{"id":559281,"date":"2026-02-11T16:26:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=559281"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:26:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:26:20","slug":"romania-ambassador-visits-bishop-veniamin-cahul-2026-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romania-ambassador-visits-bishop-veniamin-cahul-2026-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s ambassador to Republic of Moldova visits Bishop Veniamin in Cahul, discusses church projects for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>His Grace Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia, on Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0KTRnVwbL2rdb8wE7Kp95qSnLKcAYMbHqof4BTo54gW731sBmmcnSte5ecGySmMPfl&amp;id=100069069549071&amp;_rdr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">received a visit<\/a> from His Excellency Leon \u021aurcanu, Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Moldova, at the diocesan centre in Cahul.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the hierarch presented the diocese&#8217;s main projects and priorities for 2026, emphasising the importance of communication and dialogue for both the Church&#8217;s mission and the safeguarding of faith and spiritual life in the region.<\/p>\n<p>The ambassador also met with priests participating in activities organised in Cahul by the <a href=\"https:\/\/diaconia.md\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diaconia Social Mission<\/a> of the Metropolis of Bessarabia, an outreach initiative of the Metropolis of Bessarabia.<\/p>\n<p>The Romanian diplomat praised the work of the clergy in their parishes and encouraged them to continue educational, religious, and identity-focused projects within their local communities.<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Diocese of Southern Bessarabia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/basilicanews\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-556506\" src=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Basilica-Telegram-channel-banner-890x149.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"890\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Basilica-Telegram-channel-banner-890x149.jpeg 890w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Basilica-Telegram-channel-banner-360x60.jpeg 360w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Basilica-Telegram-channel-banner-768x128.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/basilica.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Basilica-Telegram-channel-banner.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 440px, (max-width: 768px) 354px, 890px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>His Grace Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia, on Tuesday, received a visit from His Excellency Leon \u021aurcanu, Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Moldova, at the diocesan centre in Cahul. During the meeting, the hierarch presented the diocese&#8217;s main projects and priorities for 2026, emphasising the importance of communication and dialogue for both the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":559200,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[15611,24509,2199,21936],"class_list":["post-559281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dioceses","tag-bishop-veniamin","tag-diocese-of-southern-bessarabia","tag-republic-of-moldova","tag-romanian-ambassador"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559281","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=559281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559281\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}