Aurelian Iftimiu

1,000 Greek pupils chant hymns to Virgin Mary at Thessaloniki Cathedral service (video)

Around 1,000 pupils from 37 schools at all levels of education in Thessaloniki chanted hymns to the Virgin Mary at the city’s Hagia Sophia Church. The pupils, together with the choir of the Hellenic Army Officers’ School and the Eirmos Byzantine Children’s Choir of the Metropolis of Thessaloniki, provided the liturgical responses on Friday, 13…

Mar 16, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Religion teacher urges youth to strengthen faith to face life’s challenges

Denis Vlad, a religion teacher and parliamentary adviser, has urged young people to recognise the importance of faith in God for coping with life’s challenges and for healing. He said there are numerous examples showing that a strong faith in God provides not only emotional resilience but also physical strength. “We have many examples, books…

Mar 16, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

South Korean medical student baptised into Orthodox Church in Romania

Kim Hyeonwoo, a 25-year-old medical student from South Korea, was baptised into the Orthodox faith last Thursday at a church in Vaslui County, in eastern Romania. The sacrament was officiated by Archpriest Andrei Mereuță, dean of Bârlad, while the young man’s sponsors were Fr Sabin Apopei and his wife Maria, who guided him on the…

Mar 16, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch: Self-denial and taking up the Cross lead to salvation

“Self-denial, taking up or accepting the cross and following Christ are the three conditions for being Christians and attaining salvation or eternal life through the union of man with God, the source of eternal life,” said Patriarch Daniel of Romania on Sunday. The head of the Romanian Orthodox Church explained that Christian life cannot be…

Mar 16, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Ukrainian community in Romania marks 36 years since restoration of Orthodox Vicariate

The Ukrainian community in Romania marks 36 years since the re-establishment of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania on Monday. Following the fall of the communist regime, Orthodox Ukrainians in Romania initiated steps to obtain the blessing of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church for the restoration of the Ukrainian Vicariate, which had…

Mar 16, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian University hosts conference on history of Georgian Church

The Faculty of Orthodox Theology and Educational Sciences of Valahia University of Târgoviște hosted an academic conference on Thursday, attended by professors from Tbilisi and members of the university’s teaching staff. The discussions focused on the theme “The Church of Georgia in the 19th–20th Centuries”. Among the invited speakers were Dimitry Gegenava, vice-rector of Sulkhan-Saba…

Mar 13, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian priest warns individualism undermining family life

Fr. Narcis Stupcanu, a priest serving at the St. Paraskeva Parish in Berceni, Bucharest, said in an interview with Trinitas TV that one of the main problems affecting families today is individualism. “We have become very selfish and expect more from the other person than from ourselves,” the priest said. He noted that many people…

Mar 13, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Basarabia Metropolis approves Akathist to St Blandina, sets canonisation proclamation in Chisinau

Hierarchs of the Metropolis of Bessarabia met in a working session on Thursday at the Metropolitan Residence in Chisinau, where they approved the text of the Akathist to St Blandina of Iași and set the date and location for the local proclamation of her canonisation: 23 May 2026 in Chisinau. The meeting was chaired by…

Mar 13, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archbishop commemorates victims of communist labour camp at Salcia

Archbishop Casian Crăciun of Lower Danube on Monday commemorated the martyrs of the Salcia labour camp in the Great Brăila Island, where hundreds of anti-communist political prisoners died in suffering. The memorial service was held in connection with the feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and Romania’s National Day of Remembrance for anti-communist political…

Mar 13, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox priests bless cross monument at Bucharest Forensic Institute

Charity priests from the Archdiocese of Bucharest blessed a cross monument installed in the courtyard of the Mina Minovici National Institute of Legal Medicine in Bucharest on Tuesday. “The moment chosen, close to the Sunday of the Holy Cross at the midpoint of Great Lent, is symbolic for a place where suffering is constantly present, because families…

Mar 13, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

A new spiritual jewel: Relics of Venerable Philotimia of Râmeț, mother of St Dometius the Merciful, unearthed

“Today, a new spiritual jewel enters the sacred treasury of Râmeț Monastery: the honourable relics of Venerable Philotimia,” said Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia. “They will be venerated alongside those of Gelasius of Râmeț and Dometius the Merciful of Râmeț.” The archbishop made the remarks at Râmeț Monastery on Thursday during the exhumation of the…

Mar 12, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu