Aurelian Iftimiu

Diaconia Social Mission takes stock of its good deeds in 2022

During last week’s General Assembly in Chisinau, the Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia reviewed its activities through 2022. Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia delivered the event’s opening remarks: “The Church needs you so that we can serve the poor.” “We appreciate Diaconia’s work because it is not easy, and they have to work…

Feb 28, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Head of Chancellery of Romania’s PM meets with Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia

On February 22, Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia received the visit of Mircea Abrudean, the head of the Romanian Prime Minister’s Chancellery. The Romanian official extended the Metropolis of Bessarabia a message of support. Metropolitan Petru thanked the Government of Romania for its ongoing assistance to the Bessarabian community, particularly for supplementing clerical salaries beginning in…

Feb 28, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Huși Bishop Ignatie urges to observe digital fast during Lenten season

As the annual 40-day observation of Lent began, the Bishop of Huși has advised the faithful to undertake a digital fast during this season by refraining from using mobile devices and avoiding the internet. After officiating the Order of Vespers on the Sunday of Forgiveness at the diocesan cathedral in Husi on the final day…

Feb 28, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Forgiveness is a condition to make a good beginning for Lent

On Cheesefare Sunday, when the Church remembers Adam’s Expulsion from Paradise, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy at St George Chapel of his Patriarchal Residence. In his sermon, His Beatitude explained why forgiveness is one of the conditions to make a good beginning for Lent. “By forgiving our neighbours, we crucify our selfishness…

Feb 28, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Alba Iulia Archbishop Irineu: Great Lent is a time of purification and illumination

In a message at the beginning of Great Lent, Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia called the Lenten season “a time of purification and illumination.” The Romanian Archbishop noted that fasting “is a gift offered to us by the Church”, and through specific religious services, we are reminded that “sin and death have distanced us from…

Feb 27, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

We tried to respond to all needs: Filantropia Federation, a year of assistance for Ukrainian refugees

Friday marks one year since the start of the war in Ukraine and the beginning of the population exodus from Romania’s neighbouring country. Nevertheless, representatives of the Filantropia Federation of the Romanian Patriarchate continue to provide assistance. “We tried to respond to all the needs,” said Father Ciprian Ioniță, patriarchal adviser and president of the…

Feb 24, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Germany’s Romanian hierarchs meet with Bavaria Minister President

Metropolitan Serafim of the Romanian Metropolis of Germany and his assistant bishop Sofian of Brașov were part of a delegation of the Romanian community in Bavaria invited to the residence of Bavarian Minister President Dr Markus Söder. Her Excellency Adriana-Loreta Stănescu, the Romanian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, accompanied the Romanians to the…

Feb 22, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

NATO Deputy Secretary General visits Munich church centre: The most significant Romanian foundation in Bavaria

On Monday, the Deputy General Secretary of NATO, Mircea Geoană, attended the Divine Liturgy held in the Hall of Crosses at the Munich Church Centre. The distinguished guest was given a tour of the establishment, after which he posted a message of appreciation on his Facebook and Instagram profiles. Mircea Geoană wrote that the Church…

Feb 22, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Theophany, Synaxis of St. John to become public holidays in Romania

Two more Church feasts are set to become public holidays in Romania starting next year. A draft law calling for January 6, the feast of the Theophany of the Lord, and the next day, the Synaxis of St. John the Baptist, to become state-recognised holidays easily passed through both the Senate and the Chamber of…

Feb 20, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolitan Ioan: Europe deserves a Cultural Capital founded by martyrs

In a message occasioned by the official launch of Timisoara 2023 European Capital of Culture year, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat stressed that Europe deserves a Cultural Capital founded by martyrs, recalling that Timisoara is a martyr city. “Man is born only once in life. A country is born several times. The last time…

Feb 20, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Deva’s newly-ordained assistant bishop Gherontie expresses awe in new “heavy and fearful responsibility”

The Dormition of the Theotokos Cathedral in Deva hosted the ordination to the episcopacy of the new assistant bishop to the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara during the hierarchical Divine Liturgy on Sunday. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Laurentiu of Transylvania and included sixteen other concelebrating hierarchs. The Very Rev.…

Feb 20, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu