Father Dragoș Herescu and Răzvan Porumb from IOCS received the "Faith and Communion" Ordertranslated

Father Dragoș Herescu, director of the Cambridge Institute for Christian Orthodox Studies (IOCS), and Răzvan Porumb, deputy director and director of research at the same institute, received the "Faith and Communion" Order from His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel.

The awarding of the orders took place during a visit to the Patriarchal Residence on the feast of Saint Demetrius the New, the Patron Saint of Bucharest. The two guests participated in the events organized by the patron of the Patriarchal Cathedral. Archim also participated in the meeting. Augustin Coman, coordinating patriarchal adviser within the Christian and interreligious relations sector of the Patriarchal Administration.

At the meeting with the Patriarch of Romania, aspects regarding academic exchanges between Bucharest and Cambridge were discussed, with particular emphasis on how the exacting academic standards and scientific excellence promoted by the institute could contribute to the training of exceptional doctoral students and to the development of the activity of invited researchers.

The two representatives of the IOCS visited the newsroom of the Basilica News Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate, where they met with the archbishop.