The Week in Pictures: September 2–8, 2024
Please find below a new selection of photos taken in the Orthodox world between September 2 and 8, 2024, a period culminating with the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God. Last week’s…
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Metropolitan Nicolae sends condolences to local Romanian community after the mass shooting in Georgia, US
Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas sent a message of condolences on Thursday after Wednesday’s shooting attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. One of the victims is a Romanian-born math teacher and…
Romanian Patriarchate supports the plea of Romanians in Chernivtsi to reopen the Bukovina Metropolitans’ Chapel
The Romanian Patriarchate, noting with regret and sadness that services in the Romanian language can no longer be held in Chernivtsi’s Chapel of the Bukovina Metropolitans, who spoke and officiated religious services in Romanian, stands…
Bp Timotei of Prahova spoke in Cyprus of the history and importance of Romanian monasticism
His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova spoke on Tuesday evening to the faithful at the “Holy Archangel Michael” Church in Limassol, Cyprus. The Romanian hierarch presented the history of monasticism and its importance for…
Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova visits Romanian Embassy in Nicosia
His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova met on Tuesday with His Excellency Dan Mihalache, Ambassador of Romania to Cyprus. The Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest was accompanied by the members of the…
Bp Timotei of Prahova met with Archbishop George of Cyprus
The Romanian delegation accompanying St Cyprian’s relics to Cyprus, led by Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, was received by His Beatitude Archbishop George of Cyprus, on Tuesday. His Grace Bishop…
Delegation of Romanian Patriarchate visits Jerusalem Patriarchate Exarchate in Nicosia
A delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate accompanying the Hieromartyr Cyprian’s relics on a pilgrimage to Cyprus visited the official Representation of the Jerusalem Patriarchate in Nicosia on Monday. The Romania delegation, led by His Grace…
Bp Timotei of Prahova proposes a question for the New Church Year: Do we really welcome God’s word?
“The question of this day of the beginning of the Church Year is: Do we welcome God’s word or do we behave like those in Nazareth, who did not rejoice when they heard it?” said…
Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol welcomes St Cyprian’s relics brought on a pilgrimage from Romania to Cyprus
His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol welcomed on Saturday, August 31, 2024, the Romanian delegation accompanying a fragment of the Hieromartyr Cyprian’s holy relics, brought to Limassol, Cyprus, from Bucharest’s Zlătari Church. The official reception…
The Week in Pictures: August 26 – September 1, 2024
Please find below our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for the week of August 26 – September 1, 2024, the last week of summer. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A…
The 35th Day of Prayer for the Protection of the Environment
Sunday marks the 35th anniversary of establishing the Day of Prayer for the Environment in the Orthodox Church. It was set at the beginning of the Church Year at the initiative of Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios…
Orthodox parishes in the US show strong post-pandemic recovery, outperforming other denominations
A recent study published by the Hartford Institute for Religion revealed that Orthodox parishes in the US experienced a smaller decline in congregational numbers during the pandemic than other religious denominations and have been more…
Romanian Orthodox youth in Germany to hold annual gathering focusing on loneliness, egoism and love
The Association of Romanian Orthodox Youth in Germany, Austria, and Luxembourg (ATORG) will hold its annual meeting in Vienna from October 11 to 13, 2024. ATORG invites participants to explore how loneliness and egoism can…
Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate publishes first edition of funeral service in Ukrainian language
The Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate has recently published the first edition of the Funeral Rites in Ukrainian, which provides a uniform liturgical text for all Ukrainian Orthodox parishes under the Romanian Patriarchate. The book was compiled…
Romanian Orthodox Parish in Malaga receives funding for new religious and cultural centre
The Romanian Orthodox Parish “Saint John the Baptist” in the province of Malaga, Spain, has received funding to renovate, restructure, and equip a space dedicated exclusively to the religious, cultural, and social activities of the…
Ukrainians in Romania pray for peace on Ukraine’s Independence Day
On August 24, Ukrainian Orthodox communities marked Ukraine’s Independence Day by offering prayers of thanksgiving and holding memorial services for the fighters who have fallen in the ongoing war in Romania’s neighbouring country. Special prayers…
National Museum of the 1989 Anti-Communist Revolution to be built in Timișoara
The Ministry of Culture has announced the current progress in preparing the National Museum of the 1989 Anti-Communist Revolution. The museum will operate under the ministry’s auspices in the historic building of the former Command…
Romanian Ambassador visits Diocese of Southern Bessarabia to discuss ongoing projects and community challenges
On Monday, His Grace Bishop Veniamin, the Bishop of Southern Bessarabia, welcomed His Excellency Cristian-Leon Țurcanu, the Ambassador of Romania to the Republic of Moldova, and Gabriel Nicola, the Consul General of Romania in Cahul,…