Saturday, November 16, 2024

AP PHOTOS: Pandemic tempers patron saint festival in Romania

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — The feast of St. Dimitrie of Basarabov, the patron saint of Bucharest, is a show of Orthodox Christianity's strength in Romania, where a weeklong festival devoted to the former hermit typically draws up to 100,000 people from all over the country to the capital every October.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 4 YEARS AGO