At the Blaj Cathedral, Parastas service for the Pontiff Sovereign
A parastas job for Pope Francis was celebrated on Sunday in Major Archbishop’s Cathedral « Holy Trinity » from Blaj By dogs the auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Alba Iulia and Făgăraș, PS Cristian, who, the day before, was present in Rome, at the funeral of the Pontiff.
« Yesterday I had the joy to be in Rome, in the name of the Cardinal Lucian, at the funeral of Saint Father Pope Francis, the one who passed to the Lord on the second day of Easter, in the enlightened week. All the celebration, the whole funeral service on the esplanade of the Basilica of Saint Peter, in the Vatican’s Basil. Confess it throughout his life, with all his power, with every fiber of his, with every word, with each look. PS Cristian, quoted by Agerpres.
He added that the Pope came to Blaj, which Innocent Micu-Klein, the one who founded the episcopal city of Blaj, may not have imagined: to come to Rome in his city.
« And the Pope came, he came to embrace us. To convey to us the comfort of Peter and to strengthen us in our faith. Here, in Blaj, I quote, again, Pope Francis, which he said on the Freedom Plain on June 2, 2029, here, in Blaj, I came to you. Which Pope came to confirm and strengthen us.
The Greek-Catholic Archbishop by Alba Iulia and Făgăraș was represented on Saturday at the funerals of Pope Francis by the auxiliary bishop, who, at the time of his consecration, was the youngest Catholic bishop in the world.
The bells from all the Greek-Catholic churches of the Archdiocese of Alba Iulia and Făgăraș, the largest eparchy of the Romanian church united with Rome, Greek-Catholic, were drawn daily, at 12:00, until the funeral of Pope Francis.
More than 100,000 pilgrims were present on June 2, 2019 on the Freedom Plain in Blaj at the Beatification ceremony of seven Greek-Catholic bishops, officiated by the Pontifical Sovereign himself. Pope Francis then met in Blaj and the Roma from the ‘Barbu Lăutaru’ neighborhood, on which the Sovereign Pontiff asked forgiveness, on behalf of the Church, the Roma community, throughout history, when they were « mistreated », « segregated » or looked « in a wrong manner, and not to the one.
