The Patriarch of Romania awarded on Wednesday the Patriarch of Jerusalem the “St. John Jacob of Neamț, the New Khozevite”.
The distinction was granted in the context of the Solemn Year 2021 in the Romanian Patriarchate and it was transmitted to Jerusalem by Archim. Teofil Anăstăsoaie, Representative of the Romanian Patriarchate in the Holy Land.
Another hierarch who was awarded the new order was His Grace Qais, Bishop of Erzurum (Patriarchate of Antioch).
Other recipients of the order were clerics and laypeople – journalists from the BASILICA Press Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate, from the public radio, from the Romanian Television and from the independent Orthodox Christian publication Lumea credinței (“The World of Faith”).
They promoted in their activity the message of the Solemn Year 2021: unity in the faith of Romanians from all over the world.
The orders were offered in a short ceremony at the Palace of the Patriarchate. The Solemn Year 2021.
“The year dedicated to the pastoral care of Romanians from outside the borders was an opportunity to emphasize the fact that the homeland of the Romanians is their Orthodox faith and Romanian spirituality,” affirmed Patriarch Daniel in a short message about the importance of keeping the unity in thoughts and feelings with Romanians from all over the world.
Source: basilica.ro