Holy Fire to be brought to Moldova with financial backing by Orthodox Church
16:14 | 27.04.2016 Category: Social
Chisinau, 27 April /MOLDPRES/ - The Holy Fire this year will be brought to Chisinau with the financial support of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, Metropolitan of Chisinau and All Moldova, Most Right Reverend Vladimir said today.
On the eve of the Easter holidays, Metropolitan Vladimir paid a visit to Moldova’s parliament. In his speech, the Metropolitan urged the MPs to be more generous and make more good deeds.
“Presently, the parliament is made up of parties with contemporary and strong names and symbols. In several years, we will leave the parliament, will pass away. The message of our Christians is that you unite, make good deeds and go down in history as a parliament that worked for Moldova’s people most of all,” Metropolitan Vladimir said.
The Metropolitan said that the bringing to Moldova of the Holy Fire had been organised this year as well. He stressed that “all the spending will be met by the Orthodox Church of Moldova, for reasons that none of the politicians wanted to sponsor the trip to Israel.”
According to Most Right Reverend Vladimir, the Holy Fire will be brought to the Metropolitan Cathedral at about 19:00. “The Holy Fire will be distributed to the priests and believers from all over Moldova,” Metropolitan Vladimir said.
The Holy Fire will be brought to Moldova for the 14th time. This year, Easter is marked on 1 May.
(Reporter A. Plitoc, editor L. Alcaza)
