{"id":342196,"date":"2021-11-18T13:46:53","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T11:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=342196"},"modified":"2021-11-18T13:46:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T11:46:53","slug":"metropolitan-teofan-visits-covid-19-patients-at-st-parascheva-hospital-icu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/metropolitan-teofan-visits-covid-19-patients-at-st-parascheva-hospital-icu\/","title":{"rendered":"Metropolitan Teofan visits Covid-19 patients at St Parascheva Hospital ICU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina officiated on Wednesday the sacrament of the Holy Unction <\/strong>in the courtyard of “St Parascheva” Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Ia\u0219i. Afterwards, the Romanian hierarch dressed in full sanitary protective equipment and went to bless and encourage the Covid-19 ICU patients.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Florin Ro\u0219u, the hospital manager, described the visit as full of \u201clight, comfort and appreciation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hospital joyfully received the blessed hierarch’s visit, who officiated the Holy Unction in front of Dr Alexandru Sl\u0103tineanu’s statue from our courtyard,” the manager said, as quoted by local newspaper Ziarul de Ia\u0219i<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThen he did even more: he visited the patients that are most affected by the coronavirus, those in the Intensive Therapy Care, who need both medicine and spiritual comfort.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMetropolitan Teofan told the medical staff about a priest treated at our hospital: whenever he sees people dressed in white, the man of God feels like crossing himself. We are humbled and thankful for each good thought sent to us. It motivates us,\u201d concluded the manager.<\/p>\n