Iulian Dumitraşcu

Welcome to Romania! – Message by Romanian Patriarch Daniel at the reception of foreign delegations

Welcome speech of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, at the reception of foreign delegations at the “Holy Emperors Constantine and Helen“ Patriarchal Cathedral, Bucharest, 23 November 2018: Your Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, Your Eminence Chrysostomos, Metropolitan of Patra, On behalf of the members of the Holy Synod…

Nov 23, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Honourable Hand of Saint Andrew the First-Called arrives in Romania 

The Honourable Hand of Saint Andrew the First-Called arrived Friday morning in Bucharest being brought for the consecration of Romania’s National Cathedral, an event that will be recorded by history. The reliquary containing the Honourable Hand of Romania’s Patron Saint was brought by a delegation of the Greek Orthodox Church, led by Metropolitan Chrysostomos of…

Nov 23, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Ilia of Georgia baptize 700+ children in 56th mass ceremony

His Holiness Patriarch-Catholicos Ilia II of Georgia, the most beloved and trusted man in the nation, has celebrated his 56th mass Baptism ceremony at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, the site of the Georgian Orthodox Church informs, quoted by Orthochristian.    More than 700 children became the patriarch’s Godchildren this time around at the mass…

Nov 21, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Statement by the Orthodox Bishops’ Conference of Benelux

The Orthodox Bishops’ Conference of Benelux posted this official statement on their website: Brussels – On Wednesday, November 14, 2018, the Orthodox Bishops’ Conference of Benelux (CEOB) met for the sixteenth time at the headquarters of the Orthodox Metropolis, 71 Avenue Charbo. The meeting was chaired by His Eminence Metropolitan Athenagoras of Belgium (Ecumenical Patriarchate).…

Nov 17, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

A New Men’s Monastery for the British Isles and Ireland

His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan of the British Isles and Ireland has established a new men’s cenobitic brotherhood within the Antiochian Patriarchate. The Brotherhood of the Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul has been blessed to inhabit the Monastery of St Antony and St Cuthbert, reports The Brotherhood of the Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul is the…

Nov 14, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Memorial cross torn down in Lesvos has been replaced  

A memorial cross on the Greek island of Lesvos has been re-erected after it was torn down two weeks ago, reports orthochristian.com. The cross was originally erected on the shore of Apelli, under the castle of Mytilene in Lesvos in early September in honor of the people who have died swimming there. It was soon…

Oct 20, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

30th Anniversary since the opening of the Monastery of The Transfiguration in Gapyeong

On October 3, 1988 the inauguration of the Holy Monastery of the Transfiguration of the Savior in Korea was celebrated by the late Metropolitan of New Zealand and Exarchate of Korea, Dionysios, reports orthodoxkorea.org. On October 3, 2018, along with the 30th Anniversary of the Holy Monastery, we celebrated the 24 Saints, Protectors of the…

Oct 18, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus announces he is suffering from cancer

In a recent interview with philenews posted on Romfea, His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II of Cyprus spoke for the first time about cancer he has been battling since the beginning of the summer, reports orthochristian.com. The Archbishop says he wants everyone to know his struggle. “There are two tumors on my liver. They cut my intestine, the cancer…

Oct 17, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Bulgarian Orthodox Patriarch Calls For Medical Donations

October 15 marks the 73rd birthday of Bulgaria’s Patriarch and Sofian Metropolitan Neophyte. For his birthday, his Excellency called for people to donate to a charity campaign for buying a Rotem Sigma apparatus for the maternity ward at Sheinovo Hospital. The equipment is used for diagnosing blood loss in patients with severe health issues, reports…

Oct 16, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

In pictures | Patriarchal Divine Liturgy at Belgrad St Sava Cathedral

The feast-day of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God, the 14th of October, 2018, was solemnly celebrated with the Holy Liturgy in the crypt of the Memorial Cathedral of Saint Sava in the Vracar district of the Serbian capital city, officiated by the Primates of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the Patriarchate…

Oct 16, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

ARTE TV has released a video that highlights the painted monasteries in Romania

Please find available online and below until October 14th, this film by Arte on the painted monasteries of Bukovina in Romania, more precisely on that of Suceviţa, reports Orthodoxie.com. Click on the Video Settings (bottom right corner of the video) to get English subtitles. Excerpt from the presentation: “In the extreme north of Romania, not far from the Ukraine…

Sep 20, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu