Almost 1,700 students are preparing to start a new academic year at the Faculty of Theology in Bucharesttranslated

Almost 1,700 students, masters and doctoral students are preparing to start a new academic year on Thursday at the "Justinian Patriarch" Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest, as well as at its extensions in Rome and Chisinau.
According to the program sent by the theological education institution, the event will start at 08:30 with the Matins service and the Holy Liturgy officiated by the Most Reverend Father Varlaam Ploieșteanul, Patriarchal Vicar Bishop, at the "Saint Catherine" Church - University Chapel.
Next, the festive course held in the "Ioan G. Coman" Amphitheater of the faculty will take place.
"Be people with questions" In a statement sent to the editors, Father Dean Cosmin Pricop urges students not to be afraid of questions, but to turn them into a way of knowing the faith.
"You probably came with many questions, and this is the best beginning. A theological school is not the place where the questions stop, but the place where we learn to answer them as best we can."
"The Apostle Paul writes: Prove all things; hold fast what is good (1 Thessalonians 5, 21). What do we understand from this? Criticism is not the enemy of faith; its enemy is...



