Thousands of Sibiians and tourists will take light from the Museum. Necula: The forest has the memory of people

According to a press release from the Sibiu County Council, Father Constantin Necula, who teaches students at the Faculty of Theology in Sibiu, finds peace and answers to the anxieties of his peers not even 5 kilometers from the center of the city that adopted him since he became a student of the Faculty of Theology.

“I was born in Şcheii Braşovului, and I discovered Sibiu at the same time when I chose the path of the priesthood. In Brasov, it was known that the people of Sibiu are serious people. It was enough to say about someone that he was a Siberian and you already perceived him in a certain way. I came to love Sibiu with all my heart”, says the father.

This is how it happens that, now, his soul rests in the Astra Museum in the Dumbrava Forest, especially in the small wooden church brought, in 1990, from the town of Bezded in Salăje.

“It is enough to look at the painted ceiling of the little church and feel that you are in a ship treading water, gliding across the sky,” adds Constantin Necula.

The church in Bezded was built exactly 270 years ago by the labor of the villagers and is still adorned with numerous painted icons. “We all need a moment of peace, to allow ourselves those thoughts that will reset us in the order of the days to come. Here, in the Dumbrava Forest, Emil Cioran, Lucian Blaga and DD Roşca used to come to read. And not by chance, here they found peace of mind. The forest has the memory of the people who searched for it”, says the father.

In the silence of the church, the joyful trills of the forest resound, and tourists come to the Dumbravă museum in search of peace, clean air and hundreds of old houses that make up a miniature Romania.

“I am still in love with Sibiu, the city with European roots and history. Sibians are people who have a permanent desire to educate themselves, they have a special attachment to faith because, throughout history, they have competed with other faiths”, says the father.

During Holy Week and at the end of which Orthodox Christians celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord, Father Necula has an exhortation for everyone: “Always be on the side of Christ. It means standing on the side of the Resurrection”.

And this year, in the wooden church brought from Bezded, the Resurrection service will take place. Hundreds of believers will pray and take light, telling each other that, once again, that Christ is Risen for the salvation of people. They will return to their families carrying in their hearts the joy of the holiday, but also the peace that the Dumbrava Forest offers to those who tread its paths.