Daniel Buzdugan, about the miracle from the church where Vasile Ioana serves. The gift of Mount Athos, life-changing

In an interview with DC News, Daniel Buzdugan told us how he met him: “First I saw him, like everyone else, on TV. I was delighted, being an Orthodox Christian, to see how a parent is invited to shows, in the context in which you don’t see priests so often on TV. I really liked that he spoke like a normal person, with concrete examples from everyday life. Then I met him in the choir because Maria, my little girl, sang in a choir initiated by the Madrigal. I, not having a driver’s license, at one point my father said to me: “Let me take you home. Stop taking a taxi! ” Maria was going up to the house, and I was staying in the car with my father. Once I spent two hours in the car, in front of the block, telling all sorts of things. Then I went to church countless times, because it serves very well ”.

“Father Vasile Ioana is a man for everyone. Apart from the fact that you have to serve in the church, you have to spend a lot of time with people and you have to be for those who are faithful and for those who are not faithful. I remember a story told by the father. He would go out to church one night, around 00.00-01.00, something like this, after he had confessed, and a boy would pass by on a bicycle and say to him: until 01.00 to fill your pockets, to make money … ”.

The father, instead of getting angry, said to her: “Wait a minute to tell you two things: Look how much money I have in my pocket!” And he took out some money, little in any case. “Come in my place, stay from morning till night, and listen to people with all their troubles and problems, advise them, reassure them, give them a ray of hope.” And then that boy said to him: “I understand, forgive me because I judged you wrong!”. I think it’s a wonderful thing to talk to the faithful, but especially to people who are not close to the church.

He is a very gentle man and a man who explains. If you are not on the same wavelength as him, he listens to you and then he tells you what he has to say, in a way without load, without upset “, the radio man also told us.

The best advice he gave me was:

“To love those who do not love me.” It is very important to understand that what we want to receive, we must offer!

The most important thing I learned was:

“Be patient with people.” He starts the service in the morning, on Sunday, around 07.00, and sometimes he stays until 16.00 to talk to people, advises them, reassures them, shakes their hand. You leave there comforted, “Daniel Buzdugan told DC News exclusively.

“Let me tell you a story that happened in my father’s parish. I was talking to an acquaintance who was not going to church. She was crying a lot and telling me she couldn’t have children. He had been to all sorts of clinics, both abroad and in the country, and was told he could not have children. Coincidentally, I had the belt of the Mother of God in my backpack, it’s like a string I received on Mount Athos from a monk. I had told him that I no longer needed the cord because I already had two children and that he did not need to give it to me. And then he said, “It doesn’t matter. Take him! It is not known for whom God arranges this matter. ” He gave it to me, put it in his backpack and gave it to the woman.

I said, “Look, take it! I don’t know if you believe it or not. Take it, fast, go confess, say some prayers and maybe a miracle will happen to you ”. He told me he didn’t know any priest to go to. I said, “I am directing you to a very good, gentle, wise, and patient parent. Go to Father Vasile Ioana “. He went there, confessed, went to work for a few months. One day, he sent me a picture of the pregnancy test on WhatsApp. Now she has a little boy. And it is such a miracle that this happened in the father’s parish after the person confessed, he went to services, because he really liked Father Vasile Ioana’s sermons, and it is something we contributed to together “, we Daniel Buzdugan also said.

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