International Meeting of Orthodox Youth Întâlnirea Internațională a Tinerilor Ortodocși | |
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Genre | Religious meeting |
Frequency | Annually each autumn |
Location(s) | Romania, Poland |
Inaugurated | September 2014 |
Most recent | September 2019 |
Website |
Website of the 2016 edition
Website of the 2022 edition |
International Meeting of Orthodox Youth [1] (ITO, Romanian: Întâlnirea Internațională a Tinerilor Ortodocși), formerly known as European Orthodox Youth Reunion ( Romanian: Întâlnirea Tinerilor Ortodocși din Europa) [2] is an annual international religious meeting organized by several orthodox Christian students organizations (ASCOR, Romanian: Asociația Studenților Creștin-Ortodocși din România, translation: Orthodox Christian Students Organization in Romania) in partnership with Romanian Orthodox Church and other Orthodox Churches. [3] The first ITO meeting was held in Baia Mare in 2014.
Participants come from various countries (especially countries with significant orthodox Christian population) such as Romania, Moldova, Ukraine, Greece, [4] Serbia, Albania, North Macedonia, France, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Turkey, Jordan, Syria and some African countries. [5]
Year | Dates | Country | City | Participants |
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2014 | 3–6 September | Romania | Baia Mare | 3500 [6] |
2015 | 4–7 September | Romania | Cluj-Napoca | 5000 [7] |
2016 | 1–4 September | Romania | Bucharest | 2000 [8] |
2017 | 1–4 September | Romania | Iași | 6000+ [9] |
2018 | 6–9 September | Romania | Sibiu [10] | 3000 [11] |
2019 | 5–9 September | Romania | Craiova | 4000 [12] |
2020 | cancelled | Romania | Timișoara | none [13] |
2022 | 18-24 July | Poland | Supraśl [14] |
Vor participa tineri din România și din țări precum Republica Moldova, Ucraina, Grecia, Serbia, Albania, Macedonia, Germania, Franța, Belgia, Italia, Spania, Portugalia, Marea Britanie, Elveția, Turcia.