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Supporting those in great need – the Order’s volunteers in western Ukraine

Beregovo, western Ukraine

Working in Ukraine to help the very poor is a task that is carried out every day by the Order of Malta volunteers. Their commitment is, indeed, a call of the heart.

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The mission of the Order of Malta is inspired by its tradition of ‘Tuitio Fidei et Obsequium Pauperum', to assist the poor and the sick, and bear witness to the Christian faith.

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The Sovereign Order of Malta is a sovereign subject of international law. The Order - which is based in Rome, in via Condotti - has its own Government, an independent magistracy, and bilateral diplomatic relations with 110 countries.

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The Order of St John of Jerusalem is one of the oldest institutions of Western and Christian civilisation. Present in Palestine in around 1048, it is a lay religious Order, traditionally of military, chivalrous, noble nature.