Aurelian Iftimiu

20th anniversary of the uncovering of the relics of St Matrona. Patriarch Kirill: ‘Let us transform sorrow into spiritual power and inner joy’

Twenty years have passed since the uncovering of the relics of Saint Matrona of Moscow, one of the most popular contemporary Russian Saints whose feast day was recently added to the calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church. To mark this important event for Moscow’s Intercession (Pokrovsky) Monastery where the holy relics of St Matrona are…

Mar 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Russian Orthodox Church adds nine Romanian Saints to its calendar

During this year’s first working session held Wednesday at St Daniel Monastery in Moscow, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church approved the proposal of Metropolitan Hilarion of Volokolamsk, Chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate’s Department for External Church Relations, to add to the Russian Church calendar several saints glorified by the Romanian Orthodox Church…

Mar 8, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Sainthood of Metr. Joseph Naniescu, Lay-Ascetic George Lazăr to be officially proclaimed on March 25 in Iași

The Doxologia Orthodox portal of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina announced the date when the sainthood of the two newly-canonized Metropolitan Joseph Naniescu and lay-ascetic George Lazăr will be officially proclaimed. The ceremony will take place at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iași on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 2018. The Holy Synod…

Mar 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

New Ukrainian Ambassador to Romania Oleksandr Bankov meets with Romanian Patriarch Daniel

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed Thursday, 1 March 2018, at his patriarchal residence His Excellency the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Ukraine to Romania Oleksandr Bankov. His Beatitude appreciated the good ties between the two nations and wished for their cultivation and strengthening. In this context, the Patriarch pointed to the spiritual unity of the…

Mar 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. ‘The Orthodox faith community makes a valuable contribution to Austria’s communal life.’

During his visit to Austria, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met Tuesday with Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. During the meeting that took place at the Federal Chancellery in Vienna, the two parties had the opportunity to discuss issues of common interest such as respect for religious freedom and human rights, the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s role and…

Mar 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Greek President receives highest decoration of Greek Orthodox Church

At the end of the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the Sunday of Orthodoxy by His Beatitude Archbishop Hieronymos at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Athens, the President of the Republic of Greece, Prokopis Pavlopoulos, was awarded the highest decoration of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Paul the Apostle. Athens…

Mar 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

50th anniversary of Austrian Orthodox Law. Ecumenical Patriarch thanks for good cooperation between Austrian State and Orthodox Church

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria, Orthodox and Roman-Catholic Bishops, Austrian state officials, and other personalities attended Tuesday evening a festive event in Vienna marking the 50th anniversary of the Orthodox Law (Orthodoxengesetz) adopted on 23 June 1967, by which the Orthodox Church in Austria has received a new legal basis for…

Mar 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Alexandria speaks at International Conference on Interreligious Dialogue in Vienna

His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria and All Africa Tuesday attended the Conference on Promoting peaceful coexistence and common citizenship organized in Vienna by the International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue – KAICIID. The conference created a first-ever joint action plan for Arab religious leaders to lead the way in repairing the divisions created by extremists,…

Mar 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel welcomes new Armenian Ambassador to Romania at his patriarchal residence

Tuesday, 27 February 2018, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, welcomed at the patriarchal residence His Excellency Sergey Minasyan, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia to Romania, and His Grace Bishop Datev Hagopian, Head of the Armenian Church in Romania. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel congratulated the new ambassador of…

Feb 28, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Ecumenical Patriarchate celebrates 1175th Sunday of Orthodoxy

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew Sunday presided over the Divine Liturgy celebrated at the St George Patriarchal Cathedral at the Phanar in Constantinople, the city where Orthodox hierarchs gathered in a Holy Synod and restored holy icons for the use in services and private devotional life of Christians after a century-long ecclesiastical differences. Bishop Adrian…

Feb 27, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Holy icons are the full profession of true faith in the Church,’ Patriarch Daniel says on Sunday of Orthodoxy

On the first Sunday of Great Lent, also called the Sunday of Orthodoxy, Patriarch Daniel pointed to the importance of holy icons in the Orthodox Church. They are not ‘a mere adornment in the church, but rather the full profession of the true faith in the Church: witness through words and witness through sight, because…

Feb 26, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu