{"id":458371,"date":"2023-12-18T16:22:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=458371"},"modified":"2023-12-18T16:22:25","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T14:22:25","slug":"his-grace-benedict-donated-blood-in-response-to-a-humanitarian-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/his-grace-benedict-donated-blood-in-response-to-a-humanitarian-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"His Grace Benedict donated blood in response to a humanitarian appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>His Grace Benedict of Bistri\u021ba, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj, donated blood with clerics from the eparchy. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dean Dan Hognogi of the Cluj I Deanery took this initiative, in response to an urgent humanitarian appeal to help the 45-year-old wife of a local priest, who needs blood transfusions as a treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The hierarch and the clerics donated blood at the Regional Centre for Blood Transfusion in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Inten\u021bion\u0103m ca \u0219i pe viitor, s\u0103 organiz\u0103m astfel de campanii de donare de s\u00e2nge la nivel de Protopopiat. \u00cendemnul de a dona se adreseaz\u0103 nu doar preo\u021bilor, ci \u0219i credincio\u0219ilor buni din parohiile pe care le p\u0103storesc, cu con\u0219tiin\u021ba c\u0103 prin jertfa fiec\u0103ruia putem salva o via\u021b\u0103,\u201d stated Dean Dan Hognogi at <a href=\"https:\/\/radiorenasterea.ro\/preasfintitul-parinte-benedict-alaturi-de-preotii-din-protopopiatul-cluj-1-au-donat-sange\/\">Radio Rena\u0219terea<\/a>, the eparchial radio station.<\/p>\n<p>His Grace Benedict of Bistri\u021ba said that each of us needs to follow our Saviour Jesus Christ&#8217;s example, who offered Himself as a supreme Sacrifice by giving His life on the Cross.<\/p>\n<p>Through their involvement, the priests want to set an example and thus raise awareness about the urgent need for blood in medical units across Romania, which has become a constant issue.<\/p>\n<p>Statistics show that 2% of Romania&#8217;s population donates blood manually, which represents only a fifth of the EU average percentage.<\/p>\n<p>Through the blood donation campaigns organized since 2013, the Romanian Patriarchate is the institution that has most encouraged the increase in the number of blood donors.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-458371 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='423x750' href='https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sange-2-1.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/sange-2-1-360x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1500x671' href='https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ps-1.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/ps-1-360x360.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photo credit: Fr Marius Cristian Foc\u0219anu \/ Radio Rena\u0219terea<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Follow us on Twitter:<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BasilicaNews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BasilicaNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Grace Benedict of Bistri\u021ba, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj, donated blood with clerics from the eparchy. 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