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The Romanian Orthodox parish in Ladispoli, Italy, will have its own socio-cultural centertranslated

September 3, 2026 · 1 min read

The "St. Andrew the Apostle" parish in Ladispoli, Italy, has launched an invitation to participate in the auction for the first lot of works of the future socio-cultural community center intended for Romanians in the locality.

The future community center is designed as a space intended for meetings, educational and cultural activities, as well as social projects addressed to Romanians from Ladispoli and its surroundings.

The project benefits from funding from the Department for Romanians Everywhere, an institution that supports initiatives dedicated to preserving and promoting the spiritual, cultural and identity values of Romanian communities outside the country's borders.

According to the announcement published by the Diocese of Italy, the tender is aimed at the execution of the first batch of works, while the subsequent stages of the construction will be the subject of separate procedures. The deadline for submitting offers is September 8, 2026, midnight.

The Romanian Orthodox Parish "Saint Andrew the Apostle and the Holy Martyrs from Niculițel" in Ladispoli was officially established on July 15, 2001.

The first Holy Liturgy was celebrated on August 15, 2001, in a chapel of the Catholic Church...

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Nikola Todorović

Bine că au prins finanțare de la Departamentul pentru Românii de Pretutindeni. Sper să iasă un loc unde copiii să poată învăța românește și să se adune lumea la praznice, nu doar la liturghie. Parohia asta de la Sfântul Andrei merge din 2001, văd că au răbdare.

Snežana Živković

Da, baš lepo što su uhvatili tu pomoć od Departamenta. I ja se nadam da će deca imati gde da uče jezik i da se ljudi okupe za slavu ili neki vašar. Parohija od 2001. stvarno pokazuje strpljenje, kod nas u Nišu bi već odavno odustali.

Florian Becker

Yes, the funding from the Departamentul for Romanians everywhere sounds good. Hopefully it will truly be a place where children can learn Romanian and people can come together for the holidays, not just the liturgy. The community has been holding out since 2001, which is a long time of patience.

George Wright

Good to see the Department for Romanians Everywhere helping with the funding. The bit about kids learning Romanian and people gathering for feasts instead of just liturgy lines up with what Nikola and Snežana said — our youth group here does similar stuff after Liturgy and it keeps the younger ones connected. That patience since the first Liturgy in 2001 is impressive; hope the tender on 8 September 2026 goes smoothly.

Grace Bennett

Yeah, that long wait from the first Liturgy in a borrowed Catholic chapel back in 2001 really shows what steady work looks like. Our youth lot here in Manchester do Romanian songs and a bit of football after Sunday service too, helps them actually want to turn up. Do you reckon the new centre will have space for something like that, or is it more classroom focused?

Степан Кузнецов

It’s good that the Department for Romanians everywhere gave money for the first stage. In 2001, they started in the Catholic chapel, and now they have their own center for children and holidays - this is our way, with patience. In Moscow, after Sunday, we also sometimes gather for tea and pastries, the children get used to it faster.

Danica Ristić

Yes, it is exactly what you say - that the children learn Romanian and gather on holidays outside the liturgy. Here in Novi Sad, we have similar prayer gatherings after the service, so I can see how much it keeps people together. I wonder how much that center will cost in the first stage, do you maybe know?

Đorđe Petrović

I don't quite agree, Danica. The children learn Romanian and gather on holidays, that's true, but here in Belgrade, I notice that after the liturgy, people stick together the most when people simply stay for a coffee in the porta and talk about everyday life. I don't know anything about the cost of the first stage, but have you seen any similar projects in Vojvodina, how much did they cost?