Members of the church administration visited the monastery where liturgical wine is produced for the Archdiocese of Bucharesttranslated

The members of the Permanent Council of the National Church and those of the Permanent Diocesan Council of the Archdiocese of Bucharest visited on Tuesday the "St. Maria" - Urlați monastery in Prague and the "Via Domnului" Agricultural Cooperative, where both the liturgical wine for the Archdiocese of Bucharest and almost all dioceses in the country are produced, as well as other wines awarded at international profile competitions.

Among the participants were the Most Reverend Father Paisie Sinaitul, Patriarchal Vicar Bishop, and the Most Reverend Father Timotei Prahoveanul, Vicar Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest.

The tour of the monastery began at the historic wooden church, built by peasants from Reghin, Mureș county, taken to Bran Castle by Queen Maria, then, in 1956, brought to Urlați.

A church witness to history

"This church gathers in its history the struggle to preserve Orthodoxy in the villages of the Mureș Valley, then the love of Metropolitan Nicolae Bălan, of Saint Arsenie Boca, then a missionary and abbot of the monasteries in Transylvania, then of Patriarch Justinian, of the future Patriarch Teoctist, in his service as patriarchal vicar bishop, and of Patriarch Daniel, who consecrated it in...