{"id":561286,"date":"2026-03-04T14:39:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=561286"},"modified":"2026-03-04T14:39:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T12:39:07","slug":"romanian-patriarchate-prayer-peace-middle-east-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-patriarchate-prayer-peace-middle-east-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Patriarchate calls for prayer and responsibility amid Middle East escalation and Ukraine war anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Amid the escalation of the military conflict in the <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-patriarchate-assists-pilgrims-israel-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Middle East<\/a>, which has already resulted in numerous casualties, and as four years have passed since the outbreak of the <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-orthodox-prayers-ukraine-war-fourth-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">war in Ukraine<\/a>, the Romanian Patriarchate <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/prayers-for-peace-recommended-by-patriarch-daniel-full-text\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calls for prayer<\/a> and responsibility, urging swift solutions for the restoration of peace and mutual understanding among nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The devastating consequences of war are reflected in the alarming rise in civilian casualties, the intensification of violence and social unrest, and the growing spread of poverty and hunger.<\/p>\n<p>The words of the Apostle Paul\u2014\u201cLive in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you\u201d (2 Corinthians 13:11)\u2014recall that where war prevails, love and peace are forgotten, and communication and communion among people are gravely affected.<\/p>\n<p>Let us also pray for all <a href=\"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-pilgrims-evacuated-israel-egypt-church-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Romanian citizens<\/a> currently in conflict zones, asking God to protect them and grant their safe return home.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate<\/p>\n<p>Photo: Basilica.ro Files<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid the escalation of the military conflict in the Middle East, which has already resulted in numerous casualties, and as four years have passed since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the Romanian Patriarchate calls for prayer and responsibility, urging swift solutions for the restoration of peace and mutual understanding among nations. The devastating&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":437648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[36963,36961,36962,234,36882],"class_list":["post-561286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-call-for-peace","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-romanian-citizens-conflict-zones","tag-romanian-patriarchate","tag-ukraine-war-anniversary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561286","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=561286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/561286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/437648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=561286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=561286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=561286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}