{"id":334879,"date":"2021-09-21T22:09:18","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=334879"},"modified":"2021-09-21T22:09:18","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:09:18","slug":"ukrainian-orthodox-vicariate-hg-varlaam-of-ploiesti-consecrated-the-ruscova-monastery-church-in-maramures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/ukrainian-orthodox-vicariate-hg-varlaam-of-ploiesti-consecrated-the-ruscova-monastery-church-in-maramures\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate: HG Varlaam of Ploie\u015fti consecrated the Ruscova Monastery church in Maramure\u015f"},"content":{"rendered":"

Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploie\u015fti consecrated on Sunday the recently-finished church of “St. John the Baptist \u2013 Ruscova” monastery in the county of Maramure\u015f.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The church was built on a plot belonging to the Orthodox Ukrainian Parish of Ruscova between 1992 and 1997, with the parishioners’ contribution.<\/p>\n

Work on the church continued between 1998 and 2008, with the electrical, thermal and sewage installations.<\/p>\n

Exterior furnishing was added: mosaics and preparation of the walls for the fresco painting. In addition, the iconostasis and the furniture were completed and the floor and columns were covered in marble.<\/p>\n

The work on the monastery was started in 2012: cells, a chapel and the refectory.<\/p>\n

Work coordination was assumed in 2014 by Very Reverend Ignatie Bocicorec, appointed hegumen. He completed the monastery and prepared it for consecration.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate<\/h3>\n

The Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate is an administrative-territorial unit canonically dependent on the Romanian Patriarchate, dedicated to Ukrainian Orthodox believers living in Romania. They participate in services held in their mother tongue by Ukrainian priests or Ukrainian speakers.<\/p>\n

Currently, the Vicariate is based in the city of Sighetu Marma\u021biei (Maramure\u0219 County) and includes believers from the northern part of the country (Maramure\u0219, Transylvania, Cri\u0219ana, Banat).<\/p>\n

In 1952, the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate was transformed into a Ukrainian Orthodox Deanery, based in the commune of Poienile de sub Munte, Maramure\u015f County, under the jurisdiction of the Orthodox Diocese of Cluj, receiving financial support from the Romanian Patriarchate.<\/p>\n

After 1989, by the Decision of the Holy Synod no. 1432\/12 February 1990, the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate was re-established, being directly canonically dependent on the Romanian Patriarchate.<\/p>\n