An Orthodox service was served for the first time in the Romanian Church in Montichiari, Italy, on Tuesday evening, February 9. Dean Rev. Gelu Porumb, the parish priest Gabriel Pandrea and several other clerics officiated the Lesser Sanctification of Waters and the Mystery of Unction.
The story of the new Romanian church illustrates very well the saying “Man sanctifies the place.” The building is actually a capannone, as Italians say, meaning a former production hall or warehouse.
This is what the building looked like a year ago, on February 1, 2020:
That’s what it looks like now:
This how a warehouse was elevated to the rank of a “laboratory of the Resurrection” – an expression used by Saint Maximus the Confessor for the church and mentioned by Fr. Gelu Porumb on Tuesday at the first service in Montichiari.
The spiritual protectors of the parish are St. Gregory the Enlightener of Greater Armenia and St. Artemius the Greatmartyr. The place of worship is located on Via Erculiani, 31 in Montechiari, Italy.
Source: Basilica.ro
