{"id":325250,"date":"2021-07-13T16:42:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=325250"},"modified":"2021-07-13T16:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:45:16","slug":"buzau-archdiocese-publishes-first-sign-language-prayer-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/buzau-archdiocese-publishes-first-sign-language-prayer-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Buz\u0103u Archdiocese publishes first sign language prayer book"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the first time ever, an Orthodox prayer book in Romanian sign language has been published.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The book includes the Trisagion Prayers, the Jesus Prayer, and the Prayers Before Holy Communion, translated by Fr. Ionu\u021b Mihala\u0219cu, the priest for the community of hearing-impaired believers in Buz\u0103u. The prayers were published with the blessing of His Eminence Abp. Ciprian of Buz\u0103u and Vrancea, the\u00a0archdiocese<\/a> reports.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a great need for a prayer book in sign language for the deaf children and believers in our city,\u201d said Fr. Ionu\u021b.<\/p>\n

The book \u201cbrought great joy to the faces of those who pray with their hands and who need, in addition to writing, a physical visual support in order to more easily understand\u201d their prayers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is how God allowed us to understand what the words of the Scriptures mean:\u00a0I<\/em>f these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out<\/em>\u00a0(Lk. 19:40).<\/p>\n

The book was published in an initial print run of 200 copies and distributed for free at a local school for children with hearing impairments.<\/p>\n