Down Syndrome

World Down Syndrome Day: They have an additional chromosome, but are just as human as the rest of us

This Thursday we mark World Down Syndrome Day. This year’s theme calls upon everyone to end stereotyping the people with this genetic condition. Stereotypes can stop people with Down syndrome from being treated like other people. “We get treated like children, we are underestimated and we are excluded. Sometimes we are treated very badly or…

Mar 21, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Bucharest church to open center for children with Down syndrome: Their joy reveals the presence of the Holy Spirit

Father Radu Petre Mureșan, the Parish Priest of Bucharest’s Mavrogheni Church, blessed on Monday the building site of a new centre being built in the church courtyard for children with Down syndrome and autism. Their perpetually manifest joy reveals the presence of the Holy Spirit, he said. “Our goal was to find inspiration in similar…

Feb 11, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian patriarch blesses carolers with Down Syndrome: “You have intensified the joy”

Patriarch Daniel received on Wednesday a group of young beneficiaries of Bucharest’s Down Plus Association. His Beatitude blessed the young people with Down Syndrome and told them they intensified the joy on the Patriarchate’s Hill. “You sang very beautifully and conveyed joy, as the song said, especially since we are here in Bucharest, which means…

Dec 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Archbishop of Athens paid visit to people with Intellectual Disabilities and Down Syndrome

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens visited today the “Athanasios Martinos 1 & 2” Protected Living Homes (PLH) for People with Intellectual Disabilities and People with Down Syndrome of the “Maria Kokkori” Foundation at Varnavas, Attica, Greece. Furthermore, Archbishop Ieronymos paid a visit to children and adults who live in the PLH, which were inaugurated by him…

Jan 6, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe