The Philanthropy Federation trains priests to counsel people with addictionstranslated

The Philanthropy Federation of the Romanian Patriarchate trains priests to counsel people with addictions. The action takes place within a specialization course organized between October 19-22, at the "Holy Great Martyr Pantelimon" socio-medical facility in Lacu Sărat resort, Brăila county.

The program brings together 28 clerics from the Archdiocese of Lower Danube and the Diocese of Tulcea and aims to train them for the early identification of addictions, the prevention of addictions and the referral of those affected to specialized services.

At the opening of the course, Archbishop Cassian of the Lower Danube participated, who emphasized the need for spiritual assistance and professional methods of intervention for people facing addictions.

"It is one of the heaviest burdens of man, of all time, which in modern language is called addiction or, better said, dependence on ourselves and our falls, which must never be amplified, but must be limited."

"First, we need a spiritual approach to understand addiction through the spiritual meanings of the Holy Fathers. Second, to extract the appropriate methods from...