{"id":503398,"date":"2024-11-04T22:27:12","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T20:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=503398"},"modified":"2024-11-04T22:27:12","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T20:27:12","slug":"patriarchal-auxiliary-bishop-meets-with-deputy-ambassador-of-israel-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/patriarchal-auxiliary-bishop-meets-with-deputy-ambassador-of-israel-to-strengthen-bilateral-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop meets with Deputy Ambassador of Israel to strengthen bilateral ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Monday, November 4, 2024, His Grace Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploie\u0219ti, Secretary of the Holy Synod, welcomed His Excellency Mr. Rami Teplitskiy, Deputy Ambassador of the State of Israel to Bucharest, at the Patriarchal Palace.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bishop Varlaam of Ploie\u0219ti extended a warm welcome to the Israeli Deputy Ambassador at the Romanian Patriarchate, noting the longstanding and strong friendship between Romania and Israel.<\/p>\n<p>In turn, the Deputy Ambassador expressed his pleasure in visiting the Romanian Patriarchate and emphasized the importance of the pilgrimages organized by the Romanian Orthodox Church to the Holy Land, facilitated through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pelerinaj.ro\/\">Basilica Travel Agency<\/a> of the Romanian Patriarchate.<\/p>\n<p>His Excellency also highlighted that one of his priorities at the embassy is to encourage religious tourism from Israel to Romania, mainly to visit Romania\u2019s monasteries and churches.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the meeting, both parties expressed hope for a swift end to the conflict in the Holy Land and for a just and lasting peace to be restored.<\/p>\n<p><i>Department for external church relations<\/i><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-503398 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-size='1920x1280' href='https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/3-360x360.jpg\" 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='2560x1707' href='https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/9.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/9-360x360.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Photo: Lumina Newspaper \/ Luigi Ivanciu<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BasilicaNews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-495171\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"889\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-889x148.gif 889w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1024x171.gif 1024w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-1536x256.gif 1536w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-x-en-2048x341.gif 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday, November 4, 2024, His Grace Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploie\u0219ti, Secretary of the Holy Synod, welcomed His Excellency Mr. Rami Teplitskiy, Deputy Ambassador of the State of Israel to Bucharest, at the Patriarchal Palace. 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