What the churches need
Give one item to one church, or furnish a whole sanctuary. Every gift is designated, and your name can be inscribed on what you give.
Furnish a whole church
$14,650
Everything one parish needs to serve the Divine Liturgy as an Orthodox church, from the iconostasis down to the altar servers’ robes. Twenty churches, one per region of four to six villages.
- Iconostasis $5,000
- Icons for the iconostasis and walls $3,000
- Priest and deacon vestments $2,500
- Hanging candles $1,000
- Chalice, Gospel, crucifix, font, stand, linen, books $2,150
- Robes for four altar servers $400
For the altar
from $200
- Altar crucifix $500
- Chalice and diskos $750
- Gospel book $200
- Holy Table linen $300
- Baptismal font $200
For the walls
from $50
- Icon of Christ, entrance $100
- Icon of the Theotokos, entrance $100
- Saint’s icon for the wall $50
- Hanging candle $100
- Candle stand at the door $100
For the people
from $10
- Liturgy book, Psalter $10
- Altar server robe $100
- Reader’s stand $150
- Church utilities, one month $200
- Solar water heater, clergy house $2,000
Or give a little, every month
$1 · $5 · $10 · $20 · $50 · $100
Even the poor can give a dollar a month. Gifts are given wholeheartedly, never under pressure.
Donations are tax deductible. Every dollar is designated to a named church or clergyman in Guatemala. EIN and 501(c)(3) letter available on request.