8 August 1808 – PROCOPIE IVAȘCOVICI (baptised Petru), Bishop, Metropolitan and then Patriarch, was born in Deliblata (today’s Serbian Banat). Gymnasium studies at Oradea and Novisad. Studies of philosophy at Kesmark, Theology at Vârșeț, and of Law at Sarospatak. Monk at the Serb Monastery of Ghergheteg, professor at the Theological Seminary of Carloviț (1835), at the same time secretary and counsellor at the Metropolitan See of Carloviț (1838), abbot of Cruședol Monastery (1846); Bishop of Arad (1853 – 1873), Metropolitan of Transylvania after the death of Andrei Șaguna (1873 – 1874), Patriarch of the Serb Orthodox Church, seated in Carloviț (1874 – 1880); obligated by the Hungarian Government to retire from his dignity. He built an Episcopal Cathedral at Arad and was the first president of the “National Association of Arad for the culture of the Romanian people” (1863). He passed away on 11 May 1881 in the Biserica Albă locality (today’s Serb Banat), buried in the Cathedral of Carloviț.
HG Ioan Casian participated in the annual dialogue of the Orthodox and Catholic bishops from Canada
Romanian Orthodox Bishop Ioan Casian of Canada participated in the annual dialogue of the Orthodox and Catholic bishops from Canada. The Canadian Conference of Orthodox Bishops was represented by the Greek Archbishop Sotirios of Canada,…
Bessarabia Metropolitan’s message on Day of Remembrance of victims of 1946-1947 famine: Never forget their suffering
His Eminence Metropolitan Petru issued a message honouring the victims of the organised famine that ravaged Bessarabia from 1946 to 1947. “We bow our heads and knees to the memory of the reposed and promise…
The Week in Pictures: April 15 – 22, 2024
Our current Week-in-Pictures photo feature invites you to a virtual trip to the remote land of New Zealand and back to Romania, presenting the cultural richness of the Orthodox world and illustrating the deep connections…
Georgian Ambassador to Bucharest visits Library of Holy Synod
Her Excellency Tamar Beruchashvili, Georgia’s Ambassador to Bucharest, visited the Library of the Holy Synod at St Anthimos Monastery on Thursday, April 18. Consul David Chachava accompanied the Georgian Ambassador. The Very Rev. Archimandrite Policarp…
St Mary Magdalene’s relics arrive in Paris: You called her in the struggle for salvation, Bp Galaction says
Friday evening, a delegation from the Diocese of Alexandria and Teleorman arrived in Paris, bearing the sacred relics of Saint Mary Magdalene. The reliquary remained at the Three Holy Hierarchs church in La Courneuve, north…