{"id":310568,"date":"2021-03-05T17:29:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=310568"},"modified":"2021-03-05T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2021-03-05T15:29:28","slug":"in-the-uk-priests-work-in-it-construction-engineering-deliveries-warehouses-father-andrei-works-in-deliveries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/in-the-uk-priests-work-in-it-construction-engineering-deliveries-warehouses-father-andrei-works-in-deliveries\/","title":{"rendered":"In the UK, priests work in IT, construction, engineering, deliveries, warehouses. Father Andrei works in deliveries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Father Andrei Dosoftei, who is a priest in Scotland for Romanians in Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and surrounding areas, spoke about the clergy’s situation in British society at Romania\u2019s National Television<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe first experience with the Scots was interesting. I remember going to a supermarket with my wife, people looking at me quite reserved; they did not know how to categorize me: I could not be a Catholic because I had a wife, nor a Jew, just because I had no Payot, not even a Muslim because the cross was noticeable, and not a pastor, because I had a cassock. I was a \u201cnew\u201d species,\u201d Father Andrei said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt simply came to our notice then that the term \u2018orthodox\u2019 was not very common. When it comes to denominations, the vast majority of people know of the Protestant Church or the Catholic Church.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the UK, priests work in IT, construction, engineering, deliveries, warehouses, etc. I worked as a waiter, as a nurse in private social assistance, in construction, in administration, in translations, and currently, I work in deliveries.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWithout a job, you can\u2019t support yourself. It is not easy to be a father, a priest and an employee, but the situation requires it, and the priest has to face it,\u201d said the clergyman.<\/p>\n

The word of a spiritual leader has a good reputation<\/h1>\n

However, \u201cfrom a legal point of view, the priest is protected and can get involved in various issues of the community to which he belongs. He is indirectly facing people\u2019s problems. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why we in the North East of Scotland work very well with both the Romanian and Scottish authorities. Sometimes I go to the Police (either to translate or to recover someone), sometimes to the City Hall to avoid the unjust evacuation of some people or to offer them recommendations for different jobs, etc.,\u201d Father Andrei highlighted in an interview granted to Lucia Toader at TVR.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn general, the word of a spiritual leader has a good reputation and weighs quite a lot before the local authorities,\u201d the priest said. \u201cOf course, we cannot deny that, in certain situations, the secularity of the state is felt, but the same state guarantees religious freedom and protects against discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBeing a priest in the diaspora brings many challenges. Many times you are faced with unusual and difficult situations, but you must always have the strength to comfort people when they need the support of the Church,\u201d Fr. Andrei Dosoftei said.<\/p>\n

Father Andrei Dosoftei graduated from the Theological Seminary \u201cSaint Basil the Great\u201d in Iasi, and the Faculty of Theology \u201cDumitru Staniloae\u201d from the University \u201cAlexandru Ioan Cuza\u201d. In 2014, he was ordained to the priesthood in Great Britain by His Grace Bishop Ignatie, the current Bishop of the Husi.<\/p>\n

Photo: Fr. Andrei Dosoftei<\/p>\n

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