Bishop Longin of Chernivtsi, from the monastery in Banchensk (Ukraine), since the 90s, has adopted all the children rejected by their parents there..

Of the nearly 400 children who, thanks to him, had a joyful childhood and who were rescued from the streets, the cold, and the world of crime, 40 of them have been infected with the HIV virus since their birth, and about a hundred of them were born with developmental problems.

All of them call him "Daddy", and those who have enrolled schools and colleges and have built their own families are returning to the monastery and helping him with their new brothers and sisters.