Aurelian Iftimiu

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 on the Feast of the Annunciation. “We Christians must rejoice unceasingly for two thousand years because there is no better…

Apr 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

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 founders of the Union of March 27, 1918, stressing that “they understood what it means to carry the Cross with…

Apr 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

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 bishop of Deva and Hunedoara as a tribute. Deva’s new bishop Nestor visits the site almost daily to supervise the…

Apr 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

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 sermon for the Sunday of the Holy Cross, the Archbishop of Alba Iulia explained that “our Saviour Jesus Christ calls…

Apr 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

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 of support provided so far: it exceeds 5.2 million euros (26 million lei). Full text of the communique: Humanitarian aid…

Mar 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

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 London. A delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate also attended the event held at the Romanian Cultural Institute in London. During…

Mar 30, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

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 God, we honour all Christian women. “A Church Father says that in this mystery of the birth of the Son…

Mar 29, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

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 handed to him by delegates of the Romanian Patriarchate, present in London for an interdisciplinary conference in Oxford. The academic…

Mar 28, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel hopes to consecrate National Cathedral mosaic iconography in 2025

Patriarch Daniel expressed his hope to consecrate the mosaic iconography of the National Cathedral will be consecrated. “We hope that in 2025 the Good Lord and His saints will help us to consecrate the new painting of the National Cathedral, on the 140th anniversary of the autocephaly of the Romanian Orthodox Church (1885) and the…

Mar 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

2022 Romfilatelia Easter stamps show Kretzulescu Church icons of crucified and risen Jesus Christ

Special stamps have been issued by Romfilatelia for Easter this year, with the design telling the story of Christ’s Crucifixion and Resurrection painted at the beginning of the eighteenth century by Romanian iconographers. The stamps see Christ on the cross and rising from the tomb in icons of the patrimony of Kretzulescu Church in Bucharest…

Mar 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Suceava Archdiocese shows plans for future skete of Elders Paisie and Cleopa at Vadu Negrilesei: VIDEO

A new video from the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți shows the impressive plans for the future Skete of Elders Cleopa (Ilie) and Paisie (Olaru). Both of these great 20th-century ascetics are among those who will be canonized by the Romanian Holy Synod in 2025, to mark the 140th anniversary of autocephaly and the 100th…

Mar 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu