PS Maxim the Danubian urges the pilgrims from Iași to ask for the help of Saint Parascheva when they are having a hard timetranslated

Vicar Vicar Maximus Danubianul of the Diocese of Italy urged the pilgrims from Iași to ask for the help of Saint Pious Parascheva when they are in trouble.

"Holy Pious Parascheva, please help me because I have an hour or two hours or three hours left. Help me so that I can come to meet you, to kiss your hand: This is the only advice I give to those who are waiting", said the vicar bishop in a podcast produced by Cătălin Acasandrei for the Orthodox portal Doxologia.

His Eminence testified that on the plane to Iași he met Romanians who were coming from Italy to worship the relics of Saint Pious Parascheva and Saint Paisius from Sihăstria.

The hierarch emphasized that the saint also brings joy to Romanians abroad, recalling that some churches in the diaspora received a vestment that covered her venerable relics.

"Piousness, for them, brings joy, brings holiness, at the same time brings homesickness."

Pilgrims' love Vicar Vicar Maxim Danubian highlighted that the pilgrims' love for St. Parascheva brings closer those who wait in line for hours to honor the pious saint.

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