{"id":439454,"date":"2023-08-21T19:45:22","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=439454"},"modified":"2023-08-21T19:45:22","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T16:45:22","slug":"brought-by-virgin-mary-to-the-romanian-settlement-in-jericho-my-home-is-here-sister-elena-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/brought-by-virgin-mary-to-the-romanian-settlement-in-jericho-my-home-is-here-sister-elena-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Brought by Virgin Mary to the Romanian Settlement in Jericho: \u201cMy home is here,\u201d Sister Elena says"},"content":{"rendered":"

The national news agency AGERPRES published an article<\/a> about Romanian women living in the Holy Land. Along with those who got there after marriage, the journalists also included Sister Elena, a former educator who aspires to become a nun. She said that the love of the Mother of God called her to the Romanian Settlement in Jericho.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sister Elena is one of the five people caring for the Romanian Settlement in Jericho. She travelled to the Holy Land shortly after retirement, raising the money for the journey with great sacrifices.<\/p>\n

She started her activity in Jericho by preparing meals for the pilgrims: \u201cI didn\u2019t leave the kitchen until I had everything ready until the table was ready. Pilgrims came on pilgrimage, I mean Romanians, and they were also accommodated at the settlement,\u201d she noted.<\/p>\n

She hopes the Romanian Settlement at Jericho will be reopened, although this would involve adding more workers: \u201cIt is a great necessity for the pilgrims who need it and come to the Holy Land,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cInstead of paying elsewhere, why not [pay] in the Romanian Settlement, in the House of God, because the church belongs to the Romanians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPilgrims have come and still come from Italy, that is, Romanians who have gone to Italy, Spain, Canada and visit us and pray here,\u201d Sister Elena noted. \u201cChristian Arabs also come, who only worship, but do not participate in services. They worship, leave a name list and give glory to God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most Romanian mothers who come on pilgrimage to the Romanian Settlement in Jericho have problems with their children having various addictions.<\/p>\n

Why did she choose the Romanian Settlement in Jericho? \u201cI felt the love; the Mother of God actually brought me here,\u201d said the former educator.<\/p>\n

When she came to the Holy Land, Sister Elena did so, intending never to go back home. \u201cMy home is here. Here I live, as God further ordained.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, the Romanian Settlement at Jericho cannot welcome pilgrims. It is only open for visits. It is hoped that accommodation services can be resumed this September. Sister Elena, an educator for 40 years, could be tonsured a nun in October.<\/p>\n

Photography courtesy of Agerpres Foto \/ C\u0103t\u0103lin Soci<\/p>\n

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