St. Magdalena, commemorated at Mălainita Monastery for the first time after the proclamation of her canonizationtranslated

St. Magdalena from Mălainita was commemorated on Thursday at the monastery of the same name in Valea Timocului, Serbia.

The Holy Liturgy was officiated by a council led by Father Mihai Zorilā, eparchial vicar of the Diocese of Severin and Strehaea.

Fr. Emanuel Tăpălagă, the vicar of Voivodina, Fr. Boian Alecsandrovici, the vicar of Timocului, clerics from the Diocese of Dacia Felix, Severinului and Strehaia were also part of the cathedral. The liturgical answers were given by the nuns from the "St. Ana" Monastery in Orșova.

At the end of the Holy Liturgy, according to local custom, the church was surrounded three times and the wreath was cut in honor of St. Magdalena from Mălainita.

The faithful worshiped at the saint's tomb, where they were anointed with oil from the candle that burns permanently at the saint's relics.

An event that united the faithful Fr. Boian Alexandrovici declared that the first veneration of "Mother Mandălina" as a saint on Thursday, October 15, 2026, united the faithful from Romania and Serbia. Photo source: Fr. Boian Alexandrovici "It was a great joy, which demonstrated unity between the Romanian and Serbian nations, as well as between the Romanian brothers from Voivodina, Timoc and Motherland -...