PS Benedict blessed the renovation works of the first church consecrated in Salaj after the Great Uniontranslated

His Holiness Father Benedict, the Bishop of Sălaj, on Sunday blessed the renovation works carried out at the church in Românaș, the first consecrated place of worship in Sălaj county after the Great Union in 1918.

The hierarch explained the Gospel of the sixth Sunday after Pentecost, emphasizing the importance of communion, forgiveness and confession of faith.

"First of all, we are asked in our lives for solidarity, but more than solidarity, to take on the other's fall and thus stand before God. This is the Church," said His Holiness Father Benedict.

The Bishop of Sălaj urged the faithful to approach the Sacrament of Confession, pointing out that "in the Church, before anything else, we receive the forgiveness of sins, which takes the burden we feel off our shoulders."

The courage to confess The church in Românași, Sălaj county was consecrated in 1922 by Metropolitan Nicolae Ivan. Photo source: Trinitas TV At the same time, His Eminence warned that "not confessing our sins is the deception of the common man."

"We have at hand the Sacrament of Repentance in general and confession, in particular, through which we free ourselves from our sins and the burden that...