With the blessing of His Most Reverend Father Calinic, Archbishop of Suceava and Rădăuților, on Tuesday, October 6, the thematic conference dedicated to the Homage Year of the Pastorship of Parents and Children and the Commemorative Year of Romanian Philanthropists in the Balticeni Deanery took place in Fălticeni.
The meeting was preceded by the celebration of the Divine Liturgy by the cultural counselor Constantin Oprea and the archdeacon Vasile Demciuc - delegates of His All-Holiness Archbishop Calinic, the abbot being part of the sobor and the parish priest Adrian Dulgheriu.
Adrian Dulgheriu opened the conference by introducing the first speaker - Fr. Claudiu Coman from Ioneasa Parish, who presented the paper „Pastorship of priests and children. Scriptural landmarks”. Fr. Claudiu Coman spoke, based on scriptural grounds, about what it means the creation of the world by God and the Incarnation of the Son of God, and on the other hand, about what it means the creation of man-made society and its consequences on it. In the second part of the talk, Fr. Coman focused in particular on the education of children, who must be prepared for earthly life, but especially for the Kingdom of God.
The second lecture - „Philanthropy in the life of the Church. Faces of Romanian philanthropists” - was presented by Fr. Daniel Loluță from Pleșești Parish, who insisted on what it meant to establish philanthropic institutions in Walla Wallachia and Moldova, followed by the evocation of some faces of philanthropists, starting with Anastasie Crimca and the voivodes of the Romanian provinces.
Vasile Demciuc showed the most recent book of His Eminence Archbishop Calinic, entitled „Family and Philanthropy. Two divine-human institutions”, recently published by Crimca Publishing House of the Archdiocese of Suceva and Rădăuților.
In the review by Fr. Prof. Demciuc, it was noted that the volume adds to the more than 70 books written by the new Archbishop of Suceava and Rădăuților and proves to be a valuable guide and a testimony to the fact that the Christian religion has been, is and will be a permanent source of inspiration for mankind. The book is a welcome and profound confession of faith on the divine-human nature of family and philanthropy in Romanian Orthodox Christianity. The counselor Constantin Oprea thanked the fathers for their beautiful works, conveying the message of His Eminence Archbishop Calinic to increase philanthropic activity in the parishes they are in charge of.
An article by pr. Georgian Rotar
Source: ziarullumina.ro
