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Bucharest hosts World Convention of Christian Orthodox Youth. 2,500 expected to attend the event

August 30, 2016

As many as 2,500 young people aged between 16 and 35 years from all the eparchies of the Romanian Patriarchate as well as officials of other sister churches are expected to attend a World Convention of Christian Orthodox Youth to be hosted by Bucharest City Thursday through Sunday, Spokesman for the Romanian Patriarchate Vasile Banescu […]

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