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Saint Parascheva celebration in Iași draws one of Romania’s largest pilgrimages

Thousands of faithful braved the rain and bad weather on the first day of their pilgrimage in the capital of the Moldova region, lining up in queues that stretched for almost 2 kilometres.

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00:01Tens of thousands of people are gathering and praying over the relics of Saint Parashiva
00:06in Yash, in eastern Romania, in what is one of the largest pilgrimages in the Eastern
00:12European nation. The Anor pilgrimage, which spans over eight days, is set to last until
00:19the Saint's Feast Day on October 14. The relics of Saint Parashiva were taken
00:26out of the cathedral and placed on a canopy, where they will remain until October 16.
00:56At the same time, people have been equipped with umbrellas and pelerines to resist as much as is needed.
01:03to resist as much as is needed.
01:08It's a great joy to be here.
01:20When we approach the Holy Spirit,
01:22we feel like a great joy,
01:24it's a great joy to be here.
01:27We bring joy to the Holy Spirit
01:30for a year of days.
01:32We pray for the children,
01:33for peace in the country
01:35and for a while.
01:37The courtyard of the metropolis
01:39and the city center in Iași
01:41are decked out in colorful flowers
01:43throughout the entire days of the pilgrimage.
01:47The theme of this year,
01:49the year of 2022,
01:51when we bring flowers,
01:53is the symphony of the crin.
01:57We have some crin
01:59or some special flowers
02:01with a perfume
02:02that we will feel
02:04and that we will love each other.
02:06They are colored,
02:07big, beautiful
02:08and they are many.
02:0958,000 crinzanteme
02:11have been prepared
02:12for the city of Iași.
02:15Whether we talk about crinzanteme
02:16green,
02:17green,
02:18green,
02:19red,
02:20all will be admired
02:22in Iași.
02:24The story of Saint Parashiva
02:26spans hundreds of years
02:28during which people felt
02:29that she had helped them.
02:31The saints of Moaște
02:33have been sacrificed
02:34for almost a millennium
02:37since she lived on this earth
02:40in many countries.
02:41We talk about Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria
02:45and Bulgaria
02:46to reach here in Iași
02:47in 1641.
02:50The feast of Saint Parashiva,
02:53the protector of the Moldova region
02:55was set by the Orthodox Church
02:57in 1955.
02:59The days leading to the feast
03:01are typically the busiest
03:03for the city of Iași
03:04and year by year,
03:05thousands of pilgrims
03:06around Romania
03:07make the trip
03:08to the regional capital.
03:10Și Rul
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