"To help build the Church by engaging the faithful, and offering solutions."

Authorized by the Synod of Bishops, the FAR oversees all ROCOR fundraising activities, identifies funding needs, manages the annual fundraising campaign, the ROCOR Foundation and offers fundraising support to parishes and communities. Its aim is to help the members of ROCOR meet their Christian tithing obligations to service the needs of their parishes and the Church, to support our hierarchs in tending to their flock, and to provide for the needs of monasteries, schools, seminaries, and clergy.

St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Lakewood (Howell), NJ

Since 1998, $1.7 million has been raised by the Church, and help has been provided to Holy Virgin Protection Memorial Church in Ottawa, the Mt. of Olives and Gethsemane Convents and the Skete of St Chariton in the Holy Land, St. Nicholas Cathedral in Montreal, and others. Interest-free construction loans have been provided to St Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Howell, NJ, Holy Dormition Church in London, St Mark's Orthodox Monastery in NYC, Intercession of the Holy Virgin Church in Glen Cove, NY and Transfiguration Church in Baltimore, MD.

Holy Dormition Church, London, England

Taking full advantage of the latest advances in fundraising methods, the FAR will expand charitable and benevolent operations to include: Aid to parishes, missions, monasteries and church schools, clergymen and their families in need through a reestablished Clergy Welfare Fund, and an interest-free loan program. We can help parishes collect their own dues and conduct special collection as wells.

Ascension Convent, Mt of Olives, Jerusalem

November 1, 2004, marked the launch of the First Annual Fundraising Drive. Donors pledge monthly donations, drawn directly from their bank accounts, and specify where their donations go.

The ROCOR Foundation will help donors give through planned giving, wills, life insurance options and an array of other convenient and tax-beneficial options.