The Week in Pictures: March 29 – April 4, 2021
The first week of April was marked by the veneration of the Holy Cross and the commemoration of those who reposed to the Lord. We present our selection of pictures from March 29 to April…
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Assistant Bishop Benedict celebrates Int’l Roma Day with Romanian-Romani bilingual liturgy
“We are delighted that you are many and you are young. It’s a big deal in a world where there are fewer and fewer children. It is a great thing that you give birth, that…
Cluj Cathedral’s chanters, sextons receive ecclesiastical awards as recognition from Metropolitan Andrei
The lay chanters and sextons of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Cluj received ecclesiastical awards from His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei on Sunday. The awards were given at the end of the Divine Liturgy “as a sign…
14 Patriarch Daniel Quotes on the Holy Cross as Mystery
When we venerate the Holy Cross, we actually honour the crucified Christ. The sign of the Cross shows us Christ’s forgiving, patient, sanctifying, and saving love. The Cross cannot be turned into a magic sign,…
Pătrăuţi Monastery reopens after more than 200 years
Pătrăuţi Monastery was reopened after being abolished by the Habsburg Monarchy more than two centuries ago. On the Sunday of the Holy Cross, His Grace Assistant Bishop Damaschin of Dorna installed Mother Alexandra (Bădragan) as…
Patriarch Daniel urges more communication and communion among Orthodox Students Association branches
After praying together at the Patriarchal Cathedral on Sunday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed the representatives of the branches of the Romanian Orthodox Christian Students Association (ASCOR) at the Patriarchal Residence. Being informed about the agenda set by…
#FearNot, put on the armour of St Stephen: the Cross and the fast
The Church has set a feast of the Holy Cross in the middle of Lent so that, looking to the sign of our Lord Jesus Christ’s victory over death, Christians may have courage in the…
Avrig Orthodox Parish joins greening activity, collects 32 tons of waste
The faithful of “The Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem” Orthodox Parish in the city of Avrig participated in a greening activity carried out in the vicinity of the locality on March 27, 2021. Under the motto “Let’s…
To preserve our identity, we must translate our values into the language of the country in which we live: Romanian priest in Italy
In an interview offered for the Communication Department of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy, father Gheorghe Verzea, a parish priest in Padua since 2000, talked about the risk of losing the Romanian identity in…
Presbytera Narcisa Cădă recommends Christian literature: “Children will be richer in their love for others”
“If we want to have children close to Christ and the Church, if we want children to find peace in the tumult of today’s life, but also models of Christ-like living, we recommend parents to…