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Zoodochos Pigi is an Orthodox women's monastery on the Greek island of Samos. In 2015 it became a common destination for refugees from Syria and elsewhere who crossed the Aegean Sea in small boats from Turkey. The nuns living here helped the visitors with water and bread until authorities could arrive to transport them to a reception center. Yet the massive influx taxed the monastery's resources. International Orthodox Christian Charities, a member of the ACT Alliance, is going to provide the monastery with a water tank so the nuns can give water to the refugees without running out of water for themselves.