{"id":529225,"date":"2025-06-03T20:22:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T17:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=529225"},"modified":"2025-06-03T20:22:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T17:22:45","slug":"roya-camp-2025-new-york-orthodox-youth-confessors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/roya-camp-2025-new-york-orthodox-youth-confessors\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Romanian Orthodox in America gather in New York for camp honoring 20th-century confessors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Romanian Orthodox Youth in the Americas (ROYA) Camp <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mitropolia.us\/index.php\/en\/1875-tabara-de-primavara-roya-2026\">took place<\/a> at St. Demetrius Monastery in New York State, bringing together dozens of young people under the theme \u201cThe Saints of the Prisons.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the context of the Commemorative Year dedicated to Romanian Orthodox spiritual fathers and confessors of the 20th century, forty Orthodox youth aged 16 to 29 from various parts of North America participated in the camp from May 24 to 26.<\/p>\n<p>The event opened on Friday evening, May 24, with the Vespers service. Participants also had the opportunity to learn about Romanian traditions and customs in an interactive and spiritual setting.<\/p>\n<h2>A Journey of Faith and Discovery<\/h2>\n<p>Each day began with the Divine Liturgy, followed by activities that deepened both cultural and spiritual understanding. On Saturday, the youth went on a trip to Manhattan, visiting iconic locations such as Times Square, Central Park, and the rebuilt <a href=\"https:\/\/stnicholaswtc.org\/\">Greek Orthodox Church of St. Nicholas<\/a> at the World Trade Center site.<\/p>\n<p>The afternoon featured a talk on \u201cThe Saints of the Prisons,\u201d delivered by Hieromonk Iacob Manga from St. Demetrius Monastery. He recounted the sufferings of martyrs imprisoned under communism, focusing on figures such as Saints Sofian of Antim and Elijah L\u0103c\u0103tu\u0219u.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the final day of the camp, participants visited St. Tikhon\u2019s Monastery in Pennsylvania\u2014the oldest Orthodox monastery in North America\u2014where they venerated the Wonderworking Iveron Icon of Hawaii.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: mitropolia.us<\/p>\n<p>Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029Va87bZd3AzNbIY7K8G3i\">WhatsApp channel<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Romanian Orthodox Youth in the Americas (ROYA) Camp took place at St. Demetrius Monastery in New York State, bringing together dozens of young people under the theme \u201cThe Saints of the Prisons.\u201d In the context of the Commemorative Year dedicated to Romanian Orthodox spiritual fathers and confessors of the 20th century, forty Orthodox youth&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":529046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[34115,34748,25134,3495,3939,10708],"class_list":["post-529225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora-en","tag-2025-commemorative-year","tag-20th-century-confessors","tag-modern-day-saints","tag-orthodox-youth","tag-romanian-saints","tag-roya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529225","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=529225"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529225\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}