{"id":2354,"date":"2014-04-07T11:02:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-07T15:02:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=2354"},"modified":"2014-04-07T11:02:42","modified_gmt":"2014-04-07T15:02:42","slug":"european-peace-run-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=2354","title":{"rendered":"European Peace Run 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The European Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is steadily making its progress across the European continent, offering a message of peace and goodwill. The Peace Run began it&#8217;s momentous journey in Belgium this February, before travelling through Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and now through the Balkan countries. It will continue to travel through many European countries before finishing in Belgrade this autumn.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2355 aligncenter\" alt=\"herman-von-rompuy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/herman-von-rompuy.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/herman-von-rompuy.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/herman-von-rompuy-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>President of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy lit the Peace Torch in Brussels to mark the beginning of the 2014 run <a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacerun.org\/be\/news\/2014\/0211\/\">(Link)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Van Rompuy said on the opening day \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<em>Establishing, maintaining and developing peace is an ongoing run, an ongoing battle. (\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6) So thank you for everything you are doing to bring people closer together. You are proving to us that taking part in this Run is not just exercise or sport. It is, I insist on it, a way of life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2360\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2360\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2360\" alt=\"Peace Run in Croatia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/croatia-april.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/croatia-april.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/croatia-april-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2360\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Peace Run in Croatia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run was founded in 1987 by peace visionary, Sri Chinmoy. This year marks the 50th anniversary of Sri Chinmoy&#8217;s time in the West, and remains a powerful vehicle for spreading peace throughout thousands of individuals around the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There is no human being on earth<br \/>\nWho does not have the capacity<br \/>\nTo offer the message of peace<br \/>\nTo the world at large.<br \/>\nBut what is needed now<br \/>\nIs the soulful willingness. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.srichinmoylibrary.com\/ap-18991\">1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Sri Chinmoy<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Map of the European Route<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"803304.ai\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/pr_eu_map-388x500.jpg\" width=\"388\" height=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The map of the run across Europe.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2361 aligncenter\" alt=\"youngsters-italy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/youngsters-italy.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/youngsters-italy.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/youngsters-italy-300x187.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 85vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Peace Run visits countless numbers of schools, allowing children to participate in this project for peace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"flags\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/flags.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"278\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Runners from many different nationalities have participated.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"portugal-spain-border\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/portugal-spain-border.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"271\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Participants of the Run on the Portugal Spanish border<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"nice-pr\" src=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/nice-pr.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"277\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Runners on the south coast of France, Nice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.peacerun.org\/eu\/\">Peace Run EU<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is steadily making its progress across the European continent, offering a message of peace and goodwill. The Peace Run began it&#8217;s momentous journey in Belgium this February, before travelling through Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and now through the Balkan countries. It will continue to travel through many European &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/?p=2354\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;European Peace Run 2014&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2360,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[70],"tags":[58],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2354"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2362,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2354\/revisions\/2362"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.srichinmoybio.co.uk\/news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}