IPS Joachim spoke about the faithful's devotion to the Icon of Our Lady of Prodromitsatranslated

His Eminence Father Joachim, the Archbishop of Roman and Bacău, spoke about the Icon of Our Lady Prodromița on Sunday after the Holy Liturgy, held at the "Holy Pious Parascheva" Archbishop's Cathedral in Roman.

Archim was part of the cathedral. Nectarius Eftime, great ecclesiarch of the Archbishop's Cathedral, and Archim. Andrei Ioniță, teaching staff at the Post-secondary School of the "Episcop Melchisedec" Theological High School in Roman.

After reading the Gospel about the healing of the leper in Capernaum, Archim. Andrei Ioniță spoke about the spiritual and physical healing of man: "God does not just want to relieve people's sufferings in a simple way, but to raise them to a new life. It is not enough for the eyes to see, the ears to hear, the feet to walk, but also the fullness of the healing of human suffering in a full way".

The history of the Prodromitsa Icon At the end of the Holy Liturgy, IPS Ioachim explained the context in which the Icon of Our Lady of Prodromitsa, honored by the Romanian Orthodox Church on July 12, was painted.

The hierarch recalled that the icon was painted in Iași, at the Bucium Monastery, for the Romanian Hermitage Prodromu in Sfântul...