{"id":529454,"date":"2025-06-05T12:23:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T09:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=529454"},"modified":"2025-06-05T12:23:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T09:23:17","slug":"alba-iulia-kindergarten-archbishop-blessing-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/alba-iulia-kindergarten-archbishop-blessing-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Archbishop Irineu blesses new Church-run kindergarten in Alba Iulia ahead of autumn opening"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Monday, Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia blessed the new \u201cClopo\u021bel\u201d Kindergarten, a preschool education institution built under the archdiocese&#8217;s care between 2022 and 2025 and set to open in the autumn of 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His Eminence highlighted the Church\u2019s ongoing care for children and their families, describing the project as educational and missionary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough this educational and missionary effort, we aim to promote moral principles in the early education of future generations and to stand close to young Christian families.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReferring to the importance of children in our lives, Christ Himself urges us to imitate them in purity of heart and soul. In doing so, we gain spiritual beauty. As Saint John of Kronstadt said: Flowers are only symbols of beauty, but the soul of a child is living divine beauty,\u201d said Archbishop Irineu.<\/p>\n<h2>Modern Facilities and Spiritual Care<\/h2>\n<p>The kindergarten is equipped with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Modern classrooms<\/li>\n<li>A dining hall meeting sanitary and hygiene standards<\/li>\n<li>Comfortable nap rooms<\/li>\n<li>A prayer chapel<\/li>\n<li>A medical office<\/li>\n<li>A large, well-equipped outdoor playground<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Children will benefit from time spent outdoors in a safe and nurturing environment.<\/p>\n<h2>Local Authorities in Attendance<\/h2>\n<p>The blessing ceremony was attended by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nicolae Albu, Prefect of Alba County<\/li>\n<li>Gabriel Ple\u0219a, Mayor of Alba Iulia<\/li>\n<li>Marius Ha\u021began, Vice President of Alba County Council<\/li>\n<li>Prof. Cornel Sandu, General School Inspector of Alba County<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Enrollment Details<\/h2>\n<p>Enrollment for the 2025\u20132026 school year began on Monday, May 26, and will end on June 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Alba Iulia Archdiocese<br \/>\n<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, Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia blessed the new \u201cClopo\u021bel\u201d Kindergarten, a preschool education institution built under the archdiocese&#8217;s care between 2022 and 2025 and set to open in the autumn of 2025. His Eminence highlighted the Church\u2019s ongoing care for children and their families, describing the project as educational and missionary. \u201cThrough this&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":529185,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34605],"tags":[35205,21208,35206,35207],"class_list":["post-529454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-alba-iulia-kindergarten","tag-archbishop-irineu","tag-church-education-romania","tag-preschool-romania-2025"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529454","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=529454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}