\u2019\u201d
\n<\/em>He reports in the article that the friary in Lviv \u201clooks like a miniature Assisi. It serves as a reference point. It has also become an assistance center with a Franciscan character, empowered to deliver aid throughout the region.\u201d<\/em> The friars receive food, medicine and clothing and distribute these items to those in need. \u201cEven Ukrainian soldiers have been knocking on the friary door.\u201d
\n<\/em>\u201cThe war will not end soon,\u201d <\/em>concludes Friar Mykola. \u201cFor a few months, we can rely on our internal resources. Then our needs will increase. And we have another concern. What\u2019s that? That the West, after intense mobilization in recent weeks, is no longer as close to our people as it was. Therefore I say: \u2018Do not forget us.\u2019 There is an entire country to be saved today and to be rebuilt tomorrow<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

We are therefore all invited to support our confreres in Ukraine again. For more information and to support the projects of the friars in the country go to: www.sanfrancesco.org. You can also contribute by making a transfer to the bank account:<\/p>\n

\u201cFrancesco d\u2019Assisi, un uomo un fratello\u201d
\nIban: IT64R0200838278000103746115
\nBic-Swift: UNCRITM1J12.<\/p>\n

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From: the Italian newspaper Avvenire<\/em><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.avvenire.it\/mondo\/pagine\/frati-di-leopoli-cosi-aiutiamo-le-famiglie-ucraina<\/a>
\nGiacomo GAMBASSI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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