In 2010 there were Romanian Orthodox churches in Auckland and Wellington serving the spiritual and cultural needs of Romanian migrant communities. In 1994, when this photo was taken, about 40 Wellington families had adopted children from Romania. Father George Speranta of the Romanian Orthodox Church of St Mary in Berhampore, Wellington, is shown christening the recently adopted Ioni (left) and Nicholas, both aged four, and Eva, five.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference:
EP/1994/2438
Photograph by Melanie Burford
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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