Aurelian Iftimiu

Southern Bessarabia Bishop urges help for Ukrainians forced to leave their families and homes

His Grace Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia urged the faithful to support the refugees from Ukraine and to pray for peace. “We are saddened by what is happening these days in the vicinity of our country and by the trials that have come upon our brothers throughout Ukraine, and we follow with concern the evolution…

Feb 26, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Suceava Archdiocese offers help to Ukrainian refugees

The Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti announced on Friday night the measures taken to support refugees from Ukraine. The archdiocese’s photographer, Irina Ursachi, accompanied priests and volunteers from the Archdiocesan Administration and captured emotional pictures. An intervention committee for the situation of refugees was set up in the archdiocese, consisting of clergy of the Diocesan…

Feb 26, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate’s Filantropia Federation is ready to help Ukrainian refugees

The Romanian Patriarchate’s Filantropia Federation expressed its solidarity with the Ukrainian people and readiness to support Ukrainian refugees. Filantropia Federation’s press release: full text In these times of crisis, Filantropia Federation is trying to lend a helping hand to those affected by the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Our prayers and solidarity can soothe the…

Feb 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania: We are together in prayer with all the citizens of Ukraine

“We call on reason and wisdom. We are constantly praying for an end to the conflict,” the representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania wrote on Thursday regarding the situation in Ukraine. “The citizens of Ukraine, regardless of their ethnic origin, have the right to a free life. The misunderstandings between the states must…

Feb 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Suceava Archdiocese is ready to accommodate Ukrainian refugees

The line of refugees who wanted to cross the border from Ukraine to Romania through Siret Customs, Suceava County, stretched for several kilometres on Thursday afternoon. Although most of them only want to transit Romania to other countries, the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti is ready to support them with food, clothes and objects of…

Feb 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

St Paisius Velichkovsky to be declared patron of Ukrainian vicariate in Romania

This year, Saint Paisius Velichkovsky of Neamț will be proclaimed a spiritual protector of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania, an administrative-territorial unit canonically dependent on the Romanian Patriarchate. The initiative belongs to the new vicar, Priest Nicolae Lauruc, who said he was encouraged in this endeavour by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. “We have asked…

Feb 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel calls for end to war in Ukraine, urges prayers for peace

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church has called for an end to the war in Ukraine and urged everyone to pray for peace. In a message Thursday morning, Patriarch Daniel expressed his concern over the beginning of war in Ukraine and assured Romanians living in Ukraine to help them according to possibilities.…

Feb 24, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian priest in Cyprus presented with Order of Cultural Merit

At a ceremony last Sunday, the Romanian Ambassador to Cyprus, Dan Mihalache, presented the Order of Cultural Merit to Fr Petre Matei, the representative of the Romanian Patriarchate to Cyprus. The President of Romania signed the decoration decree for the Rev. Stavrophore Fr. Matei Petre on January 6 as a sign of appreciation “for the dedication with…

Feb 23, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop Juraj of Michalovce and Košice leads patronal feast of Romanian monastery in Calabria

His Eminence Archbishop Juraj de Michalovce and Košice (Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia) celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Romanian Monastery in Bivongi, Calabria, Italy, on Sunday. His Grace Assistant Bishop Atanasie of Bogdania (Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy) was concelebrant for the Divine Liturgy. Last Sunday was an anticipatory celebration of…

Feb 23, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie explains the presence of the prodigal son in modern man: “He believes everything new is necessarily good”

“In the attitude of the prodigal son is found the modern man or modernity, as the one who believes that everything new is necessarily good,” Bishop Ignatie of Huși said during his Sunday sermon at Mireni-Chilieni Parish in Vaslui. The Bishop of Huși highlighted a difference in attitude between the father and the son in…

Feb 23, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Martyr Valeriu Gafencu commemorated at Târgu Ocna on 70th anniversary

Valeriu Gafencu, one of the most beloved 20th-century Romanian martyrs, was prayerfully commemorated on Friday, February 18, on the 70th anniversary of his martyric repose in the Lord. The Divine Liturgy and a memorial service were officiated at the Church of Sts. Constantine and Helen in the eastern town of Târgu Ocna, where Gafencu died…

Feb 21, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu