{"id":492873,"date":"2024-08-21T15:15:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=492873"},"modified":"2024-08-21T15:15:42","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T12:15:42","slug":"kenyan-students-experience-romania-cultural-educational-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/kenyan-students-experience-romania-cultural-educational-trip\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyan students experience Romania: Cultural and educational trip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forty young Kenyans visited the Cultural-Missionary Centre of the Archdiocese of T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te at the Pe\u0219tera Ialomi\u021bei Monastery on Monday, along with other landmarks in the Bucegi<\/a> Mountains.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The students are from two schools in Kenya that won an inaugural football tournament organized on Europe Day. The students received a specialized training camp in Romania, fully sponsored by the European Union and the Romanian Embassy in Kenya, as a reward.<\/p>\n

The trip to the Bucegi Mountains was organized for the participants’ recreation, tourist education, and social inclusion at the initiative of Ambassador Gen\u021biana \u0218erbu.<\/p>\n

At the monastery, the Kenyan students were welcomed by the abbot, Archimandrite Calinic Dandu, who gave them a tour of the three churches within the monastic complex of Pe\u0219tera.<\/p>\n

Following this, the students visited nearby tourist attractions: Pe\u0219tera Ialomi\u021bei, the Bolboci-Padina natural complex, and the natural monuments of the Bucegi Mountains\u2014Sphinx and Babele.<\/p>\n

The young visitors from Kenya also enjoyed a cable car ride and a meal provided by the host monastery. They received bilingual informational materials, small icons, and souvenirs from the abbot, according to the official website<\/a> of the Archdiocese of T\u00e2rgovi\u0219te.<\/p>\n