Aurelian Iftimiu

10th anniversary of the Canonization of Saint Andrew Șaguna: Thanks to him, Transylvania remained in Apostle Andrew’s faith

The Holy Hierarch Andrei Şaguna, the founder of the Metropolis of Transylvania, was celebrated during a Divine Liturgy in Sibiu on Tuesday. This year marks ten years since the canonization of Saint Andrew Şaguna, whose relics are kept at the Orthodox Cathedral in Sibiu. Thanks to him, Transylvania remained in the faith of the Apostle…

Dec 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Elder Arsenie Boca remembered as “the fixed star of Romania” at Prislop Monastery

Father Arsenie Boca was commemorated last Sunday at his resting place, Prislop Monastery, on the 32nd anniversary of his blessed repose. A memorial service was held in the monastery church immediately after the Divine Liturgy, and additional prayers were offered at the elder’s tomb in the monastery’s cemetery. The services were officiated by Metropolitan Laurenţiu…

Dec 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania’s National Cathedral has become a cardinal point, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Ieronim says

“The National Cathedral has become a cardinal point,” the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Ieronim of Sinaia said on the third anniversary of the consecration of the Cathedral’s altar. The bishop referred to the fact that the Cathedral can be seen from a considerable distance on clear days – such as from the Bucharest-Pitesti highway or the…

Dec 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Priest in Romanian village converts bus into a mobile library for children

The town of Văleni in Braşov County will open a mobile library soon. The initiative belongs to the local parish priest, Father Claudiu Popa. The priest wanted to ​​help children he pastors by turning a bus into a mobile library, calling it a bibliobus. “One day, I realized that I had many books, both from…

Dec 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Let us bring the sighs of the publican as an offering to God: On fasting with the abbess of Bistrița – Vâlcea Monastery

Stavrophore Anastasia Honcioiu, Abbess of Bistrița – Vâlcea Monastery, urges everyone “to bring to God the sighs of the publican” and to avoid despair by putting our trust in God. The abbess agreed to answer a few questions about fasting and preparing for the feast of the Lord’s Nativity. Basilica.ro: How should we fast? Stavrophore…

Dec 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Parish in religiously diverse Luton marks its 10th anniversary

The Romanian Orthodox Parish in Luton celebrated its tenth anniversary on November 13, 2021. Last Sunday, the anniversary was marked during a festive Divine Liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe. “All these years have been a time of patience for the church because only this year was it possible to obtain…

Dec 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel receives Great Union Centennial medal as recognition of Church’s contribution to national identity preservation

In response to being presented on Tuesday, on behalf of President of Romania Klaus Iohannis, with the ‘Greater Union Centennial’ medal for the involvement of the Church in promoting national memory and values, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church said that the distinction is a sign of the esteem in which the head of…

Dec 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Saint Andrew loves the Romanian people and helps Romanians everywhere to keep the faith received from him

“Saint Andrew the Apostle loves the Romanian people and helps the Romanian Orthodox Church and Romanians everywhere to keep the apostolic faith received from him,” the Patriarch of Romania said on Tuesday. His Beatitude spoke about the extended stay of the Apostle to the Romanians in Dobruja, about his discreet way of preaching, and how…

Dec 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel on Romania’s National Day: National Unity is a symbol of the Romanian people’s dignity

On Romania’s National Day, December 1, 2021, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message to all Romanians, highlighting that national unity is a symbol of the dignity of the Romanian people. Please find below the full text of the message. By prayer, through speech, through printed books, by personal presence and concrete action of its…

Dec 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

2021 Romfilatelia Christmas stamps show Bucur Ciobanul Church icons of Theotokos

Special stamps have been issued by Romfilatelia for Christmas this year, with the design telling the story of the Nativity of the Lord painted at the beginning of the eighteenth century by the iconographer Ioan. The stamps see Virgin Mary cradling the newborn Jesus in the iconostasis of Bucur Ciobanul Church in Bucharest that dates…

Nov 29, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian King Michael I’s bronze bust unveiled in London

Princess Margareta, the custodian of the Romanian Crown, together with Prince Radu Duda and Laura Popescu, Romania’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, unveiled a bronze bust of King Michael I of Romania in London during a ceremony on Thursday, November 25, 2021. Located in the courtyard of the Romanian diplomatic mission in London, the bust…

Nov 29, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu