{"id":359341,"date":"2022-03-16T15:57:57","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:57:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=359341"},"modified":"2022-03-16T15:57:57","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T13:57:57","slug":"our-neighbours-image-as-icon-of-christ-4-million-e-in-refugee-support-from-the-romanian-orthodox-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/our-neighbours-image-as-icon-of-christ-4-million-e-in-refugee-support-from-the-romanian-orthodox-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Our neighbour’s image as icon of Christ: 4 million \u20ac in refugee support from the Romanian Orthodox Church"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Vasile B\u0103nescu, the Romanian Patriarchate’s spokesperson, was invited to the Spiritual Reality<\/em> show, broadcast by the Romanian Realitatea TV<\/em> channel. The topic of the day was help offered by the Church in the Ukrainian <\/strong>refugee crisis. Until last Sunday, this support amounted to almost 4 million Euros. The explanation: our neighbour is also an icon of Christ, Vasile B\u0103nescu said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This amount is huge, given the context and dynamics of the situation. This support involved, in addition to the money and the products, a whole infrastructure put in place in absolutely record time, from the first moments of the conflict,\u201d remarked journalist George Grigoriu, the host of the show.<\/p>\n

He announced the numbers<\/a> related to all support activities for Ukrainian refugees within the Romanian Patriarchate: 4,300 volunteers and Church employees offered translation services (for 40,000 refugees), travel counselling (for 30,000 refugees), medical services (for 9,000 refugees) and accommodation (for more than 8,000 refugees).<\/p>\n

Almost 200 aid transports or transit buses to other countries were set in place to help both Ukrainians from the other side of the border and those entering Romania.<\/p>\n