Ștefana Totorcea

15th anniversary of Fr Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa’s blessed repose

Sunday marks 15 years from Fr Gheorghe Calciu-Dumitreasa’s blessed repose into the Lord. He was one of the most prominent opponents of communism and was imprisoned for more than 20 years on political grounds. He was among the prisoners of the infamous Pitești Experimental Prison. “I think many times, due to terror and fear, our…

Nov 21, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Romanian Patriarchate’s Solemn Year 2021 in Texas: Spiritual evenings with the dean of the Sibiu Faculty of Theology

Father Daniel Buda, Dean of the “Andrei Șaguna” Faculty of Theology in Sibiu, Romania, participated between November 5 and 15 in a series of spiritual evenings organized by two Romanian Orthodox missions in Texas. The themes of the meetings were chosen to mark the Romanian Patriarchate’s Solemn Year of the pastoral care of Romanians outside…

Nov 19, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Holy Synod urges practical solidarity among people in Nativity Fast encyclical

“We are going through an extremely difficult time in terms of safeguarding health and life, when many people are tried hard by the new epidemic which has extended globally. In this period we are in great need of prayer and brotherly support, in great need of getting closer to God and showing practical solidarity with…

Nov 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Priest renovating house for disabled women raising young girl

Fr. Alexandru Balaban, the parish priest of Dăeni, a village in Dobrudja, between River Danube and the Black Sea, is coordinating efforts to renovate a house inhabited by a little girl, eight-year-old Iulica, and by her mother and her aunt. The sisters are both disabled and struggling to raise the child and the rain was…

Nov 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: November 8 – 14, 2021

November 8 – 14 was the saints’ week. A week full of divine services and events showing the love of the Church for the angels and for saints Nektarios, Menas, John Chrysostom, Gregory Palamas and the Năsăud Confessors. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica…

Nov 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Teofan visits Covid-19 patients at St Parascheva Hospital ICU

Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina officiated on Wednesday the sacrament of the Holy Unction in the courtyard of “St Parascheva” Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases in Iași. Afterwards, the Romanian hierarch dressed in full sanitary protective equipment and went to bless and encourage the Covid-19 ICU patients. Florin Roșu, the hospital manager, described the…

Nov 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Dream home makeover: Parish priest makes young man return from abroad to be with his siblings

A young Romanian returned from Germany to his native country after a village priest told him on the phone that his abandoned siblings needed him. This story of personal transformation, responsibility and solidarity culminated when the Bishop of Tulcea blessed the reunited family’s new home, built by the team of the Dream Home Makeover television…

Nov 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

President of Heartbeat, the largest network of pregnancy help centers, to open pro-life conference in Romania

Jor-El Godsey, President of Heartbeat International, USA, is a keynote speaker at the fourth edition of Romania’s National Conference of Pregnant Women Support Centers. The event is organized on November 19-20 by the Association for the Support of Families and Pregnant Women and is open to all interested parties. The theme of the current edition…

Nov 17, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

EU Commission: 2022 to be the European Year of Youth

The European Commission adopted on Sunday the proposal to make 2022 the European Year of Youth. This proposal will be discussed by the EU Parliament and Council. Europe needs the vision, engagement and participation of all young people to build a better future, that is greener, more inclusive and digital, transmitted the European Commission in…

Nov 16, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Orthodox Church: Day of Bible promotes better knowledge of the Holy Scriptures

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church established in 2006 the Day of the Bible, to be marked yearly on November 13. The goal was to remind the faithful of their duty to read the Holy Scriptures. The Church celebrates on the same day St. John Chrysostom, who is considered the greatest interpreter of the…

Nov 13, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Parishes in Austria take steps to protect the environment

The General Assembly of the Romanian Orthodox Community in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, presided by Metropolitan Serafim, voted on Sunday a project whose goal is to raise awareness on ecological issues and increase the accountability of the faithful regarding God’s Creation. The project was unanimously voted and it provides that each parish implement eco-awareness…

Nov 12, 2021Ștefana Totorcea