The salvation cathedral of the nation severely criticized by the foreign press!

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Tens of thousands of believers attended Sunday at the sanctification of the new cathedral of the nation in Bucharest, AFP quotes Adevarul, citing Adevarul, amid criticism that the money invested in building the place of worship could be used for schools and hospitals in one of the poorest countries in the world. ;European Union.

Despite criticism of exorbitant spending, the governments that have achieved power over the past 10 years have allocated funds for the construction of the cathedral in the hope of supporting the powerful Orthodox church, write the foreign news agencies quoted by The Guardian: "This is a special event and I wanted to participate because the Cathedral symbolizes the centenary of Romania," said a young woman to AFP Ion Duţă, a retired Bucharest. "The costs are high, but the church has at least demonstrated that it could such a project.Our elected people are unable to build highways."

A group of Romanians in Ukraine dressed in popular costumes also attended the event: "This is our faith, our soul.It is a unique event in life," said Elena Nandris, mayor of the village Ukrainian Mahala.

The builder Constantin Dumitrescu, 47, believes that this cathedral "represents an investment too important for a poor country," writes the Associated Press. Construction work on the Neo-Byzantine structure began in 2010, said AP, noting that most votes in a survey conducted in 2017 on the biggest kitsch in Romania had brought together the nation's salvation cathedral Romanian.

The international media have not lost sight of the shock and rumbling created by the stretching of parishioners and gendarmes. Associated Press, quoted by the Washington Post, writes that tens of thousands of Romanians have been subjected to extreme temperatures to witness the sanctification of the cathedral, but that the event has been overshadowed by the attempts of believers to force the gendarmerie cordon and filter the atmosphere.

Until 18:00 105 people they needed medical care and nine of them were transported to the hospital. About 40,000 people and about 2,000 guests witness of the sanctification service of Sunday The salvation cathedral of the nation, built 95%, red stage ", and in the near future the domes and the Pantocrator tower will be completed.

From 2010 to 2018, the state and the church spent about 110 million euros thanks to the red construction of the national cathedral.