Donations for the Orthodox Church in Cambodia

Are you interested in expanding Orthodox missionary efforts in Cambodia? 

(For donations more than $1.00 click here!)

I collect every single penny donated and wire transfer it to the account in Cambodia.

As a brief synopsis, Cambodia presently has two temples, one in Sihanoukville (the town of my wife’s birth, but now a major Chinese tourist Mecca) and in the capital, Phnom Penh. There are two priests, Father Roman and Father Paisie. Your donations support translations of catechetical, liturgical, and hagiographic works as well as youth ministries, as most of the converts are young adults.

Father Roman

Father Paisie

Feel free to reach out to both on Facebook!

At present, the Church in Cambodia is growing due to a major investment made by the Moscow Patriarchate to have permanent priests, translate the liturgies and catechetical works into Khmer, and building beautiful temples (if you have been to Cambodia, you will realize that no one takes a religion seriously where God is not honored aesthetically.) There is a sizeable Russian expat community that makes up the backbone of both of these churches.

There are two ways within the Western world to donate to the Church in Cambodia.

1. The easy way is to simply use Venmo. I am going to tell a story about this in a little bit.
2. For sizeable donations (such as $10,000 and up) follow the directions given on the Moscow Patriarchate’s website (it involves money transfers at your bank). If your bank does not do international money transfers or has any issues, contact me to help you provide your donation to these churches.

Every single penny you donate (minus the fees which Venmo/Patreon charges) is wired to the churches in Cambodia. Thanks to an anonymous contributor, the money transfer fees will not be deducted from your donation. You can be assured that your whole contribution will be given to the work in Cambodia as you intend. Please include any requests for prayers you would like with the donation as all donors are commemorated by the churches.

This is not a 501(c)(3) and you do not get a tax break for this. Please pray about this becoming a 501(c)(3) some day.

Because we hate monetary scams, please feel free to reach out to me directly or, more importantly, to the priests who know what is going on!

As of present, we are translating more evangelical works into Khmer and have had some hefty expenses repairing the church in Phnom Penh. Father Roman has climbed into the roof of the church in Sihanoukville and fixed it himself. So, they can put your donation to good use!

If anything here has been a blessing to you and you feel the conviction to bless someone else out of gratitude, please help support either Holy Trinity Monastery or this effort in support of the Church in Cambodia.

Thank you for helping support bringing the Gospel to those who have not heard it!