Our community's celebration 2026

Our community celebrated its patron, the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John, on Sunday, May 10.

In anticipation of this event, the new iconostasis was installed on Friday, May 8, the very day of the feast of Saint John. The Lemnart Mobirom company from Târgu Neamț, Romania, designed the axions, the furniture in which the icons are mounted, according to a very detailed, sober and imposing model. Using the most modern execution techniques, the result is marked by laborious and precise finishes. The high arch, from which a seraphim watches, matches perfectly with the height of the church. With great professionalism, they took care of the transportation and installation at our church.

The painting of the four icons was executed by Mrs. Claudia Dobrin, an authorized church painter from Bucharest, Romania, in authentic Byzantine technique. The lines are clear, with great attention to details such as the folds of the garments and the characters' hair. The colors are perfectly chosen to harmonize with the interior of the church, while respecting the canonical iconographic indications.

Together we helped clean up on Saturday, May 9, and arrange the church and the halls for the festivities that followed.

On Sunday, starting at 09:30, the Holy and Divine Liturgy was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Seraphim, together with the parish priest Ștefan Arghir and the deacon father Dumitru Dura.

In his teaching word, on the Sunday of Samaritans, His Eminence Father Seraphim guided us to live our Orthodoxy beautifully among foreigners. He appreciated the effort of the community, which, less than 7 years after its establishment, with the will of God and funding from the Romanian State, managed to acquire its own church.
At the end of the Liturgy, the Metropolitan blessed the icons in the new iconostasis. He noted the beauty of the icons and the iconostasis.

After the Liturgy, at 12:00, children performed a moment of poetic theater interspersed with biblical verses. On the same occasion, the catechists and educators of our community presented the results of the main ongoing projects with the children.

Approximately 150 believers participated in the Liturgy, most of them dressed in traditional costumes.
On behalf of the Consulate General of Romania in Stuttgart, Ms. Consul Angelica Marcu very kindly accepted to be among us.

At 12:30, the Mayor General of the city of Sindelfingen, Mr. Markus Kleemann, addressed our community. He noted the significant number of Romanians in the city, approximately 8% of the population of the city of Sindelfingen are of Romanian origin. He positively highlighted the involvement of the Romanian community, which by taking over the church in the Viehweide neighborhood ensures the continuity of the Christian presence. He thanked the parish priest Ștefan Arghir for his continuous involvement in the events organized by the neighborhood and the city.

The festivities continued with the agape, the fraternal meal, where everyone was invited. We rented all the available rooms in the Stadtteiltreff Viehweide, so there was enough space for everyone. The food was also plentiful.

For this, we thank those who cooked. Equally, we thank those who helped clean and arrange before the events, those who helped with the meals on the day of the patron saint, those who helped us collect, the children and their parents who learned for the celebration, the catechists and educators who constantly take care of the children, our choir, those who provided us with tables and chairs, and in general all those who understand that we do not simply go to church, but we go to become the Church.

With great joy,
Pr. Ștefan Arghir