Iulian Dumitraşcu

46th episcopal consecration anniversary of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

On 25 December 2019 His Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, celebrates his episcopal consecration anniversary. Born Demetrios Archondonis in 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew was elected in October 1991 as the 270th Archbishop of the 2000-year-old Church founded by St. Andrew, serving as Archbishop of…

Dec 25, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona reposes in the Lord

Elder Ephraim of Philotheou and Arizona has reposed in the Lord, report katanixi.gr and the Orthodoxia News Agency. The Athonite elder loved throughout the entire Orthodox world, reposed at about 10:00 PM at St. Anthony’s Arizona in Florence, Arizona, which he founded in 1995. He founded 17 monasteries in all in America and Canada and remained the spiritual…

Dec 9, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Neophyte celebrates his 34th episcopal consecration anniversary

His Beatitude Neophyte, the Patriarch of Bulgarian Orthodox Church, celebrates Sunday his 34th episcopal consecration anniversary. Patriarch Neophyte (Bulgarian: Патриарх Неофит, secular name Simeon Nikolov Dimitrov; born 15 October 1945, Sofia) is the current head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church from 24 February 2013. Prior to his election, he was the Metropolitan of Ruse. After…

Dec 8, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

NBR: Numismatic issues dedicated to The History of Gold and The Completion of the Great Union – Ion I. C. Brătianu

The National Bank of Romania (NBR) put into circulation on Tuesday, 3 December 2019,  for numismatic purposes, a gold coin dedicated to “The History of Gold – the lei 50 coin bearing the year 1922” and a commemorative collector banknote with the face value of lei 100 to mark the anniversary of “The Completion of the Great Union…

Dec 4, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Met. Rastislav of the Czech and Slovak Church celebrates his 7th episcopal consecration anniversary

His Beatitude Father Rastislav, the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, celebrates on 18 November 2019 7th episcopal consecration anniversary. Rastislav or Rostislav, also known as St. Rastislav, was the second known ruler of Moravia (846–870). Upon his initiative two brothers, Cyril and Methodius sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael…

Nov 18, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Chrysostomos II celebrates his name day

On 13 November 2019 His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates his name day. He was born in Tala village, Paphos. At the age of 10 he lost his father and two years later, after finishing his elementary education, he joined the monastery of Ayios Neophytos in Paphos. He also attended…

Nov 13, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

13th enthronement anniversary of Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus

On 12 November 2019 His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates the 12th enthronement anniversary. He was born in Tala village, Paphos. At the age of 10 he lost his father and two years later, after finishing his elementary education, he joined the monastery of Ayios Neophytos in Paphos. He…

Nov 12, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Anastasios celebrates his 90th birthday

The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church celebrates on 4 November 2019 his 90th birthday. His Beatitude Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, was born on November 4, 1929, in Piraeus, Greece. Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos) Professor of History of Religions (1972-92) and Dean of the Theological Faculty of the National and Kapodistrian University…

Nov 4, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

28th enthronement anniversary of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

On 2 November 2019, His Holiness Bartholomew celebrates the 28th anniversary of his enthronement as Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch. Born Demetrios Archondonis on 29 February 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew was elected in October 1991 as the 270th Archbishop of the 2000-year-old Church founded…

Nov 2, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Met. Rastislav of the Czech and Slovak Church celebrates his name day

His Beatitude Rastislav, the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, celebrates on 28 October his name day. Rastislav or Rostislav, also known as St. Rastislav, was the second known ruler of Moravia (846–870). Upon his initiative two brothers, Cyril and Methodius sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III in 863, translated…

Oct 28, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

NBR: Numismatic issues dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – Queen Maria

The National Bank of Romania (NBR) will put into circulation, as of 28 October 2019, for numismatic purposes, gold and brass collector coins, along with a brass circulation coin, dedicated to the Completion of the Great Union – Queen Maria. Obverse of the gold coin: image of King Ferdinand I and Queen Maria visiting the…

Oct 22, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu