Covid-19 hospital

Metropolitan Teofan visits Covid-19 patients at St Parascheva Hospital ICU

Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina officiated on Wednesday the sacrament of the Holy Unction in the courtyard of “St Parascheva” Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Iași. Afterwards, the Romanian hierarch dressed in full sanitary protective equipment and went to bless and encourage the Covid-19 ICU patients. Florin Roșu, the hospital manager, described the…

Nov 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Bucharest Archdiocese offers hospital chapels as morgues for Covid-19 patients

As morgues struggle to cope with the high numbers of virus deaths, the Romanian Orthodox Church has offered hospital chapels in Bucharest to serve this purpose. The Archdiocese of Bucharest said it would make available outside chapels at hospitals and chapels at cemeteries to help with the rising number of deaths. Press release Following the…

Oct 28, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Volunteer student at Covid-19 Hospital: “I saw how it is to die alone. We should appreciate our family more”

Volunteering in a Covid-19 hospital is a transformative experience on a personal level, explained a medical student at the Lower Danube University of Galați. “I saw how it is to die in complete loneliness,” he said. “I think this vulnerability should make us appreciate more what really matters: family and friends.” Răzvan Iacob, a sixth-year…

Feb 15, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest Covid-19 hospital fire: Patriarch Daniel shares “paternal message of condolence and consolation” to families of victims

Patriarch Daniel expressed sorrow and condolences to the families of the persons who died in a blaze at a hospital in Bucharest being used to treat COVID-19 patients. At least four people have been killed in a blaze at a hospital in Bucharest being used to treat COVID-19 patients, just three months after another hospital…

Jan 29, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu