Aurelian Iftimiu

Christ does not ask us to carry the cross alone, Patriarch Daniel says

“Christ does not ask us to carry the cross alone, but to carry the cross following Him, that is, asking for His help and carrying the Cross with Him,” Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday. On the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Cross His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel offered his reflections on the four stages of…

Sep 21, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Suceava Archdiocese takes 100+ children to the seaside for first time

September 5, 2021, marked the end of a social program of the Archdiocese of Suceava aiming at helping children to go to the seaside for the first time. The project entitled “For the first time at the seaside” was carried out by the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti and was dedicated to 103 children in…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archdiocese provides school supplies to 4,000 children

Ahead of the new school year, Orthodox dioceses throughout Romania have been providing children with necessary school supplies. A week before school started, priests of the Archdiocese of Lower Danube distributed backpacks filled with school supplies to 4,000 children. On September 16, the Brăila Deanery distributed 650 backpacks with supplies to its parishes, who in…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Hungary Bishop Siluan blesses Romanian seniors in Gyula: They are the community’s precious treasure

“The precious treasure of the community” and “our wise believers”. This is what Bishop Siluan of Hungary called the members of the Association of Romanian Pensioners in Gyula in his speech on Sunday at the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in Hungary. The message marked the 20th anniversary of the association. “I am happy that the parish…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Prodromos Skete denies existence of Covid outbreak on Mount Athos

The Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner (Prodromos) denies the existence of an outbreak of Covid-19 in Mount Athos. “All the Romanian monks with whom we consulted, but also those of other nationalities, stated that no one is sick with Covid-19,” the abbot of the monastic settlement, Archimandrite Atanasie, wrote in an official document. It…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolitan urges support for single mothers: They could bring up Saints

“Do not avoid single mothers”, was the exhortation of Metropolitan Ioan of Banat on the feast day of Saint Joseph the New of Partoș, the spiritual protector of Timișoara and the Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral in the city. “Lend them a helping hand if possible, because they may, in their suffering and tribulation, bring up Saints,…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Young Brazilian who converted to Orthodoxy says Romania brings him peace: Interview

Pedro Faidiga Passos, a Brazilian who converted to Orthodoxy and settled in Romania, says that God “fished him” through his Romanian wife and thus revealed to him “the full beauty of the Christian faith.” He said he finds a lot of peace in Romania. Pedro Faidiga Passos is 27 years old and was born in…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie: Christ remained silent on the cross

In his sermon delivered on Tuesday at a church consecration, the Bishop of Huși highlighted the contrast in attitude on Golgotha between the people mocking Jesus and Christ who remained silent and received everything with love. Bishop Ignatie noted that “at the feet of the Cross there was so much concentrated evil that we could…

Sep 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Cluj Metropolitan brings school-supply kits to 400 Roma children

Four hundred Roma children from Turda-Fabrici Parish received backpacks, school supplies, sweets and prayer books. The gifts were personally offered by Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj, who visited the parish in Turda on Thursday, Sept. 9. The supplies were purchased by the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac, and Cluj, with the support of the “Orthodox Philanthropy” Association…

Sep 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bp Timotei: Orthodox Youth Association members are Christ’s “mystical disciples” who are not ashamed to profess Him

“The mission of the Church at the Holy Altar is complemented by wonderful projects, deeds and ideas of young people who are mystical disciples of the Saviour, who are not ashamed to profess Him and inspire others of the same age,” Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova said referring to the activity of young people from…

Sep 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Newly-established Romanian parish in Dubai celebrates its first patronal feast

The newly-established Romanian Orthodox parish in Dubai celebrated its patronal feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos for the first time. Father Alexandru Truşcan was presented as parish priest of the Romanian community. The delegate of the Romanian Patriarch at the events held in Dubai between September 7-11, 2021, was Protosyncellus Iachint Vardianu from Radu…

Sep 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu