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TO UPDATE. The Command for Emergency Situations of the Romanian Government has decided to allow the organization of the pilgrimage of Saint Dumitru in the Capital, as evz.ro announced exclusively. The pilgrimage will take place between October 25 and 27, and access to the event will only be allowed to people residing in Bucharest.
“Only people from Bucharest will participate in the activity. For this, the organizer will establish filtering points for the participants in the public access / exit areas. Within the scope of these filters the observational triage of the participants will be carried out” the protocol concluded by PMB with the Romanian Patriarchate.
According to the document, the people organized in the waiting line will benefit from the marking every 1.5 meters and on the poles will be placed announcements on the maintenance of the distance and the fulfillment of the hygienic-sanitary regulations. “Number of participants: about 500 people at a time”, also stipulates the protocol.
The initial news. EVZ.RO, on His Beatitude Daniel’s meeting with Prime Minister Ludovic Orban
Sources close to the Romanian Patriarchate confirmed to us that the meeting announced by EvZ took place on Tuesday night between Prime Minister Ludovic Orban and His Beatitude Father Daniel, Patriarch of the Orthodox Church. The two argued for more than an hour in the patriarchal residence about the conditions under which Orthodox spiritual activity can take place under conditions of tightening security measures.
As you know bucharest entered The red stage as a result of exceeding the infection threshold of 3 per thousand. Which put into question the development of the pilgrimage to the relics of Saint Demetrius the New, the patron saint of Bucharest, which was celebrated on October 27.
Last night the new conditions in which this pilgrimage will take place were made public:
“We consider that an event as important as the October pilgrimage to Saint Demetrius the New, the patron saint of Bucharest, can be organized and in this regard, the Romanian Patriarchate, the Archdiocese of Bucharest have made official efforts to inform the authorities of the conditions in which We Think of them ourselves in order to obtain the necessary approval. “said Vasile Bănescu, spokesman for the Romanian Patriarchate.
Vasile Bănescu said that the pilgrimage would be carried out with a smaller number of believers, and believers from outside Bucharest and the Ilfov area would not be able to participate.
“I hope that tomorrow afternoon we will be able to issue a statement in which we will explain at a specific level the organization of this pilgrimage, which, unlike other years, would not last more than three days. Before, the relics were removed a week before “, Vasile Bănescu also announced exclusively on Antena 3.
More than 300,000 Romanians bear the name of Dumitru, being one of the most used names in Romanian onomastics.
The talks between Ludovic Orban and His Beatitude Father Daniel were initiated by the Prime Minister of Romania after the events of the pilgrimage to St. Parascheva in Iasi, when both high prelates and believers expressed their dissatisfaction with the lack of dialogue with the authorities from Bucharest.
