EDITOR’S NOTE (Nick Stamatakis): This was a massive pilgrimage in Iasi, Romania, to celebrate St.Paraskeva, whose relics are kept in the local Cathedral. The photos talk for themselves! Romanians are among the most faithful and pious Orthodox… Over 90% of the people declare themselves as Orthodox and consider their faith an integral part of their national identity. The Phanar is salivating to take control (or at least interfere in) Romania, but it has no chance. Why? Because of the genuinely traumatic memories of when the Ottoman Sultans gave Romania to the Phanariotes to rule (1711-1821). Phanariotes were viewed as corrupt and exploitative by the rising tide of the Romanian nationalist movement. From the Greek point of view, we all know that the Greek Revolution started in Moldova and Romania, and still today the presence of Greeks in the country and especially along the coast is significant. Below AB Nikitas officiates in the St.Paraskeva service…
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source – spzh.live
More than 350,000 Romanians commemorated Saint Paraskeva in Iasi
According to the Romanian gendarmerie, by the morning of Monday, October 14, more than 260,000 pilgrims were able to pray in front of the relics of Saint Paraskeva in Iasi.
On October 14, 2024, more than forty thousand Romanian Orthodox Christians and pilgrims from other countries gathered near the Saint Paraskeva Cathedral in Iași to participate in the liturgy, according to the Romanian news portal News.ro.
The service, which was attended by 25 hierarchs from the Romanian Patriarchate and other Local Churches, was led by the hierarch of the Patriarchate of Constantinople, Archbishop Nikitas of Thyatira and Great Britain.
Several screens were installed in the central part of Yass where people could watch the broadcast of the service.
The liturgy was attended by the Prime Minister of Romania, the head of the Senate of Romania, many officials and several candidates for the presidency of the country. Leaders of political parties also took part in the service, and they did not stand on a special stage arranged for officials, but were among those who prayed .
According to News.ro, the relics of the pious Saint Paraskeva were taken out of the cathedral for worship and brought back on Sunday evening. According to the Romanian gendarmerie, more than 260,000 pilgrims were able to pray in front of the relics, and 350,000 people took part in all religious activities .
The mass media note that more than 50,000 people were standing in line at the same time, and the waiting time was about 20 hours.
Previously, SPJ wrote that from August 26 to 28, the youth of the Chernivtsi-Bukovyna Diocese took part in the annual meeting of Orthodox youth, which took place in the city of Iasi .
