{"id":218908,"date":"2018-12-01T14:04:13","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T12:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=218908"},"modified":"2018-12-01T14:04:13","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T12:04:13","slug":"we-thank-for-all-benefactions-of-the-great-union-romania-national-day-celebrated-at-alba-iulia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/we-thank-for-all-benefactions-of-the-great-union-romania-national-day-celebrated-at-alba-iulia\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We thank for all benefactions of the Great Union\u2019: Romania National Day celebrated at Alba Iulia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>For all the benefactions of the Great Union, we thank today the Most Holy Trinity,\u2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-daniel-on-romania-national-day-let-us-defend-and-cultivate-national-freedom-and-unity-full-text\/\">Patriarch Daniel said after the Te Deum service<\/a> officiated on Saturday on Romania\u2019s National Day at the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and All Palestine also concelebrated.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018We gratefully remember all Romanian heroes who sacrificed themselves for the freedom, unity and dignity of the Romanian people,\u2019 the Patriarch of Romania noted Dec. 1.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Today, all Romanian citizens have the duty\u00a0<em>to keep and cultivate not only the gift of freedom but also the gift of national unity,<\/em>\u00a0as a symbol of the dignity of the Romanian people, in dialogue and cooperation with all peoples of the world,\u2019 he added.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: right;\">\u2018Many and blessed years, Romania!\u2019<\/h4>\n<p>On Romania\u2019s National Day, a Te Deum Service is officiated in all churches and monasteries within the Romanian Patriarchate offering prayers of thanksgiving for the benefactions poured out upon the Romanian people united in one country.<\/p>\n<p>At 10.00 a.m., the bells of every church in the country rang for three minutes marking the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Great Union.<\/p>\n<p>The two Patriarchs arrived Friday evening in Alba Iulia where they were welcomed by the local Archbishop Irineu at the Coronation Cathedral, in the presence of several hierarchs and many faithful.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-218908 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1600x1066' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-12-01-at-13.43.47.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/WhatsApp-Image-2018-12-01-at-13.43.47-360x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1600x1066' 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href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-1.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-1-360x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1600x1066' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-360x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1600x1066' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-3.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-3-360x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1600x1066' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-6.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-6-360x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1600x1066' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-5.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-5-360x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1600x1066' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-7.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Te-Deum-Ziua-Nationala-Alba-Iulia-7-360x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photography courtesy of Mircea Florescu \/\u00a0<strong><em>Basilica.ro<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For all the benefactions of the Great Union, we thank today the Most Holy Trinity,\u2019 Patriarch Daniel said after the Te Deum service officiated on Saturday on Romania\u2019s National Day at the Coronation Cathedral in Alba Iulia. 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