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Ontario pilgrimage marks start of Dormition Fast in Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada

A pilgrimage at the Monastery of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross and St Ephraim the New in Mono, Ontario, marked the beginning of the Dormition Fast in the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada. Held from 31 July to 2 August, the event brought together faithful from several Canadian provinces, as well as numerous young…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox Church-backed aid delivers hot meals to 1,200 people in Gaza

The initial stages of a humanitarian project funded by the Romanian Patriarchate and carried out in partnership with Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs have been completed in the Gaza Strip, where 1,200 people have received hot meals. The humanitarian initiative is organised by the Embassy of Romania in Tel Aviv, with support from Samaritan’s Purse…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: The Transfiguration shows humanity’s destiny is heaven, not the grave

“This feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord shows that human beings were not created for the grave, but for heaven,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church emphasised on Thursday. The Patriarch participated in the Divine Liturgy celebrated for the Feast of the Transfiguration at the historic St George Chapel of the…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

At first New Zealand liturgy, Bishop Iachint calls Transfiguration a path to spiritual renewal

“To see Christ in the light of His divinity, we too must ascend a Mount Tabor,” Assistant Bishop Iachint of the Pacific of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand said on Thursday at his first Divine Liturgy celebrated in New Zealand. Addressing the faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Parish of the Dormition…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarchal auxiliary bishop: St. John Jacob remains a wonderworker and intercessor for the faithful

“St John Jacob the New Chozebite is a great miracle worker and a fervent intercessor for the Romanian people, as well as for all who honour him with reverence and faith,” Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Paisie of Sinaia emphasised on Wednesday at the chapel of Romania’s National Cathedral. The bishop recalled the principal moments of the…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

African metropolitan urges faithful to follow St. John Jacob’s example at Romanian seminary feast

“The saints gather us together today. We have come to celebrate a saint—St. John Jacob—who was also a man, yet his eyes were always fixed on God,” Metropolitan Chariton of Kananga of the Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa said on Wednesday during the patronal feast of the Theological Seminary at Neamț Monastery. His Eminence…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch Daniel marks 39 years since monastic tonsure

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, received the monastic tonsure 39 years ago at the age of 36. His monastic sponsor was St. Cleopas of Sihăstria, one of the great spiritual elders of Romanian Orthodoxy, who was canonised by the Holy Synod in 2024. The monastic tonsure took place at Sihăstria Monastery…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Hermit Saints to adorn National Cathedral’s underground chapel, creating ‘monastic cell atmosphere’

The underground chapel of Romania’s National Cathedral will feature numerous Romanian monastic saints, including hermits who lived and prayed in caves. On Wednesday, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Paisie of Sinaia said the chapel “will create the atmosphere of a monastic cell.” Speaking at the National Cathedral Chapel on the feast of St. John Jacob the New…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest theology dean participates in world’s leading New Testament studies meeting

Fr. Cosmin Pricop, Dean of the “Patriarch Justinian” Faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Bucharest, participated in the 80th Annual Meeting of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas (SNTS), the world’s most prestigious international association dedicated to New Testament studies. The meeting was held from July 28 to August 1 at Durham University in…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian initiative launches 40 diaspora events to strengthen ties with expatriates

Romanian entrepreneurs’ network RePatriot will organise more than 40 events for Romanians living abroad this August as part of its annual “Diaspora Days” initiative. According to a press release issued by RePatriot, the campaign, launched ten years ago, is based on the conviction that “Romanians living abroad should not be sought only when they return…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Assyrian Patriarch Mar Awa III makes first visit to Romania for Syriac studies congress

His Holiness Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East, made his first-ever visit to Romania from August 3 to 7. According to a press release from the Levant Institute, the visit took place in conjunction with the 14th World Congress for Syriac Studies and the 12th International Conference on Christian Arabic…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu