103-Yr-Old Bulgarian Beggar Earns Thousands On Streets, Doesn't Keep A Cent For Himself.

With his long, scraggly white beard and tattered clothes, Dobri Dobrev would by all appearances seem to be your garden-variety beggar, the kind of homeless person found in any major city who appeals to the kindness of strangers for subsistence.

But what no one knew until just a few years ago is that Dobri — who turns 103 in July — has eschewed materialism and even the basic comforts of the modern world, donating all the money he receives from begging to help others in need.

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That’s right, every single penny (or lev, Bulgaria’s currency).

Because his own desires are few, “Saint Dobry” is able to live off a war pension that amounts to a meager $100 each month. He donates his gains from the streets to orphanages, churches and monasteries, including more than $20,000 to the Cathedral of Alexander Nevsky in Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia.

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He now lives in an extension to the Saints Cyril and Methodius church — the recipient of nearly $6,000 of his street earnings — in his hometown of Bailovo.

For years, Grandpa Dobri, as he is also known, traversed the 15 miles from his home to Sofia by foot, but now relies on public transportation.