98-year-old
homeless Bulgarian man donates thousands to restore churches
An
elderly man with a beard sits on the street corner hunched over, in a picture recently posted
online.
In
another photo the man sits on a small bed in a shack and in another, he bends
over to kiss a boy's hand. The description says the man is Dobri Dobrev, a
98-year-old who travels 25 kilometers each day and begs on the streets of
Sofia, Bulgaria. It says he lost most of his hearing during WWII.
For
Bulgarians, this isn't news.
Dobrev
is a fixture on the streets of Sofia, where many know his name but few,
apparently, know that Dobrev isn't begging for himself. The captions on the
photos explain his inspiring generosity.
It
was only recently discovered that he has donated every penny he has collected —
over 40,000 euros — towards the restoration of decaying Bulgarian monasteries
and churches and the utility bills of orphanages, living entirely off his
monthly state pension of 80 euros and the kindness of others.
A
scene from a film shows a devout Elder Dobri, as he is called, praying in a
temple he helped to fund with his donations: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaau8iT0D0o&feature=player_embedded
Read more about “Saint Dobry” - http://saintdobry.com/elder-dobry-from-baylovo/
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