PS Timotei Prahoveanul: Pious and attentive young people could look at Saint Paraschevatranslated

"Pious and attentive young people could look at Saint Parascheva. Her origin from a noble family, from a rich family, would have offered her different perspectives, but she especially wanted to serve God," said the Most Reverend Father Timotei Prahoveanul, Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, on Wednesday, at the dedication of the "Saint Friday" Parish - Nouă in the Capital.

"This is the greatest virtue of a needy, to leave everything for the love of Christ.".

"She then wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Lord, arriving in the Holy Land, in the desert where once Saint John the Baptist, Mary of Egypt and many other needy people lived. But her need was so great that at one point the angel of the Lord appeared and told her to return to her homeland, to entrust her soul to God there", recalled His Eminence.

A needy sea The vicar bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest spoke about the life of Saint Parascheva, the journey of her relics and their bringing to Iași.

The hierarch pointed out that in Greece, in the Holy Land, in Cyprus and in other places there are many cases of saints who enjoy great veneration among the faithful, but...