{"id":481323,"date":"2024-05-23T15:02:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:02:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=481323"},"modified":"2024-05-23T15:02:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T12:02:09","slug":"pittsburgh-university-students-visit-patriarchal-palace-in-bucharest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/pittsburgh-university-students-visit-patriarchal-palace-in-bucharest\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh University students visit Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop\u00a0Varlaam of Ploie\u0219ti met Monday morning at the Patriarchal Palace with 11\u00a0students from the\u00a0University of Pittsburgh, USA, who are on a\u00a0study visit to Romania.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The history of the relationship between the Church and the State in the Christian sphere was presented by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop on this occasion. He also emphasised the collaboration between the two entities in the mediaeval period and the modern and contemporary era.<\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">At the same time, His Grace underscored the cultural, political, and economic transformations that transpired subsequent to the communist regime&#8217;s collapse.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The students, in turn, inquired about the involvement and contribution of young people in the Romanian Orthodox Church and its relationships with other Christian denominations and churches in the country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_480476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-480476\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-480476 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0828-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0828-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0828-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0828-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0828-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-480476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Lumina Newspaper \/ Mihnea P\u0103duraru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Prof. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.polisci.pitt.edu\/people\/horia-m-dijmarescu\">Horia Dijm\u0103rescu<\/a>, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh, is coordinating the American students&#8217; visit to Romania from May 13 to 24.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">In conclusion, the students had the opportunity to admire the winning works of the National Contest &#8220;Orthodox Icon<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u2014the light of faith,&#8221; which were exhibited in the Europa Christiana Hall at the Patriarchal Palace.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_480474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-480474\" style=\"width: 890px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-480474 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0823-890x593.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0823-890x593.jpg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0823-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0823-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/MIH_0823-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-480474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Lumina Newspaper \/ Mihnea P\u0103duraru<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Photography courtesy of Lumina Newspaper \/ Mihnea P\u0103duraru<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop\u00a0Varlaam of Ploie\u0219ti met Monday morning at the Patriarchal Palace with 11\u00a0students from the\u00a0University of Pittsburgh, USA, who are on a\u00a0study visit to Romania. The history of the relationship between the Church and the State in the Christian sphere was presented by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop on this occasion. He also emphasised&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":480473,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[2058,32638,32639],"class_list":["post-481323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-romanian-patriarchate","tag-patriarchal-palace","tag-pittsburgh-university","tag-study-visit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}