Părintele Alexis Tarasov din
Volvograd a început prin convingerea femeilor din parohia sa care voiau să
avorteze, să nu facă această crimă. Apoi a elaborat un program de ajutor şi
suport psihologic pentru femeile însărcinate.
Acum este directorul
Centrului pentru Apărarea Maternităţii şi Copilăriei din cadrul Societăţii
Medicilor Ortodocşi „Arhanghelul Rafael” din oraşul Voljsk. Tocmai a fost
recompensat cu premiul de excelenţă pentru salvarea vieţii de către Congresul
Mondial al Familiilor. Datorită muncii sale neobosite, nivelul avorturilor din
regiunea sa a scăzut drastic. Ministrul Sănătăţii din Federaţia Rusă a
subliniat lucrarea acestui părinte. În 5 ani, regiunea Volvograd a cunoscut o
scădere cu 25% a avorturilor la cerere.
Părintele Alexis a început
cu predică la Biserică şi prin vizite repretate la spitalele care practică
uciderea intra-uterină. A discutat ore întregi cu femeile însărcinate. „Eu
însumi am 5 copii. Copiii sunt darul lui Dumnezeu şi refuzând acest dar stârnim
mânia Celui Preaînalt. Vom răspunde în faţa lui Dumnezeu pentru sufletele
copiilor noştri” spune el.
Apoi a iniţiat un program
complex de ajutor pentru femeile însărcinate, multe ele respinse de societate,
dar şi pentru mamele care nu-şi pot permite un copil. Datorită lui, mai mult de
2000 de copii au fost salvaţi de la moarte.
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VOLGOGRAD, Russia, October
18, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) - An Orthodox priest in the Volgograd (formerly
Stalingrad) region of Russia has been commended by the Russian Ministry of Health
for his work in reducing the number of abortions in his district. His personal
efforts in counseling and helping women to keep their babies has reduced the
abortion rate in the Volgograd region by 25 percent over the past five years.
Father Alexis Tarasov began his life saving work
in his own parish in the town of Voljsk, where he said he spent hours talking
with women who were considering abortion. He expanded his pro-life work with
visits to the local hospital. Then, he and other like-minded priests,
established a crisis pregnancy center.
Fr. Alexis Tarasov helps
Russia's women find a better path in life.
With the support of his
diocese, he approached the local authorities for help to expand the project.
“The program was approved in
2002 by the administration of Voljsk,” said Father Alexis. “Then the idea
developed to create a regional center, with the support of the administration
of Volgograd.”
The result was the creation
of the Center for the Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, under the supervision
the Archangel Raphael Orthodox Medical Society.
According to the Department
of Health, more than 2,000 Volgograd women have chosen to abandon their
original intention to have an abortion since that time.
Father Alexis explained that
the focus of his project is simple: to provide women with trained and
sympathetic listeners who will hear their concerns, give them full information
on the abortion procedure and its potential effects on her own health and
well-being, and offered them the material help they need.
“Quite often, the only thing
needed to dissuade a mother from this terrible decision is simply to talk to
someone with an open heart,” Father Alexis said.
Natalia Ermishkina, 31, is
one of the women that Father Alexis dissuaded from abortion. The young mother
said she had lost her room in subsidized housing after being abandoned by the
man who promised to marry her and raise their child. Out of desperation,
Natalia decided to get rid of the child.
“The psychologist in
prenatal listened to me and advised me to speak to Father Alexis,” said
Natalia. “I went to him and I do not regret it. I gave birth to Alexandra, and
the Center helped me with housing and clothes for the child. I have a daughter,
and now begin to believe in and look forward to a better life.”
“Today, all women seeking
abortions are sent by gynecologists for consultation with the psychologist
working at each prenatal hospital,” said Nikolai Zarkin, head physician of
Volgograd’s Central Maternity Hospital № 2.
Zarkin said after these
consultations, 20 percent of women refuse abortion and give birth to their
children.
Father Alexis has organized
help for mothers after their children are born by providing legal aid as well
as clothing at the Center for the Protection of Motherhood and Childhood, and
looks forward to providing more housing.
“Wherever possible, we
strive to help women in need. There is now an acute need for the establishment
of more homes for moms who need housing. It is essential to build homes and
equip them so that women can live with their children until their housing
problem is resolved,” said Father Alexis. “But it is difficult without help
from the authorities and, without benefactors, we can not do it.”
Pravoslavie News reports
that Father Alexis has been given an award by the World Congress of Families
for his many years of pro-life work.
Surse: Doxologia, LifeSiteNews
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