{"id":355597,"date":"2022-02-15T17:46:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=355597"},"modified":"2022-02-15T17:46:36","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T15:46:36","slug":"new-hearing-and-speech-care-centre-inaugurated-in-arges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/new-hearing-and-speech-care-centre-inaugurated-in-arges\/","title":{"rendered":"New hearing and speech care centre inaugurated in Arge\u0219"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, February 12, His Eminence Archbishop Calinic of Arge\u0219 and Muscel blessed the Ecclesiastical Settlement of Christian-Orthodox Mission in the village of M\u0103nice\u0219ti, Arge\u0219 County, that will provide care for people with hearing and speech impairments.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After the blessing service, the archbishop celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Settlement\u2019s church of Saint Meletius.<\/p>\n

In his speech, Archbishop Calinic referred to the Archdiocese\u2019s pastoral work among faithful with hearing and speech impairments, a mission that began 25 years ago.<\/p>\n

Archbishop Calinic of Arge\u0219 is the one who submitted in 1999 a program on religious assistance to people with hearing impairments at the national level, a program that the Holy Synod approved and based on which dozens of places of worship or social centres for the deaf were founded in recent years.<\/p>\n

The works at the centre in M\u0103nice\u0219ti started in 2017. Fr. Constantin Onu coordinated the project under the supervision of the Church Buildings Department of the Archdiocese of Arge\u0219 and Muscel.<\/p>\n

\u201cSaint Meletius is the patron of this place, and in this way, His Eminence has offered the blessing for a settlement for the formation and deepening of the sign language for people with hearing and speech impairments,\u201d Archimandrite Caliopie Ichim, diocesan counsellor, told Trinitas TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter the Revolution, we found openness from the Romanian Orthodox Church. Since 1996 we have had the first priest who knows sign language. We are people just like you, we live among you, we only differ in the language we use,\u201d said Mihai Grecu, president of the National Association of the Deaf in Romania.<\/p>\n

At the end, the founders, donors and sponsors of the Settlement received diplomas.
\nThe ensemble consists of the church of Saint Meletius, a chapel, an outdoor altar, the cell of St. John Jacob and socio-educational spaces for the care of residents.<\/p>\n