{"id":218910,"date":"2018-12-01T14:17:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-01T12:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=218910"},"modified":"2018-12-01T14:18:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-01T12:18:15","slug":"his-beatitude-patriarch-daniel-inaugurates1918-great-union-memorial-in-alba-iulia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/his-beatitude-patriarch-daniel-inaugurates1918-great-union-memorial-in-alba-iulia\/","title":{"rendered":"His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel inaugurates 1918 Great Union Memorial in Alba Iulia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Saturday, December 1, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel inaugurated a memorial dedicated to Romania\u2019s 1918 Great Union in Alba Iulia.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ceremony was attended by Patriarch Theophilos of Jerusalem and other Romanian Orthodox bishops.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_218887\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218887\" style=\"width: 496px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-218887 \" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-4-593x890.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"496\" height=\"793\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-218887\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1918 Great Union Memorial in Alba Iulia. Photo: Basilica.ro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The stone monument has the shape of four crosses joined at the top and two reversed \u201cU\u201d letters, meant to signify the four provinces which united throughout 1918 into a single country.<\/p>\n<p>The monument weighs more than 1,500 tons and its height reaches that of a seven or eight-story building.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the inauguration of the monument, the Patriarch of Romania blessed two homage plaques dedicated to the 1918 Great Union founders and officiated a Te Deum service in front of the Coronation Cathedral also known as the Reunification Cathedral in Alba Iulia.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands attended the solemn ceremonies in Alba Iulia.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-218910 gallery-columns-6 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\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-5.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-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\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-2.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-2-360x360.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\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-3.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-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 portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1066x1600' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-4.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-4-360x360.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\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-6.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-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\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-1.jpeg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Patriarhul-a-sifntit-monumentul-unirii-1-360x360.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<em><strong>Basilica.ro<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday, December 1, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel inaugurated a memorial dedicated to Romania\u2019s 1918 Great Union in Alba Iulia. 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