{"id":536294,"date":"2025-07-29T15:02:41","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=536294"},"modified":"2025-07-29T15:02:41","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T12:02:41","slug":"bishop-iustin-border-police-spiritual-message-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/bishop-iustin-border-police-spiritual-message-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Maramure\u0219 Bishop honours Border Police, stresses spiritual duty in defending national identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Monday, during events marking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politiadefrontiera.ro\/\">Romanian Border Police<\/a> Day, His Grace Bishop Iustin of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar conveyed a message of support and gratitude to those safeguarding Romania\u2019s territory, values, and national security.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDear border police officers, you are not merely guarding a geographical territory, but defending a space of identity, faith, and values inherited from our forefathers,\u201d Bishop Iustin stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are the guardians of our peace, dignity, and safety. And for this, the Church stands with you in prayer and blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bishop highlighted the significance of border protection, noting that in Holy Scripture, borders are seen as sacred.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAs a servant of the Church, I tell you with full conviction: your work is not solely administrative or military in nature, but also holds a profound moral and spiritual dimension. In Holy Scripture, the borders of a people are regarded as sacred gifts, and watching over them is a duty of honour.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Bishop Iustin encouraged border police to look to the future with confidence and faith, especially in a time when borders are threatened not only physically, but also morally and spiritually.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are living in times when borders are no longer threatened only physically, but also morally and spiritually. This is why your calling requires, more than ever, wisdom, discernment, and courage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romanian Border Police Day is celebrated annually on July 24. The date commemorates the year 1864, when Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza signed the founding act of the \u201cCoastal Guard Corps,\u201d marking the beginning of modern border security in Romania.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FEORMMSM%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0gKN8r2tFt2qTaMU5UtdC8fXv8SQcbtV12mMuy26SKzA2qdUvcE2zAqxiWN5G2M2kl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"440\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Romanian Border Police \/ Facebook<\/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, during events marking Romanian Border Police Day, His Grace Bishop Iustin of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar conveyed a message of support and gratitude to those safeguarding Romania\u2019s territory, values, and national security. \u201cDear border police officers, you are not merely guarding a geographical territory, but defending a space of identity, faith, and values inherited&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":536265,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[4669,24286,4976,35683,8442,35684],"class_list":["post-536294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dioceses","tag-bishop-of-maramures-and-satmar","tag-church-state-cooperation","tag-national-identity","tag-romanian-border-police-day","tag-romanian-territory","tag-spiritual-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536294","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=536294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}