{"id":586081,"date":"2026-08-27T16:10:28","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=586081"},"modified":"2026-08-27T16:10:28","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:10:28","slug":"romanian-president-nicusor-dan-southern-bessarabia-diocese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/romanian-president-nicusor-dan-southern-bessarabia-diocese\/","title":{"rendered":"Romanian President Nicu\u0219or Dan visits Diocese of Southern Bessarabia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On Thursday, Romanian President Nicu\u0219or Dan visited the headquarters of the Diocese of Southern Bessarabia, where Bishop Veniamin welcomed him.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Romanian president is on an official visit to the Republic of Moldova to mark the 35th anniversary of the country\u2019s proclamation of independence.<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, held in the Chapel of the Resurrection of the Lord, Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia presented the Romanian president with an overview of the diocese\u2019s history, key developments in recent years, and the pastoral, missionary, and administrative challenges facing the communities under its care.<\/p>\n<p>The bishop highlighted projects undertaken by the diocese, including the Heroes\u2019 Monastery in Stoianovca, dedicated to preserving the memory of Romanian war heroes; ongoing work at the Diocesan Cathedral in Cahul; and initiatives supporting Romanian communities in the historic region of southern Bessarabia.<\/p>\n<p>President Nicu\u0219or Dan expressed interest in the pastoral and missionary work carried out in southern Moldova, as well as in the situation of Romanian communities across historic southern Bessarabia, including those in the Odesa region.<\/p>\n<p>The discussions also addressed ways to support and continue projects important to these communities, aimed at strengthening Romanian Church life, culture, and identity.<\/p>\n<p>Bishop Veniamin thanked President Nicu\u0219or Dan for the visit and presented him with an icon of Saint Dionysius, Bishop of Cetatea Alb\u0103-Ismail, the patron saint of the Diocese of Southern Bessarabia.<\/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%2Fepiscopiabasarabieidesud%2Fposts%2Fpfbid0WjAM9cVWevniHuxxVeVMDn57Be6d1vyC7GG1K9rEUvh7hv2Ji6Prt6ciniAZPaekl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"704\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Photo: Facebook \/ Diocese of Southern Bessarabia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, Romanian President Nicu\u0219or Dan visited the headquarters of the Diocese of Southern Bessarabia, where Bishop Veniamin welcomed him. The Romanian president is on an official visit to the Republic of Moldova to mark the 35th anniversary of the country\u2019s proclamation of independence. During the meeting, held in the Chapel of the Resurrection of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":586058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[15611,24509,38142,37152,35803],"class_list":["post-586081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dioceses","tag-bishop-veniamin","tag-diocese-of-southern-bessarabia","tag-moldova-visit","tag-moldova-romania-relations","tag-president-nicusor-dan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586081","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=586081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}