On the feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, on August 15 2008, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, thanked the clergy and faithful who, in churches and monasteries, on each day of the Dormition Fast, have read the Paraklisis of the Mother of God while thinking about the suffering of our brothers who are affected by the unmerciful floods, offering them, through prayer and good deeds, spiritual and material support, according to each one's possibilities.
In his address to the faithful attending the Holy Liturgy at the 'Dormition' Monastery in Techirghiol, Constanta county, His Beatitude has said that the Romanian Patriarchate has suggested that August 15, the Christian feast of the Dormition of the Most Holy Mother of God, should be observed as a legal holiday. The representatives of the Romanian Orthodox Church have thus filed a request with the Romanian Parliament in this issue:
'We requested for the Dormition feast to be observed as an annual legal holiday, as other countries of the European Union have already done,' said His Beatitude, Patriarch Daniel, indicating France as one of the examples.
Also, His Beatitude congratulated Very Rev. Archimandrite Arsenie Papacioc, the spiritual guide of the Techirghiol Monastery, who turned 94.
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