Lent starts March 2

IPN.md

29 February 2020
10:15

Lent, which is the strictest fasting period of the year, this year starts on March 2 and ends on April 19, when it is celebrated Easter. Meat, fish, eggs, milk and products from them and wine are not allowed during Lent, IPN reports.

Priest of the Saint Hierarch Nicolae Church of Chisinau Petru Storoja has told IPN that cheese can be eaten this Sunday, March 1, which is also called the Sunday of Forgiveness or the Sunday when Adam was sent out of the Garden of Eden.

Lent means not only refraining from food, but first of all prayer. “One should eat only a little so as not to be hungry,” stated the priest.

Lent is the longest fasting season of the year. It lasts for 40 days plus Holy Week, which is the week before Easter. This period prepares the Christians for the return to life of Jesus Christ.

On the Annunciation (April 7) and on Palm Sunday (April 12), those who fast are allowed to eat fish.

The faithful are urged to take communion. Services will be held daily on the first and last week of Lent, except for Fridays.

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In July, the National Army’s sappers carried out 11 demining missions in several districts of the country and destroyed 13 explosive objects. One of the interventions aimed at neutralizing the Gheran-2 drone, detected in the village of Copanca, Causeni district, approximately 30 meters from a residential house, IPN reports.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the drone allegedly arrived on the territory of the Republic of Moldova following the massive attack launched by Russia on Ukraine on the night of July 13. The engineers of the “Codru” Engineering Battalion intervened to identify and neutralize the explosive object.

Another mission took place in the village of Serpeni, Anenii Noi district, where a local resident discovered ammunition during construction works. After checking the terrain, sappers identified and recovered 502 7.92 mm cartridges, left over from the Second World War. Similar interventions were carried out in localities in the districts of Ungheni, Stefan Voda, Straseni, Hancesti and Dubasari.

The Ministry of Defense reminds that discovered explosive objects should not be touched or moved. Citizens are urged to immediately notify the 112 Service or local authorities and to avoid any intervention with the ammunition.

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Lent starts March 2

IPN.md

29 February 2020
10:15

Lent means not only refraining from food, but first of all prayer. “One should eat only a little so as not to be hungry,” stated the priest.

Lent is the longest fasting season of the year. It lasts for 40 days plus Holy Week, which is the week before Easter. This period prepares the Christians for the return to life of Jesus Christ.

On the Annunciation (April 7) and on Palm Sunday (April 12), those who fast are allowed to eat fish.

The faithful are urged to take communion. Services will be held daily on the first and last week of Lent, except for Fridays.

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Firefighters have extinguished 41 wildfires in the last 24 hours

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Firefighters have extinguished 41 vegetation fires in the last 24 hours. According to the General Inspectorate for Emergency Situations, the largest outbreaks were recorded in the Gagauzia Autonomous Region, Soroca, Drochia and Stefan Voda districts, IPN reports.

The most extensive fire occurred in the village of Dezghingea, Comrat municipality, where the flames destroyed approximately 10 hectares of dry vegetation. Other large outbreaks were recorded in the village of Racovat in Soroca district and in the village of Antoneuca in Drochia district, where approximately four hectares burned each, as well as in the village of Talmaza in Stefan Voda district, where the fire affected approximately two hectares.

IGSU urges citizens to avoid using open fire near dry vegetation, agricultural crops, forests and forest plantations. Parents are asked to supervise children and not allow them to play with fire sources. In the event of a fire, people are urged to call the 112 service and communicate the exact location of the fire.

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