The ship of the Church is traveling to the harbor of salvation, explains PS Timotei Prahoveanul at the rededication of a churchtranslated

The Most Reverend Father Timotei Prahoveanul, Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, on Sunday re-consecrated the renovated church of Valea Cricovului Parish in Apostolache commune, Prahova county.

In this context, the hierarch spoke about the ship as a metaphor for the Church traveling through the ages towards the harbor of salvation and explained the Gospel fragment about the first wonderful Fishing, quoted during the Holy Liturgy.

The ship of salvation PS Timotei Prahoveanul re-consecrated on Sunday, September 27, 2026, the church of the Valea Cricovului parish in Prahove. Photo: Lumina Newspaper / Mihnea Păduraru The Apostolic Constitutions of the 4th century "taught Christians that all churches should be built in the form of a ship", His Eminence recalled.

"Those who are in the ship escape even in the midst of the waves. Those who are in the Church have a chance of escaping to the harbor of salvation, compared with those who are free or alone among the waves."

"Beloved believers, the ship of the church has been sailing among the waves for so long. There is still clear time, as God has given to this parish today," continued the hierarch.

"The ship that is the Church can...