2022 International Day of Families coincides with the Sunday of Christian Family in the Romanian Orthodox Church

Source: Basilica News Agency

May 17, 2022

    

The International Day of Families is marked annually on May 15, while the Romanian Orthodox Church has dedicated to Christian families a national day, marked on the Sunday which is closest to the same date: the Day of Christian Family. This year, the two are marked on the same day.

In a message referring to the Day of Christian Family, Patriarch Daniel said that Romanian Christian families are protected by Holy Apostle Andronicus and his wife Junia, commemorated on May 17”.

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5/17/2022

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