{"id":247841,"date":"2019-08-14T15:08:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T12:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=247841"},"modified":"2019-08-14T15:08:43","modified_gmt":"2019-08-14T12:08:43","slug":"drama-metropolitan-consecrates-first-romanian-church-on-mount-athos-dedicated-to-st-paisios","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/drama-metropolitan-consecrates-first-romanian-church-on-mount-athos-dedicated-to-st-paisios\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama Metropolitan consecrates first Romanian church on Mount Athos dedicated to St Paisios"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>His Eminence Metropolitan Pavlos of Drama consecrated a newly built church at the hut of the Annunciation at Lakkoskiti in honour of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the first church serving a Romanian community on the Holy Mount to be dedicated to St Paisios.<\/p>\n<p>The consecration ceremony took place on July 25, the feast day of St Paisios according to the unrevised Julian calendar.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fabx0F9QRO4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The church was also offered a second Patron Saint, the holy and righteous King <em>David<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The building of the church of St Paisios began in 2015, while the iconography in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The hut of the Annunciation is one of the most famous Romanian kalivia on Mount Athos.<\/p>\n<p>The V. Rev. Archimandrite Stefan Nutescu, who is the hegoumen of the kalivi, is the spiritual son of Elder Isaac Atallah, a close disciple of Elder Paisios.<\/p>\n<p>The fathers from the Annunciation Hut have made many efforts to translate in Romanian the life and the works of St Paisios the Athonite.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-247841 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='768x1024' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fd2bf9b8-239d-49e4-a760-e958593714a2.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/fd2bf9b8-239d-49e4-a760-e958593714a2-360x360.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 landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1280x1000' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5f6f44bf-c9d3-4cc4-a88f-5e15d5bcbc1b.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/5f6f44bf-c9d3-4cc4-a88f-5e15d5bcbc1b-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='1200x1600' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/473bbfa9-b9f8-4dce-bea2-fd0bb49f49e1.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/473bbfa9-b9f8-4dce-bea2-fd0bb49f49e1-360x360.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='768x1024' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4b5ecd56-eee2-480f-9119-cf1403805171.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/4b5ecd56-eee2-480f-9119-cf1403805171-360x360.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='768x1024' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/285324eb-d64e-4a9e-b935-116411bedd18.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/285324eb-d64e-4a9e-b935-116411bedd18-360x360.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='768x1024' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/e8738f44-5698-444b-84a4-ddce493021bb.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/e8738f44-5698-444b-84a4-ddce493021bb-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 the Metropolis of Drama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Eminence Metropolitan Pavlos of Drama consecrated a newly built church at the hut of the Annunciation at Lakkoskiti in honour of Saint Paisios of Mount Athos. 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