{"id":209313,"date":"2018-10-03T16:06:14","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=209313"},"modified":"2018-10-03T16:06:39","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:06:39","slug":"presence-at-referendum-of-all-religious-denominations-in-romania-is-a-witness-based-on-faith-patriarch-daniel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/presence-at-referendum-of-all-religious-denominations-in-romania-is-a-witness-based-on-faith-patriarch-daniel\/","title":{"rendered":"Presence at referendum of all religious denominations in Romania is a witness based on faith \u2013 Patriarch Daniel"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2018The presence of all religious denominations in Romania at the referendum is a witness based on faith, not a political option,\u2019 Romanian Patriarch Daniel said on Tuesday at the meeting of the Consultative Council of Religious Cults in Romania (CCRCR).<\/strong><\/p>\n

Common witness of faith<\/h4>\n

Opening the CCRCR meeting, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted that \u2018family is the gift of God, it is the human institution established by God the Creator of Universe and of man,\u2019 which is the common witness of the faith promoted by the religious groups in Romania.<\/p>\n

In supporting the marriage referendum, \u2018the Romanian Orthodox Church knows it is not alone, because we have already noticed back in 2013 that all religious cults converge to this traditional line.\u2019<\/p>\n

\u2018We set a great hope first in the help of God and second in our cooperation and co-responsibility,\u2019 the Patriarch of Romania said October 2.<\/p>\n

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During the meeting, the representatives of the religious groups legally recognized by the state expressed their support for defining marriage as a union between a man and a woman.<\/p>\n

The meeting was also attended by the State Secretary for Religious Denominations Victor Opaschi.<\/p>\n

The CCRCR Secretary Archdeacon George Grigorita read out the Council\u2019s communique supporting the marriage referendum that will take place in Romania on October 6-7, 2018.<\/p>\n

List of Religious Denominations<\/h4>\n

The Consultative Council of Religious Cults in Romania is an ethical, autonomous, apolitical, non-governmental and non-profit organization with no legal personality consisting of 13 legally recognized religious groups in Romania:<\/p>\n