{"id":576450,"date":"2026-06-15T19:41:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=576450"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T16:41:01","slug":"suceava-robotics-team-royal-engineers-michiana-premier-event-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/suceava-robotics-team-royal-engineers-michiana-premier-event-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Orthodox Archbishop backs Suceava robotics team ahead of U.S. competition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi blessed<\/a> members of the \u201cRoyal Engineers\u201d robotics team from the National College \u201cStephen the Great\u201d in Suceava ahead of their departure for the Michiana Premier Event 2026 in the United States.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The meeting took place on Thursday, June 11, at the Archdiocesan Centre in Suceava, where Archbishop Calinic offered words of encouragement, praising the students\u2019 dedication, perseverance and achievements in robotics, as well as their involvement in educational and community projects.<\/p>\n

His Eminence also presented each team member with a prayer book.<\/p>\n

The Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi has provided financial support to the \u201cRoyal Engineers\u201d team, which has been participating in international robotics competitions since 2021.<\/p>\n

The Michiana Premier Event 2026<\/a> is an elite international competition for high school students organised within the FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) programme.<\/p>\n

The event will take place at the Century Centre in South Bend, Indiana, from June 18 to 21 and will bring together 96 top robotics teams from around the world.<\/p>\n

Photo: Archdiocese of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi
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Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and R\u0103d\u0103u\u021bi blessed members of the \u201cRoyal Engineers\u201d robotics team from the National College \u201cStephen the Great\u201d in Suceava ahead of their departure for the Michiana Premier Event 2026 in the United States. The meeting took place on Thursday, June 11, at the Archdiocesan Centre in Suceava, where Archbishop Calinic offered…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":576055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34605],"tags":[4417,37746,37748,37745,37747],"class_list":["post-576450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-archbishop-calinic","tag-michiana-premier-event","tag-robotics-competition","tag-robotics-team","tag-romanian-students"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576450","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=576450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}