{"id":354610,"date":"2022-02-10T13:35:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=354610"},"modified":"2022-02-10T13:35:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T11:35:45","slug":"patriarch-teoctist-remembered-in-his-home-village-he-was-like-a-brother-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarch-teoctist-remembered-in-his-home-village-he-was-like-a-brother-to-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarch Teoctist remembered in his home village: \u201cHe was like a brother to us\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Romania\u2019s former Patriarch Teoctist Ar\u0103pa\u0219u was prayerfully remembered in the courtyard of his native house in Tocileni, Boto\u015fani County, on his 107th birth anniversary. The parish priest of Tocileni said that Patriarch Teoctist was as close as a brother to the villagers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dozens of locals, including relatives of the former Romanian Patriarch, took part in the memorial service.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe was close to the people, to the faithful, to us, the priests, he was like a brother of ours,\u201d said Father Octavian Pododu, the parish priest of Tocileni, Press online reports.<\/p>\n

The mayor of St\u0103uceni commune, Cosmin Epura\u015f, also present, confessed his admiration for Patriarch Teoctist. \u201cWe are happy to celebrate the most famous son of the village,\u201d the mayor said.<\/p>\n

Patriarch Teoctist was the tenth of the eleven children of Dumitru and Marghioala Ar\u0103pa\u0219u.<\/p>\n

The house where Patriarch Teoctist\u2019s family lived was turned into a museum under the name of \u201cTeoctist Ar\u0103pa\u015fu\u201d Memorial House. The 17 books written by the Patriarch can be found both at the memorial house and in the local library.<\/p>\n