Gheorghe Anghel

Un symbole de la foi des Roumains de l’Europe Occidentale – la Cathédrale métropolitaine de Paris

Le message de Sa Béatitude Daniel, le Patriarche de l’Eglise Orthodoxe Roumaine, à l’occasion de l’anniversaire de 125 ans depuis la consécration de l’Eglise Roumaine de Paris, la Cathédrale métropolitaine des „Saints Archanges Michel, Gabriel et Raphael”, Paris, France, dimanche, le 5 novembre 2017 : La communauté orthodoxe roumaine de Paris, de France et de l’Europe…

Nov 5, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Siberian airline to name planes after saints

The Russian airline IrAero, based in Irkutsk and Omsk, has decided to name the planes of its new Sukhoi Superjet 100 fleet after several great saints, including apostles and great Russian saints. “Our air fleet has been replenished with nine Russian-made airplanes. Together with the Irkutsk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, the names of…

Nov 4, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Two talks of Elder Zacharis Zacharou at St. Tikhon’s Monastery

Elder Zacharis (Zacharou) from Holy Momastery of John the Forerunner in Essex, England, a spiritual child of the revered Elder Sophrony (Sakharov), recently visited St. Tikhon’s Monastery and Seminary in South Canaan, PA, where he offered two public presentations to the monastics, seminarians, and parish community. The first talk, “On the Priesthood,” was geared more…

Nov 4, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Call to prayer for the New York terror attack victims

Acknowledging with great concern that more and more innocent people are becoming victims of fanatical terrorist attacks, it is necessary to intensify our prayers for the cessation of hatred and violence that cause panic and insecurity in society. Let us pray to God especially on this Saturday and Sunday (November 4-5) for the rest of…

Nov 4, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Solemn commemorative act of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church (English/Russian)

Proclaimed today, 27 October 2017, during the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest: To the beloved clergy, the pious monastic community and the Orthodox faithful from the Romanian Patriarchate, Grace, peace, and joy from God, and from Us, hierarchical blessings! Venerating the saints, honouring the heroes of the nation, the hierarchs, the clergy,…

Oct 27, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Russian Patriarch arrives in Bucharest on historic visit

Thursday, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia has arrived in Romania. The plane bringing the Russian delegation, headed by Patriarch Kirill, landed on Henri Coandă International Airport at 16:43. This is the first visit of a Russian Patriarch in post-comunist Romania and the first visit of Patriarh Kirill in our country, since his election…

Oct 26, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

A profile of Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on November 20, 1946, in Leningrad. After graduation from school, he entered the Leningrad Seminary and later the Leningrad Theological Academy, from which he graduated cum laude in 1970. On April 3, 1969, Metropolitan Nikodim (Rotov) of Leningrad and Novgorod tonsured…

Oct 26, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

His Beatitude Patriarch John X pays historic visit to New York

The Patriarch is on a visit to the Antiochian Orthodox Christian Archdiocese of North America which includes nine Dioceses containing over 275 cathedrals, churches, and missions throughout the United States and Canada. The visit began on Friday, 20 October. His Beatitude will be in the Washington DC area to meet with the leadership of the…

Oct 24, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Pat. Kirill to bring relics of St. Seraphim to Romania

His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia will attend this year’s celebrations in honour of St. Demetrius the New, Protector of Bucharest. As a special blessing, he will bring with him a particle of the holy relics of St. Seraphim of Sarov. The relics will then be gifted to the Russian Orthodox community…

Oct 19, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

The International Orthodox Theological Association announces its Inaugural Conference in Iasi, Romania on 9-12 January 2019

The overarching theme of IOTA’s inaugural conference is Pan-Orthodox unity and conciliarity. As the event will take place in Iasi, Romania, the conference has the support of the leadership of the Romanian Orthodox Church. In addition, the Ecumenical Patriarch and other church leaders look favorably upon the endeavor. Each IOTA group is presently accepting 600-800…

Oct 17, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

25,000 prayerfully process with relics of St. Paraskeva in Iași

Approximately 25,000 faithful Orthodox Christians and over 100 priests prayerfully processed through the downtown streets of Iași yesterday, bearing the relics of their greatly-beloved St. Paraskeva, as well as relics of the holy Martyr Thekla, as part of the “Way of the Saints” pilgrimage St. Paraskeva is celebrated on October 14 in Romania. Her relics…

Oct 13, 2017Gheorghe Anghel