Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Justinian’s 120th birthday anniversary: “A sailor’s mastery is seen in times of storm”

“Saint John Chrysostom says that a sailor’s mastery is seen in times of storm,” said on Monday Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova referring to Romania’s former Patriarch Justinian Marina. “His pastoral ministry took place in a time of storm when adverse waves threatened the Church’s ship,” the bishop added. The Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese…

Feb 25, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

It was necessary to show by deeds how important philanthropy is, Patriarch Daniel says

The Romanian Orthodox Church marked the commemorative year of the Romanian philanthropists (2020) through concrete activities, said Patriarch Daniel in his opening remarks at the National Church Assembly’s meeting at the Patriarchate Palace on Wednesday. “We did not start with the history of philanthropists, but with the deeds of philanthropy, because it was necessary to…

Feb 24, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Nicolae: Romanians in America want to keep their identity through the Church

The generation of Romanians who emigrated overseas after 1990 “is the generation of Romanians who want to keep their Romanian identity through the Church,” said the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Two Americas in an interview with Lumina Newspaper. Therefore, “it is essential to continue to pray in Romanian, to keep our spirituality and traditions,”…

Feb 23, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Father Dan Damaschin speaks about the hardest case he encountered: If she departs, do we promise them to be well?

“I pondered for a long time whether or not I should talk about Veronica. Why? Because it’s by far the hardest case lately. Because so much pain invaded my heart, seeing that for seven years of illness, in which about three children were born, no man was found to help her and deliver her, when…

Feb 23, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop Varsanufie: The Church has actively contributed to Roma liberation, social inclusion

The Church has actively contributed to Romani people’s liberation, and supports their social inclusion, the Archbishop of Râmnic said on Saturday, during a memorial service for the Roma who died in deportation and slavery. The event marked 165 years since the liberation of Roma in Romanian Principalities. Representatives of the Roma community at the national…

Feb 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The ladder that is difficult to climb: Triodion calls us to humility, Bp Timotei says

His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Saturday at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest. In his homily, he spoke about the spiritual significance of the Triodion. It calls us “to humility, which can exalt man to God,” he said. This path is like a ladder that is difficult to climb.…

Feb 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

“The joy of being alone, a stranger, forgotten, humiliated, hit, but never defeated.” Commemoration of martyrs at Târgu Ocna

“If you read the poems and texts of those who suffered in communist prisons, you will see that every word they uttered reflects another way to rejoice. The joy of being alone, a stranger, forgotten, kneeling, hit, but never defeated,” said Archimandrite Pimen Costea, administrative vicar of the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău Thursday, February…

Feb 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The mission of the Church is to build peace, new Serbian Patriarch says at enthronement ceremony

Metropolitan Porfirije Perić officially became the 46th Patriarch on the Throne of St. Sava, after his enthronement as the new Archbishop of Pec, Metropolitan of Belgrade-Karlovac and Patriarch of Serbia Hundreds gathered on Friday at St. Michael’s Cathedral in Belgrade to attend the enthronement ceremony of His Beatitude Porfirije, the new Patriarch of the Serbian…

Feb 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Monastery in Ireland gives thanks for full purchase of land and buildings

“Nun Iosifia and the small community of the monastery with its workers and benefactors” sign a message of thanks to those who contributed to the establishment of the Romanian Orthodox Monastery of The Life-Giving Spring and St. Ciaran in Ireland. The monastery was founded on the site of a former Catholic monastic settlement that belonged…

Feb 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Dacia Felix Bishop about Serbian Patriarch Porfirije: “He knows very well the realities of this blessed, multiethnic space”

His Grace Bishop Daniil of Dacia Felix conveyed congratulations to the newly elected Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church after his enthronement at St Michael Cathedral in Belgrade on Friday. “The election and enthronement of Metropolitan Porfirije of Zagreb and Ljubljana as new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church is a spiritual joy for the…

Feb 20, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Serbian Patriarch Porfirije’s first statement: I entreat all to pray for me

Immediately after his election, the new Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church urged everyone to pray to God for him. “Today, I call God’s blessing upon all our brothers and sisters—the children of our Church of St. Sava, and all people of goodwill and upon the whole world. I entreat all to pray to God…

Feb 19, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu