New Georgian Patriarch Shio III calls for Church to embrace those ‘outside its walls’
“We must open wide the doors of the Church to everyone. We must also embrace our spiritual children who are outside the walls of the Church and who, like the prodigal son, perhaps do not…
Assistant Bishop Teofil of Iberia marks 55th birthday
His Grace Teofil of Iberia, Assistant Bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Spain and Portugal, celebrates his 55th birthday on Wednesday. The hierarch was born on 13 May 1971 in Desești, Maramureș county, Romania,…
Iași hosts first gathering of Orthodox youth from ethnic minority communities
The Agora Events Centre of the Archdiocese of Iași hosted on Saturday, May 9, the first edition of the Assembly of Orthodox Youth from Ethnic Minorities, an event organised by the CRESC Association in collaboration…
Historic Mihai Vodă Monastery in Bucharest reactivated with new monastic community
The Romanian capital has gained a new monastic settlement through the reactivation of Mihai Vodă Monastery. Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova and Archimandrite Nectarie Șofelea installed the abbess of the monastery on Saturday, May 9.…
Metropolitan Iosif meets young finalists of Christian oratory festival in Paris
Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe met at the end of last week with the young participants in the final stage of the Christian Oratory Festival-Competition “Saint John Chrysostom”. The event brought together more…





