{"id":556402,"date":"2026-01-20T16:02:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=556402"},"modified":"2026-01-20T16:02:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T14:02:20","slug":"israeli-ambassador-visits-bucharest-orthodox-seminary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/israeli-ambassador-visits-bucharest-orthodox-seminary\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli Ambassador visits Bucharest Orthodox Seminary, praises students\u2019 training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Israeli Ambassador to Romania Lior Ben Dor visited the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/seminarortodoxbucuresti\/?locale=ro_RO\">Metropolitan Nifon\u201d Theological Seminary<\/a> in Bucharest on Tuesday, expressing appreciation for the students\u2019 solid theological education and for the institution\u2019s broader formation in both the humanities and sciences.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the visit, the ambassador met Archimandrite Nectarie \u0218ofelea, the seminary\u2019s director, abbot of Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery, and Administrative Exarch of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, who also facilitated a meeting with the seminary\u2019s students.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe particularly engaging dialogue took participants through the mysteries of the Bible, highlighting the shared historical and cultural heritage of our peoples, as well as the theological foundation that brings them closer,\u201d the Embassy of Israel said in a post on its Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>The visit also included discussions on strengthening relations between Romania and Israel, including through the development of bilateral tourism and the organisation of regular pilgrimages.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador thanked the students for the warm welcome and wished them success in their studies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ro\">\u00cent\u00e2lnire cu elevii Seminarului <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Teologic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Teologic<\/a> Ortodox din <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bucure%C8%99ti?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bucure\u0219ti<\/a>. \ud83c\uddf7\ud83c\uddf4\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1<\/p>\n<p>Dl Ambasador <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BendorLior?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BendorLior<\/a> a avut pl\u0103cerea s\u0103 viziteze Seminarul Teologic <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ortodox?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ortodox<\/a> din Bucure\u0219ti, unde s-a \u00eent\u00e2lnit cu Arhimandritul Nectarie \u0218ofelea, stare\u021bul M\u0103n\u0103stirii Radu Vod\u0103. Cu acest prilej,\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qVCskvdflo\">pic.twitter.com\/qVCskvdflo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ambasada Israelului (@IsraelinRomania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraelinRomania\/status\/2013523690470670803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 20, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Embassy of Israel to Romania<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Ambassador to Romania Lior Ben Dor visited the \u201cMetropolitan Nifon\u201d Theological Seminary in Bucharest on Tuesday, expressing appreciation for the students\u2019 solid theological education and for the institution\u2019s broader formation in both the humanities and sciences. During the visit, the ambassador met Archimandrite Nectarie \u0218ofelea, the seminary\u2019s director, abbot of Radu Vod\u0103 Monastery, and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":556375,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34605],"tags":[14846,36392,24887,31322],"class_list":["post-556402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-israeli-ambassador","tag-lior-ben-dor","tag-orthodox-seminary","tag-romania-israel-relations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556402","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=556402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556402\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556375"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}