“Without united families there can be no strong nation, and without an awareness of national unity there can be no shared future,” Assistant Bishop Teofil of Trotuș said on Saturday.
The assistant bishop of the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău led a Te Deum service at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman, marking 167 years since the Union of the Romanian Principalities.
Unification and the family
Assistant Bishop Teofil recalled the 1859 Union and highlighted its connection to the theme of family.
“This year, the Holy Synod of our Orthodox Church has devoted its full attention to the Christian family. The family cannot live in peace and happiness if the great family of our nation is not well,” he said.
“On this day of national celebration, as we mark 167 years since the fundamental Union, I urge all my spiritual sons and daughters in the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău—Romanians and Christians alike—not to forget the ideals in which the fathers of this nation believed and for which they fought.”
The commemorations concluded with a concert of patriotic songs performed by the “Diaconia” Choir of the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Roman.
Photo: Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău
