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Fr. Alexandru Balaban competes on MasterChef, to build a settlement for children and motherstranslated

September 9, 2026 · 1 min read

Father Alexandru Balaban from Dăeni Parish, Tulcea County, competes in MasterChef Romania. The cleric stated that he aims to win, in order to be able to realize a new social project.

The parish priest from Dăeni is already among the 40 who passed on from 120 competitors.

For a social settlement in Dăeni Fr. Alexandru Balaban competes on MasterChef, to bring to the fore his older dream of building a settlement for children and mothers - a project whose realization always seems to be moving away. The project needs financial and human resources. Photo source: Facebook / Alexandru Balaban "I'm not the best in the kitchen. I try too... sometimes I succeed, sometimes I mess up the jars," wrote the priest on a social network. "But, beyond the television, aprons and plates, my biggest dream remained at home, in Dăeni: to build the Children's and Mothers' Home - Dăeni. And people are needed here."

The settlement project is an old dream of the priest, which he has been trying to achieve for a long time. "I have a stubbornness: I don't give up on people and dreams easily," he says.

In addition to the need for financial resources, the project also needs people:…

Source: Агентство Basilica (română)  ·  Read the full story →
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Петя Костова
Father Alexandru says that sometimes he messes up his jars and yet he ended up among the 40 out of 120. Respect for his stubbornness to not give up that dream from Daeni. Is the settlement designed more for single mothers with small children?
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