{"id":261118,"date":"2019-11-20T10:35:32","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T08:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=261118"},"modified":"2019-11-20T10:35:32","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T08:35:32","slug":"first-romanian-monastery-inaugurated-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/first-romanian-monastery-inaugurated-in-portugal\/","title":{"rendered":"First Romanian monastery inaugurated in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The first Romanian Orthodox monastery in Portugal was inaugurated last Sunday, Nov. 17, by four Romanian hierarchs in Aldeia de Santa Margarida (Idanha-a-Nova).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The monastery is dedicated to the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God.<\/p>\n<p>Headed by His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, the assembly of bishops officiated the consecration ceremony for the monastery\u2019s church.<\/p>\n<p>The service was attended by the Romanian Ambassador to Portugal Ioana Bivolaru.<\/p>\n<p>The assembly of bishops included Archbishop Varsanufie of Ramnic, the local bishop Timotei of Spain and Portugal and his assistant bishop Teofil of Iberia.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-261118 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='640x427' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1545.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1545-360x360.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='640x427' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1546.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1546-360x360.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='640x427' href='https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1552.jpg'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/img_1552-360x360.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 R\u00e2mnic Archdiocese<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first Romanian Orthodox monastery in Portugal was inaugurated last Sunday, Nov. 17, by four Romanian hierarchs in Aldeia de Santa Margarida (Idanha-a-Nova). 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