{"id":7,"date":"2025-03-12T21:07:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T21:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borucraina.org\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2026-09-24T11:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T11:24:56","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/borucraina.org\/en\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:660px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/borucraina.org\/wp-content\/themes\/neve\/assets\/img\/starter-content\/neve-hero-2.png)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-neve-link-hover-color-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center has-neve-link-hover-color-background-color has-background is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-cd2aa2f2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:0;padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);flex-basis:65%\">\n<div style=\"height:39px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-left has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-text-color\">Welcome to the official website of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Ukraine!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:20px\">\u201cThe bishops <strong>of every nation<\/strong> (\u1f14\u03b8\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c2) must acknowledge the one who is first among them and regard him as their head, and must do nothing of importance without his consent.\u201d - <strong>Apostolic Canon 34<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-left is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-39697d9b wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-primary\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/borucraina.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1.1-Statutul-BOR-UA-ucr-august-2024.pdf\" style=\"color:#0a2279;background-color:#ffffff\">STATUTE OF THE ASSOCIATION<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"784\" src=\"https:\/\/borucraina.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BOR-1-1024x784.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/borucraina.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BOR-1-1024x784.png 1024w, https:\/\/borucraina.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BOR-1-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/borucraina.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BOR-1-768x588.png 768w, https:\/\/borucraina.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BOR-1-1536x1176.png 1536w, https:\/\/borucraina.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/BOR-1.png 1773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull\" style=\"min-height:600px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-nv-light-bg-background-color has-background-dim-80 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-2f21265f wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nv-dark-bg-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Religious Organization \u201cThe Romanian Orthodox Church in Ukraine Religious Association\u201d<\/em> is a Ukrainian private-law legal entity (currently undergoing recognition), non-patrimonial (non-profit), apolitical, and non-governmental. It comprises the religious communities (parishes and monasteries) and other religious organizations of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Ukraine, which have voluntarily united to meet collectively their religious needs, for the joint exercise of the right to freedom of religion and the spreading of the Orthodox faith in the language of the national minorities (communities) - the Romanian language, as well as for the support of religious and moral education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nv-dark-bg-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-2 wp-block-paragraph\">The Church operates in accordance with its own organizational structure and, in its activities, is guided by Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition, strictly observing the principles of the Orthodox faith, the Holy Canons, and the decisions of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nv-dark-bg-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-3 wp-block-paragraph\">The purpose of the Church\u2019s activity is to contribute to meeting the religious needs of ethnic Romanian Orthodox believers in Ukraine; to coordinate the actions of its members, encouraging their interaction; to provide its members with comprehensive assistance in organizational, spiritual, and social matters; to ensure the fulfilment of their statutory activities; to unite their efforts for the development and strengthening of the national and religious life of Romanians living in the territory of Ukraine; and to provide for their religious and moral education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-nv-dark-bg-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-4 wp-block-paragraph\">The Romanian Orthodox Church in Ukraine has as its principal objectives ensuring the exercise of the religious and spiritual life of Romanian Orthodox believers; promoting the faith and teaching of the Orthodox Church; and carrying out religious, missionary, cultural and educational, social, and charitable activities, in accordance with its own <em>Statute<\/em>, and the decisions of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:0px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer wp-container-content-541a6b20\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5\" style=\"min-height:420px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-nv-dark-bg-background-color has-background-dim-100 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column ticss-4ce656f1 is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/borucraina.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1112-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-173\" style=\"width:80px;height:80px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-nv-text-dark-bg-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6 wp-block-paragraph\">The religious community \u201cSaint John of Suceava\u201d - 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