The Shrine of the "Sfânta Sofia" Floreasca Church: The faithful will be able to worship the relics of St. Irodion from Lainicitranslated

The Church "Sfânta Sofia" Floreasca in Bucharest celebrates its patron saint on Thursday. The faithful who will participate in the services will be able to worship a fragment of the relics of St. Pious Irodion from Lainici.

The liturgical program begins on Wednesday, at 17:00, with Vespers, followed by the Litany, the Akathist of the Holy Martyr Sophia and her daughters and the Sacrament of the Holy Olive. On Thursday, the day of the patron saint, services will begin at 08:30, with Matins, followed by the Holy Liturgy and the Parastas for the founders of the church and for those who are asleep.

The parish priest Eduard Valentin Toader invited the faithful to participate in the services organized on the occasion of the celebration.

"We are waiting for you at our church, a historical monument from the 19th century, a place of worship, we could say, as small as it is beautiful, a jewel of Bucharest", said the parish priest for Trinitas TV.

A traditional church from Brancove According to the parish, the first sources attesting to the existence of a church in the old village of Florești date back to 1635. The current walled place is attested in 1738, but some indications support the possibility of an older date, from the time of Saint Constantine...