Aurelian Iftimiu

Feast of Holy Trinity: Patronal feast of Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica Media Centre

All five institutions that are part of the Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate have been placed under the protection of the Holy Trinity, having as their model and help the Divine Persons who “give themselves to each other and work together in perfect harmony, and Their glory shows the holiness and beauty of…

Jun 13, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Even offered in solitude, a Christian’s prayer is solidary, not solitary

Opening the works of the Spring Pastoral-Missionary Conference of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that prayer is an act of communion: “A Christian’s prayer, even offered in solitude, in one’s home or cell, is not a solitary prayer, but a solidary prayer, in communion with the…

Jun 9, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Heroes ensure the continuity of the nation: Bishop Ieronim attends ceremony at Bucharest’s Tomb of Unknown Soldier

Last Thursday, the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim of Sinaia attended a commemorative ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Bucharest’s Carol I Park. The patriarchal auxiliary bishop said it is the feast of the Ascension of the Lord and “a day of spiritual elevation” in prayer for the heroes who ensured the uninterrupted…

Jun 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel blesses and encourages students sitting for national exams

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has extended his blessing to all students taking national exams in Romania. “Exams are good opportunities for evaluation and intellectual maturation in a competitive society, but also necessary steps to cultivate spiritual and cultural values that increase the capacity for dialogue and communication between people,” the Patriarch of Romania encouraged students…

Jun 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

The year 2022 is an opportunity to reflect on the Romanian Hesychasts, Patriarch Daniel says at Bucharest clergy conference

Chairing the Pastoral-Missionary Conference of the Clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Monday, the Patriarch of Romania urged priests to use the Solemn and Commemorative Year 2022 as an opportunity to reflect on the activity of Hesychast Saints in our country. His Beatitude emphasized that the state of Wallachia emerged during the Hesychast movement,…

Jun 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

“Arian heresy is not dead. We live in a Christophobic society,” Huși Bishop warns

During his sermon on Sunday, Bishop Ignatie of Huși said that Arianism has not disappeared but is hidden in secular atheist humanism. Speaking at the diocesan cathedral in Husi, His Grace Bishop Ignatie explained that the heresy of Arius set out to snatch God from Jesus Christ by denying His divinity, just as atheistic humanism…

Jun 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

It is not enough to know the Creed. We must also pray for the unity of the Church, Patriarch Daniel says

On the seventh Sunday of Pascha, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke about the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea, a remembrance that makes the connection between the feast of the Ascension of the Lord and the Descent of the Holy Spirit. “The Holy Fathers of the First Ecumenical Council taught and testified against the heresy of…

Jun 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe points to the Day of Romanians Everywhere as a time of reflection on identity and vocation

Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe published a message for the Day of Romanians Everywhere, marked on the last Sunday of May every year, saying the celebration is “a good opportunity for every Romanian to reflect on and better understand their identity and vocation.” The Metropolitan noted that the Romanian Orthodox Church, together with…

May 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Archdeacon Mihail Bucă’s youngest daughter diagnosed with leukaemia: Appeal for help

The protopsaltis of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest asked his Facebook followers to remember his family in prayer as they were waiting for confirmation of a difficult diagnosis for Irene, the youngest of the family’s children. On May 18, Archdeacon Mihail Bucă announced that the little girl had been confirmed with acute myeloblastic leukaemia, and…

May 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

We talked with the artist who creates the Tomoses on the canonisation of Romanian Saints: I used to have ugly handwriting when I was little

We talked with a man who actually writes history. Calligraphically. Iconographer Costel Nacu, a diocesan inspector at the Heritage and Church Painting Sector of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, is the person who creates the Synodal Tomoses and other documents or diplomas of historical value. We found him working on the Tomos on the canonisation of…

May 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

“In the family, the child understands the mystery of God’s love”: Patriarch Daniel’s message for the Sunday of Parents and Children

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has published a message occasioned by the Sunday of Parents and Children, marked this year on June 5, 2022. An initiative of the Romanian Orthodox Church, the day “is an opportunity to reaffirm the main role of the family in the spiritual growth of children and their formation for life,” the…

May 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu