Balkan Saint's Relics Draw Huge Crowds in Romania

Ana Maria Luca

Source: Balkan Insight

October 11, 2018

Pilgrims lining up to pray o the relics in Iasi, eastern Romania, in October 2016. Photo: Liviu Chirica/ Inquam Photos Pilgrims lining up to pray o the relics in Iasi, eastern Romania, in October 2016. Photo: Liviu Chirica/ Inquam Photos
    

Tens of thousands of Orthodox Christian believers are expected to arrive starting on Thursday in the eastern Romanian city of Iasi for the country’s largest and most well-known pilgrimage dedicated to St Parascheva, deemed the protector of Moldova and Bukovina.

Many Romanian Orthodox Christians believe that the relics hosted by the cathedral in Iasi have miraculous healing powers.

Known as St Parascheva of the Balkans, she was born in the 11th century in Epivates, close to Constantinople, nowadays Istanbul.

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Ana Maria Luca

10/11/2018

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On Wednesday October 14, 2015 Orthodox Romanians celebrated the feast of their much-beloved St. Paraskeva the New of Iasi, whose relics have been there, working countless miracles, since 1641.

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