{"id":225784,"date":"2019-01-26T13:24:24","date_gmt":"2019-01-26T11:24:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=225784"},"modified":"2019-01-26T19:54:28","modified_gmt":"2019-01-26T17:54:28","slug":"bessarabia-metropolitan-meets-with-us-ambassador-to-republic-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/bessarabia-metropolitan-meets-with-us-ambassador-to-republic-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"Bessarabia Metropolitan meets with US Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia welcomed His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova, Dereck J Hogan, at his residence in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, on Wednesday, January 23, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This was the first time when Ambassador Hogan met with Metropolitan Petru after taking up his diplomatic mission in the Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting the two parts discussed topics related to the collaboration between the US Embassy to the Republic of Moldova and the Orthodox Metropolis of Bessarabia.<\/p>\n<p>His Eminence wished the Ambassador a successful diplomatic mission, while also referring to the realities of religious life in the Republic of Moldova.<\/p>\n<p>Metropolitan Petru presented aspects of the history of the Orthodox Church in Bessarabia.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_225781\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-225781\" style=\"width: 677px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-225781 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Ambasador-SUA-Mitropolia-Basarabiei-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"677\" height=\"380\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-225781\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Metropolitan Petru meets with US Ambassador Dereck J. Hogan. \u00a9Metropolis of Bessarabia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>US Ambassador Dereck J. Hogan thanked His Eminence for the warm welcome, while expressing his wish to have further meetings with the representatives of the Metropolis of Bessarabia and to develop joint projects.<\/p>\n<h4>Dereck J. Hogan<\/h4>\n<p>Ambassador Dereck J. Hogan is a career member of the U.S. Senior Foreign Service. \u00a0Prior to being sworn in as Ambassador to U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Moldova, he served as the Deputy Executive Secretary of the U.S. Department of State.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Hogan has a Bachelor\u2019s Degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a Master\u2019s Degree in Public Affairs from the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. \u00a0He speaks Russian and Spanish. Mr. Hogan is married to Anny Hogan and they have a daughter named Hannah.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of:\u00a0Metropolis of Bessarabia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia welcomed His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova, Dereck J Hogan, at his residence in Chi\u0219in\u0103u, on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. 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