{"id":324502,"date":"2021-07-08T16:36:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T13:36:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=324502"},"modified":"2021-07-08T16:37:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T13:37:10","slug":"beautiful-wooden-romanian-church-under-construction-outside-new-york-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/beautiful-wooden-romanian-church-under-construction-outside-new-york-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Beautiful Wooden Romanian Church under construction outside New York (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p3\" data-field=\" paragraph\">\u201cIn only a short scenic drive from the New York Metropolitan area, the heart and soul of Romania waits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p4\" data-field=\" paragraph\">In Long Valley, New Jersey, in a field next to the existing Life-Giving Fountain Romanian Orthodox Church, a beautiful wooden Romanian church is under construction. The project is dedicated to the centenary of Romania\u2019s union into a modern national state (1918-2018).<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p5\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The church is being built in the form of a cross, in the style of the famous wooden churches from the Maramure\u015f region in northern Romania, reports the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodenchurchnj.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">project website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fthelifegivingfountain%2Fposts%2F2847159578870445&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"664\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p6\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The architectural plan has the church at 90 feet high, 42 feet wide, and 95 feet long. \u201cThe church steeple will be the most awe-inspiring feature of the church, sitting right above the pronaos as a beacon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p7\" data-field=\" paragraph\">\u201cWe know this wooden church, like those born before us in the homeland, will stand for all time, throughout the centuries, representing a Romanian ethnic symbol of faith here on American soil,\u201d the church site states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p8\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The existing church building will be converted into a Romanian cultural centre, with a Romanian library and an ethnographic museum, to help connect generations to come with their Romanian faith and heritage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p9\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The video below shows the progress of the church as of April this year:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uTSRN6HqYMA\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p11\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The parish community, the first for Romanians in New Jersey, was born in 2011, originally meeting in a nearby Ukrainian church. A priest was assigned to the community in 2013, and in May 2016, they were able to purchase a church building in Long Valley. The plan to build a wooden church was approved in January 2017.<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p12\" data-field=\" paragraph\">Those interested in helping the Romanian parish realize their dream can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodenchurchnj.com\/donatii\">donate\u00a0<\/a>via credit\/debit card or PayPal on the church website, or via check to:<\/p>\n<p class=\"os\" data-enum=\"p13\" data-field=\" paragraph\">The Life-Giving Fountain Romanian Orthodox Church<br \/>\n132 Califon Rd. Long Valley, NJ, 07853<\/p>\n<p>Photography courtesy of the Romanian Orthodox Church of the Life-Giving Spring in New Jersey<\/p>\n<p>English article by OrthoChristian<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/basilicanews\">@BasilicaNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn only a short scenic drive from the New York Metropolitan area, the heart and soul of Romania waits.\u201d In Long Valley, New Jersey, in a field next to the existing Life-Giving Fountain Romanian Orthodox Church, a beautiful wooden Romanian church is under construction. 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