{"id":230081,"date":"2019-03-12T09:08:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T07:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=230081"},"modified":"2019-03-12T09:09:18","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T07:09:18","slug":"20-religion-journalists-from-romania-visit-roc-representation-to-the-european-institutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/20-religion-journalists-from-romania-visit-roc-representation-to-the-european-institutions\/","title":{"rendered":"20 religion journalists from Romania visit ROC Representation to the European Institutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A group of twenty religion journalists from Romania visited the Representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions headquartered in Brussels on the first day of a three-day trip to Belgium beginning on Wednesday, March 6, 2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The journalists were welcomed by Rev. Sorin Selaru, director, Rev. George Valcu, secretary, and Rev. Gabriel Pop, assistant.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, Fr. Sorin Selaru briefed the history of the Romanian Orthodox Parish of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker, which is a property of the Romanian Patriarchate in Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>Fr. Selaru explained why the church was dedicated to St Nicholas, noting that the church building was bought exactly on December 6 when the feast of Holy Hierarch of Myra is celebrated.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to offer details regarding the construction works that are currently being carried out at the church building, especially the neighbouring rooms that will house various activities, especially for young people. Fr Selaru added that most of the money covering the costs of the works are offered by the Romanian Patriarchate.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The director of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Orth_EU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Orth_EU<\/a>, Fr. Sorin \u0218elaru (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/p_selaru?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@p_selaru<\/a>), presented the history of the Romanian Orthodox Church of St Nicholas the Wonderworker in Brussels to a group of religious journalists from Romania.<br \/>\nThe group includes members of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasilicaNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BasilicaNews<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7xdDm9Zr2H\">pic.twitter.com\/7xdDm9Zr2H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Basilica.ro (EN) (@BasilicaNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasilicaNews\/status\/1103257074375503873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Director of the ROC Representation to the European Institutions also referred to the Romanian youth, saying that many come to Belgium to study theology at renowned universities in the country.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that theology students are very involved in the mission of the Romanian parishes, particularly in terms of providing catechesis.<\/p>\n<p>The group of journalists was headed by Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu, patriarchal counsellor and director of the Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate, and included members of the Basilica Media Centre and other correspondents from Ia\u0219i, Sibiu, Cluj-Napoca, Alba Iulia, Timi\u0219oara.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-230081 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='1024x768' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vizita-Bruxelles-3.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vizita-Bruxelles-3-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-229835\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-229835'>\n\t\t\t\tUn grup de 20 de jurnali\u0219ti religio\u0219i din Rom\u00e2nia a vizitat ora\u0219ul Bruxelles \u00een perioada 6-8 martie 2019. Foto: Basilica.ro\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='900x1200' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vizita-Bruxelles-1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vizita-Bruxelles-1-360x360.jpg\" 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='900x1200' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vizita-Bruxelles-2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/vizita-Bruxelles-2-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photography courtesy of <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Basilica.ro<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of twenty religion journalists from Romania visited the Representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions headquartered in Brussels on the first day of a three-day trip to Belgium beginning on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. 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