His Eminence Theodosius sued the authorities of Constanța to lift the restrictions on the pilgrimage to San Andrés



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The Archdiocese of Tomis has filed a lawsuit against Decision 72 / 10.11.20 of the Regional Committee for Emergency Situations (CJSU), which prohibits the participation in religious processions and pilgrimages of people who do not have their domicile or residence in the localities where they are develop these activities, requesting their nullity. part of it, according to Agerpres.

On the portal of the Court of Constance, on November 18, the request of the Archdiocese of Tomis for the partial annulment of HCJSU Constanţa no. 72 / 10.11.20, on the articles that prohibit the participation in religious processions and pilgrimages of people who do not have their domicile or residence in the towns where these activities take place.

According to lawyer Diana Ivanovici Şoşoacă, the action is registered in the Administrative and Fiscal Litigation Section of the Constanza Court and an application must be submitted, including on Friday, to be judged urgently, considering that at the end of this month, according to the Calendar Orthodox Christian, it is the Feast of San Andrés Apóstol and according to tradition the pilgrimage to the Cave and Monastery of San Andrés Apóstol, in the commune of Ioan Corvin, county of Constanza is organized.

“We ask the court to establish the partial unconstitutionality of some articles and points of the articles Decision No. 72 / 10.11.20 CJSU Constanţa, in accordance with the rights derived from article 29 of the Romanian Constitution, which stipulates that religious right and manifestations religious cannot be restricted in any way, he is the only one who cannot be restricted no matter if there is war, “said the archdiocese attorney.

On November 14, Archbishop Theodosius declared for Agerpres that if it turns out that the organization of the annual pilgrimage to the Cave of San Andrés Apóstol, on November 30, will be prevented, based on measures to limit the effects of the pandemic with the new coronavirus will seek solutions in court to maintain the traditions of the church.

“How can I not get to the cave on Saint Andrew’s Day and how can the people of Constanta not get there? It is impossible! I think all Romanians can get there because he is truly the apostle of all Romanians. He is not here a local holiday, it is a national holiday and it was even put on the calendar as a national holiday, the Feast of Saint Andrew, along with December 1, also a national holiday, which is related to the union of all Romanians in one country. .. I am not satisfied with some restrictions that are not logical and that restrict our rights as faithful and I am going to start the process, I am looking for some very serious lawyers, because we cannot be prevented from going to our paternal home, to our spiritual origin ancestral, we will keep all the sanitary norms, because it is such a wide place there, and we will make our religious traditions ”- the bishop stressed.

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