{"id":334880,"date":"2021-09-21T22:44:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=334880"},"modified":"2021-09-21T22:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-09-21T19:44:16","slug":"romanians-offered-bulgarians-a-second-vestment-of-st-paraskeva-and-30-tons-of-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanians-offered-bulgarians-a-second-vestment-of-st-paraskeva-and-30-tons-of-food\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanians offered Bulgarians a second vestment of St. Paraskeva and 30 tons of food"},"content":{"rendered":"

Over 30 tons of non-perishable foods and a vestment which covered for a while St. Paraskeva’s relics in Ia\u0219i were delivered on Friday to Bulgarians in Ruse by representatives and volunteers of\u00a0 Romanian organizations.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The donation document for the saint’s vestment was signed by Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina. The gift was received by Metropolitan Naum of Ruse in a short ceremony organized at the customs point.<\/p>\n

Then the vestment was carried in procession to St. Demetrius the New’s Monastery in Basarabovo. The final destination would be Koprivets Monastery in Biala, Bulgaria, whose patron is St. Paraskeva.<\/p>\n

A first vestment was offered two years ago for the saint’s church in Ruse.<\/p>\n

“I wish to express my gratitude towards Patriarch Daniel, who gave the blessing for us to receive another vestment which covered the incorruptible body of our Venerable Mother Paraskeva \u2013 Petka. St. Paraskeva is especially honoured in Bulgaria since her relics were kept for a time in the cities of T\u00e2rnovo and Vidin,” said Metropolitan Naum of Ruse.<\/p>\n

The Bulgarian hierarch also expressed his gratitude towards the metropolitans of Moldavia and Transylvania.<\/p>\n