{"id":239551,"date":"2019-05-29T20:13:31","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=239551"},"modified":"2019-05-29T20:18:30","modified_gmt":"2019-05-29T17:18:30","slug":"prayers-ring-out-in-romanian-hermitage-in-jordan-valley-for-first-time-in-50-years-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/prayers-ring-out-in-romanian-hermitage-in-jordan-valley-for-first-time-in-50-years-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayers ring out in Romanian Hermitage in Jordan Valley for first time in 50 years (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A spiritually joyous event for Romanian Orthodox and all Orthodox faithful occurred in the Jordan Valley yesterday, near the site where the Lord Jesus Christ was baptized, as prayers rung out in the Skete of St. John the Baptist for the first time in 50 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Archimandrite Teofil An\u0103st\u0103soaie and other clergy from the Romanian Patriarchate\u2019s Representation in the Holy Land managed to enter the hermitage\u2019s church with the help of a demining team that had cleared the space around and inside the church.<\/p>\n

It was a \u201cvery special and exciting day,\u201d Fr. Teofil commented, \u201cbecause no prayers were heard in the Romanian skete\u2019s church for 50 years; everything was closed, the area was mined, and only the wind of the desert passed through our place.\u201d<\/p>\n