25 pro-life quotes from Patriarch Daniel
As the feast of the Annunciation approaches, when we celebrate the mystery of the Incarnation of the Saviour in the womb of the Virgin Mary and take part in the marches for life organised in…
Patriarch Daniel: By fasting, we show that we love God the Giver more than His gifts
“The Saviour teaches us that we must show through fasting that we love God, the Giver of life, more than the gifts He offers us and that we love heavenly spiritual gifts more than limited…
Faithful and hierarchs from Bulgaria and other Orthodox nations paid their last homage to Patriarch Neophyte
Bulgarians paid their last homage to Patriarch Neophyte on Saturday, after the head of their national Church reposed into the Lord on Wednesday. In addition to many faithful who came to say goodbye at the…
The Week in Pictures: March 11 – 17, 2024
Spring arrival, liturgical moments and Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria‘s funeral are just a few of the themes for last week’s photo selection made by our team. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post…
Monastic Synaxis held in Roman: The monk of the third millennium must be a monk of the resurrection
Last week, His Eminence Archbishop Ioachim presided at the annual synaxis of the abbots and abbesses of the Roman and Bacău Archdiocese and spoke about the objective that a monk must have in the third…
Patriarch Neophyte of Bulgaria reposes in the Lord
According to a statement published on the Bulgarian Patriarchate’s website, His Beatitude Patriarch Neophyte of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church reposed in the Lord on Wednesday evening at the age of 78. Patriarch Neophyte died at…
Oradea Bishop’s advice before Lent: Let us rediscover our humanity!
On Meatfare Sunday, His Grace Bishop Sofronie of Oradea celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Izbuc parish and delivered a sermon on the significance of good actions in determining our eternal destiny at the Final Judgement.…
Bessarabia Synod explores ways to strengthen relations with local communities
Last week, during an extraordinary session, the Synod of the Metropolis of Bessarabia addressed various pastoral, missionary, social, and administrative challenges that the Romanian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Moldova faces. His Eminence Metropolitan…
Metropolitan Teofan officiates Blessing service of the first social hospital in Romania
His Eminence Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina officiated on Friday the Blessing service for the „Veronica” Clinic in Iași, the first socio-medical centre in Romania to offer free medical services to socially vulnerable pregnant women,…
9 holy healers celebrated in March
We continue to feature each month’s holy healers, with nine saints celebrated in March. The lives of some of them are less known to believers in Romania, so this month is a good opportunity to…
Orthodox chapel to be inaugurated inside Romania’s Parliament on March 25
The Romanian Parliament will have an Orthodox chapel that will be consecrated on March 25, on the feast of the Annunciation, the acting president of the Chamber of Deputies, Alfred Simonis, announced on Monday, the…
The Week in Pictures: March 4 – 10, 2024
The historic pilgrimage with the relics of St. Demetrius the New, the feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebastia and other events in the Orthodox world can be seen in our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for…
2025 will be dedicated to the Romanian Patriarchate’s Centennial and 20th-century Romanian Orthodox confessors
Last week, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decided to dedicate 2025 to the Centennial of the Romanian Patriarchate and the Romanian Orthodox confessors of the twentieth century. According to a press release…