{"id":189911,"date":"2018-03-14T16:42:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T14:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=189911"},"modified":"2018-03-14T16:42:32","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T14:42:32","slug":"holy-friday-becomes-national-holiday-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/holy-friday-becomes-national-holiday-in-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"Holy Friday becomes national holiday in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p3\" data-field=\" paragraph\">Holy Friday has become an official public non-working holiday in Romania. With Romanian President Klaus Iohannis\u2019 signature on the completion of Paragraph 1 of Article 139 of the Labor Code, Romania joined 16 other EU countries on Monday where Holy Friday is already a public holiday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p5\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The bill was initiated by Deputy Szabo Odon of the Democrat Hungarian Union and adopted by the Senate on February 21 by a vote of 86-1 with one abstention. The Chamber of Deputies approved the legislation on February 28 by a vote of 223-7 with 19 abstentions, reports\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.business-review.eu\/news\/president-iohannis-adopts-draft-law-for-good-friday-to-become-non-working-public-holiday-161198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Business Review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p6\" data-field=\" paragraph\">\u201cRomania should also make Good Friday legal holiday, as it is one of the most significant religious events of the year,\u201d Szabo Odon said, as quoted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.romaniajournal.ro\/president-iohannis-signs-decree-to-promulgate-law-providing-that-good-friday-is-non-working-legal-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Romania Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p7\" data-field=\" paragraph\">Several other Church feasts are already established as holidays in Romania: Pascha and Bright Monday, the first and second days of Pentecost, the Dormition of the Most Holy Theotokos (August 15 new style), the feast of St. Andrew the First-Called (November 30 new style) and the first and second days of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ (December 25 and 26 new style).<\/p>\n<p data-enum=\"p7\" data-field=\" paragraph\">Translated by <a href=\"http:\/\/orthochristian.com\/111462.html\">Orthodox Christianity<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Holy Friday has become an official public non-working holiday in Romania. With Romanian President Klaus Iohannis\u2019 signature on the completion of Paragraph 1 of Article 139 of the Labor Code, Romania joined 16 other EU countries on Monday where Holy Friday is already a public holiday. 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