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Te Deum in memory of the founders of Romanian Principalities Union at Patriarchal Cathedral
A Te Deum in memory of the founders of the Romanian Principalities Union was delivered on Wednesday at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza, metropolitans Nifon of Wallachia and Sofronie Miclescu of Moldavia, alongside the other founders of the Romanian Principalities Union were commemorated.
The event, following a Holy Mass was attended by the Romanian Orthodox Church (BOR)'s Patriarch Daniel and President Klaus Iohannis, next to Acting Premier Mihai Fifor, representatives of the Parliament, of the City Hall's. The religious event was followed by a laying wreath ceremony at the statue of ruler Alexandru Ioan Cuza on the Hill of Patriarchy.
On tis occasion, president Iohannis said that Romania's progress is inseparably bound to a coherent, stable legislation able to punish abuses and dishonesty, pointing out that the government has the obligation to be more careful to what the Romanians request.
"Today, when our European destiny is grounded on the rule of law and equality before the law, Romania's progress is inseparably bound to the existence of a coherent, stable legislation capable to sanction abuses and dishonesty. This is the message sent by the hundreds of thousands of Romanians who have protested in 2017 and at the beginning of 2018, for a stable and wealthy country," the president said in his speech delivered at the scientific communications' session titled "Romanian Principalities Union, foundation of the 1918 Great Union" organised at the Patriarchy Palace.
Klaus Iohannis stressed that the government has to be more careful with the citizens' requests, more preoccupied of the long-term consequences of the measures taken, more open to dialogue.
"We need a state to match the Romanians' expectations," Klaus Iohannis added.