[Orthodoxy Today]
The House of Mercy is the first multi-functional social establishment of the Orthodox Church in the CIS. Its conception includes 13 projects directed at rendering spiritual, medical, and social help and assistance to poor and needy people. His Holiness Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow and All Russia, while visiting Belorussia in May 2002, consecrated this unique establishment. Archpriest Feodor Povny, the head of the House of Mercy, tells Pravoslavie.Ru about its work and problems.