Romanian Church donates $2,500 to school affected by fire

Dorobanţu, Romania, September 13, 2018

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The Romanian Orthodox Patriarchate has donated more than $2,500 (10,000 lei) to a school in Dorobanţu, Tulcea County in eastern Romania that was affected by a fire on August 5, reports the site of the Romanian Orthodox Church.

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The Tulce Diocese of the Romanian Church has also donated equipment towards the smooth running of the new school year.

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His Grace Bishop Visarion of Tulce celebrated a Te Deum service at the school on Monday, when the aid was given to the school. The school’s teachers and 165 students gathered for the ceremony.

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A message of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania was read out, encouraging the children to love Christian values, as well as their school, their country, and the Church.

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The Romanian Orthodox Church is the largest philanthropist in Romanian society, spending more than $175,000,000 for social purposes over the last decade.

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9/13/2018

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