{"id":573868,"date":"2026-05-29T12:31:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:31:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=573868"},"modified":"2026-05-29T12:31:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T09:31:22","slug":"antiochian-metropolitan-saba-visits-romanian-monastery-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/antiochian-metropolitan-saba-visits-romanian-monastery-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Antiochian Metropolitan Saba visits Romanian Orthodox monastery in New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

Metropolitan Saba Isper visited<\/a> the Romanian Orthodox Monastery in Middletown on Monday, where he met with Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic, abbot of Putna Monastery, and Archimandrite Ieremia Berbec, abbot of Middletown Monastery.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The head of the Antiochian Orthodox Church in North America spent the day in prayer and dialogue with the two abbots.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn an atmosphere of Christian love and fraternal fellowship, His Eminence and the abbots shared meaningful conversation, offered prayers together, and partook of a common meal in the company of the monastic brotherhood,\u201d representatives of the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America said.<\/p>\n

Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic recently travelled to North America to participate in the summer patronal feast of the Romanian Orthodox Monastery in Middletown.<\/p>\n

Metropolitan Saba Isper and Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic have shared a friendship spanning several decades, while Archimandrite Ieremia Berbec is originally a monk of Putna Monastery, one of Romania\u2019s most renowned monastic communities.<\/p>\n