Iulian Dumitraşcu

Bishop Macarie: Jesus Christ was born for you!

By God’s grace Bishop of the Orthodox Romanians living in Northern Europe, to the most reverend clergy, the venerable monastics and the beloved faithful: Greetings with a holy embrace in Christ Emmanuel, Who was born in the manger of Bethlehem and in the manger of our hearts! My beloved spiritual sons and daughters, Our Lord’s…

Dec 22, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Sawa celebrates his 38th episcopal consecration anniversary

His Beatitude Sawa (Hrycuniak), Archbishop of Warsaw and Metropolitan of All Poland celebrates Saturday his 38th episcopal consecration anniversary. His Beatitude Sawa is the current head of the autocephalous Church of Poland. He is the eighth hierarch to head the Polish church since it was granted autocephaly by the Patriarch of Constantinople in 1924. As…

Nov 25, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

HB Theodoros II celebrates his 63rd birthday anniversary

HB Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, celebrates his 63rd birthday anniversary. His Beatitude (born Nicholas Horeftakis), was born in Crete in 25 November 1954, where he completed his schooling. He is a graduate of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of Athens and holds a degree from the Theological Faculty of the…

Nov 25, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

12th enthronement anniversary of His Beatitude Theophilos III

His Beatitude Theophilos III celebrates on 22 November 2017 his 12th enthronement anniversary. His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952.  He arrived in Jerusalem in July 1964 and…

Nov 22, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Kirill celebrates his 71st birthday

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrates on 20 November 2017 his 71st birthday. His Beatitude Kirill (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…

Nov 20, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Anastasios celebrates his 45th episcopal consecration anniversary

The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church celebrates on 19 November 2017 his 45th episcopal consecration anniversary. 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…

Nov 19, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary to support Pro Vita Association in Valea Plopului

This year, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary will once again participate in #GivingTuesday, scheduled for Tuesday, November 28, and it will be tithing 10% of the total funds raised to Pro Vita Association for the Born and Unborn in Valea Plopului, Romania, an organization that provides shelter, healthcare and education to orphans and family members in need. If St. Vladimir’s Seminary…

Nov 17, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Chrysostomos II celebrates his name day

On 13 November 2017 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, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

11th enthronement anniversary of His Beatitude Chrysostomos II

On 12 November 2017 His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates the 11th 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, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romanian Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas offers prayers for New York, Texas victims

Following the attacks in New York and Texas, His Eminence Nicolae, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas, offered his condolences and prayers. A statement posted on the diocesan website reads: The priests and faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas express their compassion for the victims of the attacks in New York and Sutherland…

Nov 7, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Ilia planning to visit Russia for centenary of restored Patriarchate 

His Beatitude Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia has accepted the invitation of His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill to visit Moscow on December 4 for the celebration of the centenary of the restoration of the Russian Patriarchate, saying he is ready to visit, health allowing, reports Ria-Novosti, quoted by orthochristian.com. Patriarch Ilia has had several health problems lately.…

Nov 6, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu