The Bishopric of Southern Bessarabia marked 20 years of legal recognition with an anniversary concerttranslated

The Diocese of South Bessarabia marked on Friday the 20th anniversary of legal recognition by the authorities of the Republic of Moldova, with an anniversary concert held at the "Nicolae Botgros" Palace of Culture in Cahul.

Numerous representatives of public authorities and local administration, as well as members of the Cahul community, participated in the cultural event.

The Bishop of South Bessarabia evoked the history of church life in the south of the Republic of Moldova, recalling that the diocese was reactivated in 2001, before obtaining legal recognition from the state authorities, in 2006.

His Eminence reminded that the ecclesiastical jurisdiction over this territory belonged, over time, to the Diocese of the White Citadel, the Metropolis of Proilavia, the Diocese of Lower Danube, and after the Great Union, to the Diocese of the White Citadel – Ismail.

The hierarch explained the circumstances in which it was necessary to reactivate the diocese under a new title, which was initially based in Cania, and from 2018, in Cahul.

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