Aurelian Iftimiu

Timișoara Archdiocese builds philanthropic multiplex including youth centre, gym, maternity home, kindergarten and chapel

The Archdiocese of Timisoara starts its most important project next year. A multifunctional complex for social services and educational, cultural and physical activities will be built in Timisoara. The AfiOM project – Timișoara Philanthropic Multiplex will include a youth centre, a gym, a maternity home for women in pregnancy crisis, a kindergarten and an Orthodox…

Dec 15, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bessarabia: Orthodox community builds its first church in just 40 days

One Orthodox community in the Republic of Moldova is experiencing the joy of finally having their own church. And the Church of Sts. Seraphim of Sarov, Catherine, and John (Maximovitch) in the Chișinău suburb of Floreni was built in just 40 days. His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia blessed the church with holy water on…

Dec 15, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Romanian artists prayerfully remembered at Radu Vodă Monastery

His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova officiated the memorial service for the Romanian actors who reposed in the Lord, at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest, on the feast day of Saint Philemon, Patron Saint of actors, December 14, 2021. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaPhotos

Dec 15, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest actors honour their patron Saint Philemon, who changed his soul by donning a Christian’s clothes

On Tuesday, His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova celebrated the Divine Liturgy and a memorial service at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest, marking the feast of Saint Philemon, the patron saint of actors. In his sermon, the assistant bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese referred to the Saint’s life. Being asked by a Christian that…

Dec 15, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

A virtual iconostasis: 12 iconographic representations related to the Lord’s Nativity

As the feast of the Nativity of the Lord draws near, we publish a selection of twelve icons depicting the moments that precede and follow this important event in the history of the salvation of the human race. “The Orthodox icon is also a call to prayer. The icon is not placed in the church…

Dec 14, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

After 15 years of preparation, French octogenarian Françoise Détouche becomes Sister Radegund at Văratic Monastery

Converted to Orthodoxy in 1990, a French octogenarian received the monastic tonsure at Văratic Monastery after fifteen years of preparation. Under the mantle of the Abbess Iosefina Giosanu, Françoise Détouche received the name of Saint Radegund (+587), a Thuringian princess and Frankish queen, who founded a monastery at Poitiers, who is revered as a Saint…

Dec 14, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: The Mother Church supports and encourages her spiritual sons and daughters from abroad

Speaking at an International Symposium dedicated to the pastoral care of Romanians abroad last week, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that “the Mother Church supports and encourages her spiritual sons and daughters from abroad and understands the difficulties they face in their struggle to ensure a better future.” The Symposium combined a “live” in-person event…

Dec 13, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Damaschin of Dorna becomes first Orthodox hierarch to serve at Cacica Salt Mine Chapel

His Grace Assistant Bishop Damaschin of Dorna became the first Orthodox hierarch to serve in the chapel inside the Cacica Salt Mine, sculpted by Polish miners 29 meters underground. The hierarch celebrated the Divine Liturgy together with an assembly of clerics, including Father Răzvan Cîmpulungeanu, missionary priest of Suceava II Deanery, and Archdeacon Bogdan-Mihai Hrișcă,…

Dec 9, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Deva announces candidates for diocesan bishop

The local synod of the Metropolis of Transylvania announced the two nominees for the next bishop of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara. The nominees are: His Grace Assistant Bishop Nestor of Hunedoara and Archimandrite Gherontie Ciupe, administrative vicar. The Metropolitan Synod of Transylvania met for a working session at the metropolitan residence in Sibiu…

Dec 9, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Cell and spring of Elder Cleopas consecrated in mountains where he hid from communist regime

The memory of Elder Cleopas (Ilie), one of the greatest elders of the 20th century, who has been proposed for canonization by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 2025, was honoured in the Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți on December 2 with the consecration of his mountain cell and a holy spring. December 2 marked the…

Dec 9, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate’s position regarding the EU digital COVID certificate

Please find below the precise point of view of the Romanian Patriarchate on the EU digital COVID certificate, which was briefly expressed at the meeting of representatives of religious denominations with the Prime Minister and the Minister of Health of the Romanian Government at the Coral Temple in Bucharest on December 2, 2021. On November…

Dec 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu