{"id":8436,"date":"2023-07-31T09:02:23","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T09:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/?p=8436"},"modified":"2025-10-08T18:38:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:38:35","slug":"a-bell-tower-at-middletown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/2023\/07\/a-bell-tower-at-middletown\/","title":{"rendered":"O clopotni\u021b\u0103 la Midletown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8436\" class=\"elementor elementor-8436\" 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-da212f0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"da212f0\" 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-63f29b5\" data-id=\"63f29b5\" 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-b7d7821 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7d7821\" 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=\"1000\" height=\"625\" src=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/080A2502.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/080A2502.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/080A2502-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/080A2502-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/080A2502-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-07576da elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"07576da\" 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-cfd410f\" data-id=\"cfd410f\" 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-f8d6286 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f8d6286\" 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 style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\" translation-block\">La Midletown, la Biserica Sf\u00e2ntul Dumitru cel Nou, <br>\no mam\u0103 \u00ee\u0219i \u00eenchin\u0103 pruncul la icoan\u0103, <br>\nla patruzeci de zile de la Botez;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\" translation-block\">p\u0103\u0219e\u0219te a\u0219a de atent\u0103 pe covorul ro\u0219u<br>\ndin fa\u021ba icoanei<br>\n\u00eenc\u00e2t ai impresia c\u0103 va urca<br>\n\u00eentr-un cer numai al ei<br>\nunde pruncii nu trebuie s\u0103 mai aleag\u0103<br>\nbinele de r\u0103u, <br>\ncea mai dificil\u0103 munc\u0103 a omului<br>\nde la \u00eentemeierea lumii ...!<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\" translation-block\">Mama, Loretta, este n\u0103scut\u0103 la Foc\u0219ani, <br \/>\ntat\u0103l, Richard, este n\u0103scut \u00een statul Ohio, <br \/>\ndin p\u0103rin\u021bi care provin din lumi diferite: <br>\nmama, Danielle, este din Republica Dominican\u0103 <br \/>\ntata, Pierre, este din Guadelupe, la origine cet\u0103\u021bean francez, <br \/>\nna\u0219ii lor de cununie sunt Milan, n\u0103scut \u00een Serbia <br \/>\n\u0219i Evanghelia, n\u0103scut\u0103 \u00een Irlanda; <br \/>\nLoretta \u0219i Richard locuiesc \u00een San Jersey, <br \/>\nEvanghelia \u0219i Milan locuiesc \u00een Boston;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\" translation-block\">sunt cu to\u021bii \u00een micu\u021ba biseric\u0103 din Midletown, <br \/>\nurm\u0103resc cu sufletul la gur\u0103<br \/>\ncum \u00een fa\u021ba mamei \u0219i a pruncului se deschid u\u0219i, <br \/>\nnesf\u00e2r\u0219ite u\u0219i, cerul \u00eensu\u0219i este o u\u0219\u0103<br \/>\npe care p\u0103rintele Ieremia o \u00eempinge cu dou\u0103 degete;<\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\" translation-block\">c\u0103r\u0103ruia se \u00eengusteaz\u0103 urc\u00e2nd <br \/>\n\u00een fa\u021b\u0103 este pruncul, Maria, <br \/>\n\u00een urm\u0103 \u0219irul de b\u0103rba\u021bi \u0219i femei <br \/>\ncare pare c\u0103 se leap\u0103d\u0103 de lume, <br \/>\nca \u00eentr-un cunoscut tablou votiv <br \/>\nde la m\u0103n\u0103stirea Putna.<\/p><p style=\"font-style: italic; text-align: right;\" class=\" translation-block\">Adrian Alui Gheorghe <br \/>\nMiddletown, 25 mai 2023<\/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\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\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Middletown, at Saint Dimitrie the New Church, a mother touches her infants to an icon, forty days after Baptism; she steps so carefully on the red carpetin front of the iconthat you get the impression that she\u2019ll ascendinto a heaven that\u2019s only herswhere infants no longer need to choosegood from evil, man\u2019s most difficult [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[80],"tags":[33],"class_list":["post-8436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icon-from-within-jul-aug-23","tag-christian-culture","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8436"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8666,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8436\/revisions\/8666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfdumitru.org\/ro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}