{"id":34615,"date":"2026-07-26T10:48:37","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T09:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elijah.at\/?p=34615"},"modified":"2026-10-01T10:50:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-01T09:50:46","slug":"happy-80th-birthday-father-georg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elijah.at\/en\/press\/happy-80th-birthday-father-georg\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy 80th Birthday, Father Georg!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34615\" class=\"elementor elementor-34615 elementor-34373\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-616d7775 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"616d7775\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6757de0c\" data-id=\"6757de0c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6bee780d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6bee780d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u2018Where am I needed, where is the need greatest?\u2019 has been and remains the guiding question for this member of a religious order, who has been living and working for and with the Roma in Transylvania, Romania, since 2012.<\/p><p>His 80th birthday Father Georg spent in Marpod, Romania, within his community, friends, employees and children. 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