Romanian Orthodox Church to march for Christian family values

Moscow, February 10, 2017

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The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decided on Thursday to organize a large march this spring in support of traditional, Christian family values. Romania Insider reports that “March for Life 2017: Help Mothers and Babies—They Depend on You” will take place on March 25, the day that new calendar Orthodox Churches celebrate the great feast of the Annunciation, when the Lord Jesus Christ was conceived in the womb of the Theotokos by the overshadowing of the Holy Spirit.

“Through this event, the values of the traditional Christian family will be declared in all dioceses of the Romanian Patriarchiate,” according to the Church’s statement.

The Church has decided now to organize a march as liberal factions in the country have long been aiming for an abandonment of moral values and are expected to soon organize a referendum to change the way family is defined by the Orthodox nation’s constitution. The next hearing in the ongoing case of a Romanian man who wants his “marriage” to an American man legally recognized is scheduled for late March.

Proposals towards this end have been repeatedly rejected by parliament. In 2015, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church called upon the governing body to reject the third such proposal in recent years, noting that the Romanian Constitution (Art. 48) and the Civil Code (Art. 258) both understand marriage as between a man and a woman.

In 2016 the Coalition for Family collected three million signatures in support of a constitutional amendment to more strictly identify marriage as being only between one man and one woman—an initiative supported by the Romanian Orthodox Church.

The Synod also addressed the issue of children left behind by diaspora parents. “They suffer especially because of the lack of the physical and emotional presence of their parents,” the Synod declared, encouraging Romanians working abroad to take their children with them or to return home to their children.

2/10/2017

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According to the cited source, “ever since the oldest times, the Romanian people have cultivated the legacy of utmost respect towards the family, called the Church at Home, being satisfied that this is instituted and blessed by God.”
Comments
Anthony2/13/2017 7:39 pm
Dear Jack. Greetings of the day! Rejoice! And many many thanks for dropping on by to comment. I still don't get what the point of these marches are and your response hasn't provided a solution either. I suppose next we'll be seeing Orthodox street preachers with loud megaphones screaming on the street corners for people to repent and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour. I thought Christians were to be known by their behaviour and love. Not by marching in their festival parades trying to take the moral high ground which ain't gonna make one shred of a difference. But I say to you once again Jack lift yer hands up and Rejoice!
Anthony2/13/2017 10:03 am
Dear Jack. Greetings of the day! Rejoice! And many many thanks for dropping on by to comment. I still don't get what the point of these marches are and your response hasn't provided a solution either. I suppose next we'll be seeing Orthodox street preachers with loud megaphones screaming on the street corners for people to repent and accept Jesus as Lord and Saviour. I thought Christians were to be known by their behaviour and love. Not by marching in their festival parades trying to take the moral high ground which ain't gonna make one shred of a difference. But I say to you once again Jack Rejoice! And again Rejoice!
Jack2/11/2017 7:58 pm
They can both march AND pray... really not a tough concept.

Can someone please take this Anthony guy's internet away?
Anthony2/10/2017 11:49 pm
I never understand what all these marches achieve. Seriously. Marching against abortion. Marching for family values. What a waste of time. Why don't all these do gooding zealots raise their hands up to God and maybe they'll achieve more than they otherwise would with their ridiculous parades. Ayios Paisios Ayioreitis was right when he said there are no Christian strugglers left. All we are good for is flag waving parades. Well his words certainly have come to pass.
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