The oldest newspaper in the country, “Telegraful Român”, the publication of the Transylvanian Metropolis, celebrated its 170th anniversary on Tuesday without interruption.

The announcement was made by the Metropolitan of Transylvania, Lavrentiy Stresa, who speaks of the importance of Metropolitan Andrei Shaguna, the founder of Telegrafului Român, a newspaper whose first issue was published on January 3, 1853, in Sibiu: “The hum of rotary and printing presses, and the trembling of the printing workers at work under the gentle and benevolent gaze of the Grand Hierarch Andrei Shaguna, over time still complement the “thought” and “feeling” of the Romanian Telegraph.”

• “We want to write about good deeds, exemplary and heartfelt, but, at the same time, not to overlook negative ones, especially in the social aspect, which are worth paying attention to.
• From “simple” but necessary information, we would like to finish by saying that we always express our attitude, the attitude of the Church to important topics related to Christian life, but also to social ones that concern modern society and today’s believers. all human and existential problems.
• We appeal to young people and want to make Christ their close and reliable friend. We want to say to those who today feel alone or without any hope, “uprooted”, to those who are left without any support or to those who are “crucified” on a bed of sickness and suffering, that Christ from them and that we are together with them, solidarity and brothers in prayer, for comfort,” says the Metropolitan of Transylvania.