{"id":515675,"date":"2025-02-14T12:27:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T10:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=515675"},"modified":"2025-02-14T17:09:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T15:09:26","slug":"glasgows-romanian-parish-moves-educational-programs-to-new-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/glasgows-romanian-parish-moves-educational-programs-to-new-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow\u2019s Romanian parish moves educational programs to new location"},"content":{"rendered":"

Non-formal educational activities for Romanian children in Glasgow have begun in a new parish school location<\/a>, which was blessed last week by Archbishop-elect Atanasie of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the patronal celebrations of the “Presentation of the Lord to the Temple” Parish.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The event was attended by Andreea Ioana Berechet, Romania\u2019s Consul General in Edinburgh, who donated educational materials, and Aurelia Nicoleta Titirez, Head of the Romanian Consular Office in Belfast, Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

Prayers for Wisdom and Identity<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The archbishop-elect offered prayers for the successful continuation of the educational programs and engaged in discussions with the children and youth attending the school.<\/p>\n

He emphasized the importance of faith, culture, and traditions, highlighting the need for preserving Romanian national identity. As part of the feast day celebration, he also gifted the Romanian community in Glasgow with a relic of Saint Columba of Iona, who has now become the second patron saint of the church.<\/p>\n

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UK’s Romanian Orthodox Archbishop-elect Atanasie presented the Romanian Parish in Glasgow with a particla of the relics of Saint Columba on Sunday, February 2, 2025. Photo: Facebook \/ \u0218coala Rom\u00e2neasc\u0103 Sf. Nicolae \u2013 Glasgow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A Growing Romanian Community in Scotland<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The “Presentation of the Lord” Parish in Glasgow was established in 2008 by Father Marcel Opri\u0219an, who now serves in B\u00e2rsana, Maramure\u0219. Since last year, the parish has acquired<\/a> the church building where it operates.<\/p>\n

The community also maintains one of the largest Romanian-language libraries in the diaspora, housing over 3,000 books across various fields.<\/p>\n

Photo: Facebook \/ St Nicholas Romanian School in Glasgow\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Non-formal educational activities for Romanian children in Glasgow have begun in a new parish school location, which was blessed last week by Archbishop-elect Atanasie of Great Britain and Northern Ireland during the patronal celebrations of the “Presentation of the Lord to the Temple” Parish. The event was attended by Andreea Ioana Berechet, Romania\u2019s Consul General…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":515670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,34604],"tags":[33536,34352,34351,20825,31447,34350,4794,34354,53,34353],"class_list":["post-515675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora-en","category-educatie","tag-archdiocese-of-great-britain-and-northern-ireland","tag-faith-and-identity","tag-glasgow-romanian-parish","tag-orthodox-education","tag-parish-school","tag-romanian-community-in-scotland","tag-romanian-diaspora","tag-romanian-library-abroad","tag-romanian-orthodox-church","tag-saint-columba-relic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515675","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=515675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}