Austria: Over 500 pilgrims honored the Transylvanian Confessors in Kufsteintranslated

More than 500 Romanian Orthodox clergy and believers from Austria, Germany and Romania participated on Saturday in the pilgrimage dedicated to the Holy Martyrs of Transylvania in Kufstein, Austria.

The pilgrimage was organized in memory of those who defended the Orthodox faith in Transylvania in the 18th century. Among them are Saints Visarion Sarai, Sofronie from Cioara, Nicolae Oprea, Ioan from Galeș and Moise Măcinic from Sibiel, commemorated annually by the Romanian Orthodox Church on October 21.

The program began at the Roman Catholic Church "St. Vitus", located near the Kufstein fortress, where the Holy Liturgy was performed by His Eminence Father Seraphim, Metropolitan of Germany, Central and Northern Europe, together with Vicar Bishop Sofian Brașov of the Archdiocese of Germany, Austria and Luxembourg.

More and more pilgrims from year to year The Reverend Father Sofian from Brașov highlighted the spiritual significance of the Kufstein fortress, where confessors of the Orthodox faith were imprisoned.

The hierarch explained that the sufferings endured by them turned the place of detention into a space for confession of faith, and the annual pilgrimage...