On December 28, 2022, at the invitation of the leadership of the St. John Give Hope Foundation charity, the Chancellor of the Patriarchal Parishes in the USA, Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov, visited the House of Industry in Brooklyn.
At this social institution, compatriots who have found themselves in difficult life circumstances in America undergo rehabilitation and social reintegration. In addition to professional help in overcoming alcohol or drug addiction, the residents of the House, which can accommodate 12 people at a time, have the opportunity to find work and adapt firmly to a new sober life.
The House of Industry was founded and opened in 2017 under the patronage of the Patriarchal Parishes of the Moscow Patriarchate in the USA, whose clergy provide spiritual care to the leadership and volunteers of the Foundation named after the Kronstadt pastor, and pastoral care to the residents of the House of Industry, including celebrating services in the small house chapel set up at this institution in 2018.
The founder and executive director of the Foundation, Vadim Arefiev, acquainted Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov with the history and present-day work of the charity and expressed gratitude to the clergy of the Moscow Patriarchate in the USA for their constant support.
The residents of the House of Industry invited Archpriest Igor Vyzhanov to visit them on January 2, 2023, the feast of the heavenly patron of the house chapel — the holy righteous John, pastor of Kronstadt.
