Archid. Macarie Grigoriu: The Christian family, called to be not only the place where life is born, but also where holiness is cultivatedtranslated

"The family that gave the Church the Saint Pious Parascheva and the Saint Hierarch Eftimie remains throughout the ages a living testimony of the fact that the Christian family is called to be not only the place where life is born, but also the place where holiness is cultivated," Archid said. Macarie Grigoriu, Administrator of the Patriarchal Cathedral, on Tuesday evening, at the Vigil service held for the feast of the saint in this holy historical place.

Father archdeacon recalled that the feast of St. Cuv. Parascheva, the Patron Saint of Moldova, has a special significance in the context of the proclamation of 2026 as the Year of Homage to the Pastoral of the Christian Family and the Commemorative Year of the Holy Women of the Calendar (myrrh-bearing women, martyrs, pious women, wives and mothers) in the Romanian Patriarchate.

"In this perspective, the evocation of Saint Pious Parascheva is a blessed opportunity to highlight the fundamental role of the family in the spiritual formation of man, in the cultivation of Christian virtues and in the transmission of faith from one generation to another," said Archid. Macarie Grigoriu.

A family that gave two saints The archdeacon father recalled that the saint came from a deeply religious family, where she...