{"id":356566,"date":"2022-02-25T12:28:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T10:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=356566"},"modified":"2022-02-25T12:28:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T10:28:26","slug":"st-paisius-velichkovsky-to-be-declared-patron-of-ukrainian-vicariate-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/st-paisius-velichkovsky-to-be-declared-patron-of-ukrainian-vicariate-in-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"St Paisius Velichkovsky to be declared patron of Ukrainian vicariate in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, Saint Paisius Velichkovsky of Neam\u021b will be proclaimed a spiritual protector of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania, an administrative-territorial unit canonically dependent on the Romanian Patriarchate.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The initiative belongs to the new vicar, Priest Nicolae Lauruc, who said he was encouraged in this endeavour by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have asked His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, and we want to take Saint Paisius as our protector,\u201d Father Nicolae Lauruc announced at the Te Deum service officiated last December.<\/p>\n

Saint Paisius Velichkovsky, originally from the city of Poltava, today in Ukraine, is commemorated this year throughout the Romanian Patriarchate, on the 300th anniversary of his birth. Also, this year, together with St. Paisius of Neam\u021b, the Romanian Orthodox Church commemorates the Hesychast saints Symeon the New Theologian and Gregory Palamas.<\/p>\n

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Representative icon of the Commemorative Year 2022. Credit: Basilica.ro \/ Raluca Ene<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The idea was approved earlier this year at the priestly assembly of the vicariate.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause this year is so important, it was decided by mutual agreement to take Saint Paisius as our heavenly protector of the vicariate\u201d, vicar Lauruc told Basilica.ro.<\/p>\n

He noted that part of this approach is establishing a distinction dedicated to the saint, namely, the Patriarchal Order of Saint Paisius of Neam\u021b.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Patriarch\u2019s blessing has greatly encouraged us Ukrainians, who cannot receive any material help from our country of origin. For us, all the help comes from God and only through the Romanian Patriarchate,\u201d the vicar noted.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe proclamation of Saint Paisius as patron of the Ukrainian Vicariate in Romania will take place this summer, at the latest in July,\u201d Father Lauruc said. In addition, the vicariate intends to organize an event at Neam\u021b Monastery with a symposium where all Ukrainian clergy in Romania will participate.<\/p>\n

The announced events came to the attention of the Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania. Visiting Sighetu Marma\u021biei last Thursday, His Excellency Ambassador Paun Rohovei expressed his desire to participate in the proclamation of Saint Paisius as the protector of Ukrainians in Romania.<\/p>\n

During his meeting with Fr. Nicolae Lauruc at the vicariate\u2019s headquarters, referring to the words of Patriarch Daniel, the Ukrainian Ambassador stressed that the influence of Saint Paisius in Romania is comparable to the achievements of Saint Peter Mogila in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Photo source: Facebook \/ Ukrainian Vicariate in Romania<\/p>\n

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This year, Saint Paisius Velichkovsky of Neam\u021b will be proclaimed a spiritual protector of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania, an administrative-territorial unit canonically dependent on the Romanian Patriarchate. The initiative belongs to the new vicar, Priest Nicolae Lauruc, who said he was encouraged in this endeavour by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. \u201cWe have asked…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":356439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[14509,24332,25827],"class_list":["post-356566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-romanian-patriarchate","tag-saint-paisius-velichkovsky","tag-ukrainian-orthodox-vicariate","tag-ukrainians-in-romania"],"better_featured_image":{"id":356439,"alt_text":"","caption":"","description":"","media_type":"image","media_details":{"width":1365,"height":769,"file":"2022\/02\/pr-nicolae-lauruc-vicarul-ucrainenilor-din-romania.jpg","sizes":{"medium":{"file":"pr-nicolae-lauruc-vicarul-ucrainenilor-din-romania-890x501.jpg","width":890,"height":501,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pr-nicolae-lauruc-vicarul-ucrainenilor-din-romania-890x501.jpg"},"large":{"file":"pr-nicolae-lauruc-vicarul-ucrainenilor-din-romania-1024x577.jpg","width":1024,"height":577,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pr-nicolae-lauruc-vicarul-ucrainenilor-din-romania-1024x577.jpg"},"thumbnail":{"file":"pr-nicolae-lauruc-vicarul-ucrainenilor-din-romania-360x360.jpg","width":360,"height":360,"mime-type":"image\/jpeg","source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pr-nicolae-lauruc-vicarul-ucrainenilor-din-romania-360x360.jpg"}},"image_meta":{"aperture":"0","credit":"Wilhelm Laber Fotograf","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1645642231","copyright":"Wilhelm Photography","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1","keywords":[]}},"post":356566,"source_url":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/pr-nicolae-lauruc-vicarul-ucrainenilor-din-romania.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356566\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=356566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356566\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/356439\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=356566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=356566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=356566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}