{"id":586017,"date":"2026-08-27T10:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=586017"},"modified":"2026-08-27T10:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:38:18","slug":"romanian-orthodox-parish-dusseldorf-new-church-construction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-orthodox-parish-dusseldorf-new-church-construction\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00fcsseldorf Romanian parish lays foundations for new Orthodox church"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Romanian Orthodox parish in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, began pouring the foundations for its future church on Monday, following the blessing<\/a> of the foundation stone by Metropolitan Serafim of Germany, Central and Northern Europe in May.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Construction work is under way at Werstener Feld 63 and was prepared by architect Bogdan B\u0103rbulescu in cooperation with the contracting companies.<\/p>\n

According to a post on the parish\u2019s official Facebook page<\/a>, the work is proceeding in line with the timetable agreed with members of the Parish Council. Once the foundations are complete, construction will proceed with the church’s structural shell.<\/p>\n

Parish representatives described the start of construction as one of the most important moments in the community\u2019s history: \u201cThe faithful have made possible the most eagerly awaited moment in the parish\u2019s 80-year history.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fulfilling a divine calling<\/h2>\n

Father Iosif-Cristian R\u0103dulescu, parish priest of the Romanian Orthodox community in D\u00fcsseldorf, highlighted the faithful’s role in bringing the project to fruition.<\/p>\n

\u201cMiracles happen wherever people listen attentively to God\u2019s call. It is enough to believe and to put your faith into practice in order to become a witness to the grace that the Lord pours out abundantly upon His chosen ones.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI am deeply overwhelmed by the joy with which the faithful of our parish have set out to fulfil this divine calling,\u201d the priest said.<\/p>\n

History of the D\u00fcsseldorf parish<\/h2>\n

The Romanian Orthodox parish in D\u00fcsseldorf was founded in 1946 by Father Emilian Vasiloschi, who had previously served the Romanian parish in Berlin. After settling permanently in D\u00fcsseldorf in 1951, the community served as the central pastoral headquarters for Romanian Orthodox Christians in West Germany until 1966.<\/p>\n

For 45 years, the Orthodox Centre in Wersten hosted liturgical services, and it was built in 1962. The parish purchased the building in 2018, but subsequent assessments identified serious structural problems with its wooden chapel, which was dismantled in 2021.<\/p>\n

Architect Nicolae Tulban prepared the plans for the new church in 2022. Since 2010, Father Dean Iosif-Cristian R\u0103dulescu of the North Rhine Deanery has served the Romanian Orthodox community in D\u00fcsseldorf.<\/p>\n

Photo: Facebook \/ Romanian Orthodox Church D\u00fcsseldorf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Romanian Orthodox parish in D\u00fcsseldorf, Germany, began pouring the foundations for its future church on Monday, following the blessing of the foundation stone by Metropolitan Serafim of Germany, Central and Northern Europe in May. Construction work is under way at Werstener Feld 63 and was prepared by architect Bogdan B\u0103rbulescu in cooperation with the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":585937,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[38132,3952,37693,15187,23740,27904],"class_list":["post-586017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diaspora-en","tag-dusseldorf-romanian-orthodox-parish","tag-foundation-stone","tag-germany-austria-luxembourg-archdiocese","tag-new-church","tag-orthodoxy-in-germany","tag-romanians-in-germany"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586017","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=586017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/585937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}