A new place of worship for the inhabitants of Zalău: "St. Ap. Andrei" Church was consecratedtranslated

The "St. Ap. Andrei" church in the Sărmaș district of the Zalău municipality was consecrated on Sunday by a council of hierarchs.

The service was officiated by Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj, Bishops Iustin of Maramureș and Sătmar and Benedict of Sălaj.

The Most Reverend Father Andrei highlighted the attitude of those from the land of Gherghese to the healing of the demonized.

"This indifferentist and secularizing attitude is also present here, not in the style in which it was present there, in the Holy Land, at the time of the Savior, but in a style close to that. [...] And I said that this spirit of secularization, of religious indifference, is also present here. [...] Our Romanians are not atheists. They all have faith in God, but their presence in the church is quite weak."

The Metropolitan emphasized the missionary responsibility of every Christian, called to witness the good received from God and to bring others closer to the life of the Church.

"You, those who come to the church, are made by Christ His missionaries. The man who had been healed wanted to follow Christ and Christ said to him: "No, go...