The Week in Pictures: March 28 – April 3, 2022
The fourth week of Lent was full of Spring scents and colours, bringing joy and hope to the souls of the faithful. Please see below our Week in Pictures feature for the week between March…
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Romfilatelia: Postage stamp issue dedicated to Metropolitan-Primate Calinic Miclescu, 200 years since his birth
Romfilatelia adds to the theme of spirituality and history of the Romanian Orthodox Church with an anniversary issue dedicated to a leading hierarch: “Metropolitan-Primate Calinic Miclescu, 200 years since his birth”. The issue, with a postage…
Hundreds of thousands of the world’s buildings to light up in blue on Autism Awareness Day
Hundreds of thousands of the world’s buildings will light up in blue on Saturday to mark World Autism Awareness Day. The observance has been established by the United Nations and is currently at its 15th…
Police gather at Bucharest Monastery to remember fallen officers: It is our duty not to forget them
The Romanian Police celebrated its 200th anniversary on March 25, 2022. March 25 was chosen as Romanian Police Day is linked to the Annunciation of the Theotokos found on the first flag of the Great…
Priest-martyr Haralambie Balamace prayerfully remembered in Albania on the 108th anniversary of his martyrdom
A commemorative event dedicated to the priest Haralambie Balamace took place on March 23, 2022, at the Church of the Transfiguration in Korçë, Albania, where the Aromanian priest was killed 108 years ago. After a…
Bishop Varlaam on the feast of the Annunciation: Floods of bad news come day and night. Let us rejoice today!
“In this world, we live in, floods of bad news come day and night: pandemics, death, poverty, wars, crisis and so on. So let us rejoice today!” urged the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești…
“APEL 112” application, available in several languages, including Ukrainian
The Special Telecommunications Service (STS) has added new translations to the “Apel 112” (“Call 112”) mobile application and, currently, it can be used in Romanian, English, French, German, Hungarian and Ukrainian. In order to benefit…
Southern Bessarabia Bishop Veniamin remembers founders of Bessarabia’s 1918 Union with Romania
On the 104th anniversary of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania, Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Saint Spyridon Metropolitan Cathedral in Bucharest. During the Divine Liturgy, the bishop remembered the…
New kindergarten in honour of Bishop Gurie Georgiu to open this autumn in Deva
Works are nearing completion in the Diocese of Deva on a project started by Bishop Gurie of blessed memory. A modern kindergarten with a capacity of 80 places will bear the name of the first…
81st anniversary of the Fântâna Albă Massacre
April 1 became by law, adopted in 2011, a National Day honouring the memory of Romanians who were the victims of the massacres at Fântâna Albă and other areas, deportations, famine and other forms of…
Archbishop Irineu commemorates confessors of communist prisons at Aiud Monastery
His Eminence Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the “Holy Cross” Monastery in Aiud and prayed for the souls of the confessors in communist prisons on Sunday, March 27. In his…
The future is pro-life because pro-life is the only way to have a future: The Bucharest March for Life 2022
“The future belongs to those who let the light of love shine upon them and whose heart beats for other hearts confronted with difficult situations. The future is pro-life because pro-life is the only way…
Communique: Romanian Orthodox Church has supported Ukrainians with over 5 million euros so far
The Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate published details on the support provided by the Romanian Orthodox Church for the victims of the war in Ukraine during March 18-24, 2022, and communicated the total amount…
UK Romanian priests meet with Metropolitan Iosif, Ambassador Laura Popescu
Priests and deacons of four Romanian missionary deaneries in Great Britain met on Saturday, March 26, with His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe and with Her Excellency Laura Popescu, Romanian Ambassador to…
The Week in Pictures: March 21 – 27, 2022
Please find below the third week of Orthodox Lent as seen through the photographer’s lens. Last week’s most liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do…
Patriarch Theophilos: Venerating the Holy Cross we partake in Immortality, which is Christ Himself
Christ is Immortality and honouring His Cross makes us partake in the energy of the uncreated light He dwells in, said the Patriarch of Jerusalem on Sunday. His Beatitude officiated the Divine Liturgy and the…
Metropolitan Nicolae: By venerating the Theotokos, we honour Christian mothers. Motherhood reveals the mystery of love for others
The Romanian Metropolitan of the Americas said that the feast Annunciation reveals motherhood as the mystery of the fulfilment of the commandment to love our neighbour. The metropolitan added that by venerating the Mother of…
Researcher Ștefan Dascălu awarded Romanian Patriarchate’s Order of Holy Brâncoveanu Martyrs
Mr Ștefan Dascălu, immunology and theoretical epidemiology researcher at the University of Oxford, was awarded the Romanian Patriarchate’s Order of the Holy Brâncoveanu Martyrs during a ceremony on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. The distinction was…