{"id":569032,"date":"2026-04-28T10:43:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:43:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=569032"},"modified":"2026-04-28T10:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T07:43:08","slug":"romanian-bishop-consecrates-chapel-lakkoskete-mount-athos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-bishop-consecrates-chapel-lakkoskete-mount-athos\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Bishop consecrates chapel at Lakkoskete on Mount Athos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>His Grace Bishop Iustin of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar consecrated on Sunday the chapel of the Meeting of the Lord Cell at Lakkoskete on Mount Athos.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joining the service were clergy accompanying the hierarch on his Athonite pilgrimage, together with the skete\u2019s monastic brotherhood.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main reason for our pilgrimage, that of the delegation of the Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar, consisting of nine persons, is to consecrate the chapel of the Cell of the Meeting of the Lord, part of the monastic community of Lakkoskete, which is under the spiritual jurisdiction of Saint Paul Monastery,\u201d Bishop Iustin told Trinitas TV.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the third Sunday after the Feast of the Lord\u2019s Resurrection, at dawn, we began the consecration of the church, the holy altar and its iconography, bringing great joy to the Reverend Father Eftimie, who is from the Maramure\u0219 region, from Ieud in historic Maramure\u0219, and who held this holy desire that we should consecrate his foundation.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Honours Bestowed on Saint Paul Monastery<\/h2>\n<p>On the occasion, His Grace awarded the <em>Nicolae Steinhardt<\/em> Commemorative Medal to Saint Paul Monastery, while Archimandrite Parthenios, abbot of the monastery, received the <em>Archbishop Justinian<\/em> Cross.<\/p>\n<p>The Meeting of the Lord Cell also was awarded the Archbishop Justinian Commemorative Medal.<\/p>\n<p>Lakkoskete, one of the Romanian Athonite settlements under the protection of Saint Paul Monastery, has long been a place of ascetic struggle and prayer for Romanian monastics on the Holy Mount Athos.<\/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%2Fpfbid0XxJFgZjbaSLDxKVhpdFHM2bBrHK9mFpGeKNxp7Dx2dZJu9HjVo3pqgthapUvBGURl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"777\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Diocese of Maramure\u0219 and S\u0103tmar \/ Archdn. 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