{"id":307906,"date":"2021-02-17T16:59:08","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=307906"},"modified":"2021-02-17T16:59:08","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T14:59:08","slug":"bucharest-archdiocese-spends-eur-2-mln-on-medical-equipment-humanitarian-aid-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/bucharest-archdiocese-spends-eur-2-mln-on-medical-equipment-humanitarian-aid-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Bucharest Archdiocese spends EUR 2 mln on medical equipment, humanitarian aid in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Archdiocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest convened at the Palace of the Romanian Patriarchate to review last year&#8217;s activity and set new priorities for 2021.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The activity slowed down compared to previous years, as a consequence of the pandemic restrictions. Nevertheless, most of the administrative-pastoral, economic-patrimonial, cultural-missionary and educational activities were continued.<\/p>\n<p>The activity was especially focused on the social-philanthropic level, as a response to an acute need.<\/p>\n<p>The archdiocese set a new record of investment in charity: over 2 million Euros, compared to 1.8 million Euros in <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/adunare-eparhiala-84-milioane-lei-cheltuiti-in-scop-filantropic-anul-trecut-la-nivelul-arhiep-bucurestilor\/?swcfpc=1\">2019<\/a> and 1.3 million in the previous years.<\/p>\n<p>The main social-philanthropic activities of the diocese in 2020:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Partnership with the authorities to offer aid to people in difficulty during lockdown: 3,000 warm food portions and basic non-perishable food packages were distributed with the involvement of the Bucharest deaneries.<\/li>\n<li>Covid-19 hospitals were offered medical equipment and general practitioners from remote rural areas were offered protection masks and pulse-oximeters.<\/li>\n<li>Support for children from vulnerable communities: school stationery and electronic tablets and devices for remote teaching and learning. The <em>Education and Youth <\/em><em>Sector<\/em> of the Archdiocese was involved. The archdiocese&#8217;s parishes offered last year stationery, school books, clothing and school uniforms in value of over 170,000 Euros \u2013 290 vulnerable pupils benefited.<\/li>\n<li>The archdiocese strengthened existing partnerships and identified new social partners for its social initiatives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other social programs and projects were continued in 2020. Among them, the building of a new <em>Day Centre for hearing impaired children<\/em> in Bucharest, the extending of the <em>Children Day Centre <\/em>in the city of Urla\u021bi, the building of <em>two family-type houses<\/em> at Turnu Monastery in Prahova county, and the <em>Food Bank<\/em> project initiated in Bucharest&#8217;s 6th Sector Deanery.<\/p>\n<p>The total value of humanitarian and financial aid offered by the Archdiocese of Bucharest in 2020 was approximately 2 million Euros (9,945,926.49 RON).<\/p>\n<p>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/raport-activitatile-arhiepiscopiei-bucurestilor-2020\/?swcfpc=1\">full report in Romanian<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Archdiocesan Assembly<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>After presenting the general report, Patriarch Daniel thanked all those who made possible the archdiocese&#8217;s charity work:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAt the end, we would like to thank all private persons, communities, local and central institutions who helped the Archdiocese of Bucharest in its many activities last year: in pastoral ministry, in property development and in charity. We entreat the Most Holy Trinity to give them good health, happiness, peace and joy, as well as help in all the good deeds.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_307115\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-307115\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-307115 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MSP_1903-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-307115\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on February 6, 2021. Photo: Lumina Newspaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The meeting was preceded by a <em>Te Deum<\/em> service officiated at the Patriarchal Cathedral by His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova. After the reading out of the general report, the works were held on commissions, at the Patriarchal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting of the deans unfolded simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, all the reports were submitted to vote, along with the draft budget and the program proposals for 2021.<\/p>\n<h4>The metropolitan publishing house was awarded<\/h4>\n<p class=\"Normal1\">\u00a0His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel awarded the Diploma and Medal of the Solemn and Commemorative Year 2020 to the <em>Cuv\u00e2ntul Vie\u021bii<\/em> publishing house and the <em>Glasul Bisericii<\/em> magazine.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Cuv\u00e2ntul Vie\u021bii (Word of Life) <\/em>publishing house and the <em>Glasul Bisericii (Voice of Church) <\/em>magazine are owned by the Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrudja.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Normal1\">The award was a token of appreciation for the <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/expertii-cncs-au-evaluat-edituri-ale-bisericii-si-reviste-teologice-romanesti-rezultate\/\">results<\/a> of the competition between publishing houses and magazines held at the end of the year 2020.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_307120\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-307120\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-307120 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/MSP_2100-890x592.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"592\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-307120\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Patriarch of Romania and the coordinator of the <em>Cuv\u00e2ntul Vie\u021bii<\/em> publishing house. Photo: Lumina Newspaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"Normal1\">The <em>Cuv\u00e2ntul Vie\u021bii (&#8220;Word of Life&#8221;) <\/em>publishing house obtained a double accreditation, with a B-rating for Theology and for History and Cultural Studies. The <em>Glasul Bisericii<\/em> (The Voice of the Church&#8221;) magazine also obtained a B rating for the domain of Humanities.<\/p>\n<p>Photo courtesy of\u00a0Lumina Newspaper<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Archdiocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest convened at the Palace of the Romanian Patriarchate to review last year&#8217;s activity and set new priorities for 2021. The activity slowed down compared to previous years, as a consequence of the pandemic restrictions. Nevertheless, most of the administrative-pastoral, economic-patrimonial, cultural-missionary and educational activities were continued. 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