Discussions took place at the Phanar, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 12-13 January 2016, between the two sides of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, which until yesterday had been in dissension following…
The Romanian Patriarchate has learned with much sorrow of the terrorist attack, which took place on 12 January 2016 in the historical center of Istanbul, and caused the death of ten innocent people and injuries…
The Romanian Patriarchate has taken note with concern of the critical situation of the Bodnariu family in Norway due to the forced separation of the five children from their parents, following the decision of the…
The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch, during its consultative session held on Monday, 11 January 2016, in Balamand, discussed on the works of the Pan-Orthodox Synod that is to take place later this…
Today, 10 January 2016, the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates Saint Pious Antipas from Calapodeşti. On this day, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, visited the monastic community and the faithful of Christiana…
Pious Antipas was born in 1816, in Calapodeşti village, today Bacău county. His father, Gheorghe Constantin Luchian, was a deacon at the village church and his mother, Ecaterina Manase, became a nun later on, by…
On 7 January 2015, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Synaxis of Saint Prophet John the Baptist. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romanian delivered a sermon in the chapel of the Patriarchal Residence dedicated to Saint…
On 6 January 2016, the Orthodox Church celebrates the Baptism of the Lord. The feast reminds of the Baptism of Jesus Christ, our Lord, in the River Jordan and His recognition as Messiah by Saint…
Tuesday, 5 January 2015, the servant priests of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest announced the Baptism of the Lord to His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and sprinkled the rooms of the…
The canonization of the Righteous John Bosoy (the Barefooted) took place at the Nativity of the Mother of God – Desyatinnaya Monastery in Kiev, on 29 December 2015. On this occasion, His Beatitude Onuphry, Metropolitan…