{"id":7272,"date":"2023-03-31T06:13:06","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T06:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=7272"},"modified":"2024-08-03T22:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-03T22:41:13","slug":"our-monastery-march-april-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/en\/2023\/03\/our-monastery-march-april-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Monastery \u2013 March\/April 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7272\" class=\"elementor elementor-7272\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-603ee0a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"603ee0a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-07a2548\" data-id=\"07a2548\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-aa1052e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aa1052e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2e903a1\" data-id=\"2e903a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccb271e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ccb271e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"255\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img63.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img63.jpg 255w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img63-182x300.jpg 182w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img63-7x12.jpg 7w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 255px) 100vw, 255px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1588912\" data-id=\"1588912\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e5d1c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0e5d1c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"401\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img62.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img62.jpg 401w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img62-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img62-11x12.jpg 11w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8abe7bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8abe7bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Feast Day Invitation. <\/strong>Our monastery\u2019s summer feast day, the Ascension of the Lord, will be celebrated on Saturday, May 27. We have the joy to announce that, by God\u2019s grace and with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae, the Father Abbot of Holy Putna Monastery, Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic, along with a group of fathers. The Hierarchical Divine Liturgy on the feast day will begin at 10am, and after the agape meal, at 4pm, there will be a conference: \u201cA Conversation with Father Abbot. About our Fathers in the Lord. About being a Christian today.\u201d<\/p><p>Father Abbot Melchisedec will offer us a treasure of great price: a portion of the holy relics of Saint Jacob of Putna, the Metropolitan of Moldavia, who was recently canonized. The Holy Relics will remain on display for veneration in the church of our monastery, for the protection and support of the monastery and of all who will venerate them with faith.<\/p><p>We cordially invite you so that together, we may allow our hearts to be touched by a ray of light from the Jerusalem of the Romanian nation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f8fa08 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0f8fa08\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-11c44d7\" data-id=\"11c44d7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-27061ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"27061ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img64.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img64.jpg 420w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img64-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/marapr23_img64-16x12.jpg 16w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d45e44\" data-id=\"3d45e44\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1ed6cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c1ed6cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1009\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/janfeb23_img865.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/janfeb23_img865.jpg 1009w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/janfeb23_img865-300x116.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/janfeb23_img865-768x297.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/janfeb23_img865-18x7.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1009px) 100vw, 1009px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53a0566 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53a0566\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Romanian Welcome Gate.<\/strong> By God\u2019s grace, we intend to construct a Maramure\u0219-style entry gate, inspired by the design of the gate at Sih\u0103stria Neam\u021b. Besides its essential function as a gate that can open\/close automatically, it will serve as a (Romanian) sign of welcome for our monastery. The architectural design is in an advanced stage and we are in the process of obtaining the necessary construction permits. Thanks to the mediation of several faithful devoted to the monastery, the gate will be manufactured by a team of craftsmen near B\u00e2rsana in Maramure\u0219 County, and then it will be transported and installed here. We express our gratitude to all of our Christian brethren who have expressed their support for this project, as well as those who have already offered donations.<\/p><p><strong>Icons.<\/strong> With the blessing of His Eminence Nicolae, printed icons are mounted to wood in our monastery.<\/p><p><strong>Pure beeswax candles.<\/strong> Pure beeswax candles are also made in our monastery to adorn the prayer of every Christian. 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Our monastery\u2019s summer feast day, the Ascension of the Lord, will be celebrated on Saturday, May 27. We have the joy to announce that, by God\u2019s grace and with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae, the Father Abbot of Holy Putna Monastery, Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic, along with a group of fathers. 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