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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Dostoevsky’s 200th birth anniversary: The Philokalic dimension of an Orthodox writer’s work
Great Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky’s work decisively marked the literature, philosophy, psychology and theology of the 20th century. He was born in Moscow two centuries ago, on November 11, 1821. Dostoevsky was born in…
Romania’s National Cathedral Volunteers renovate oncology hospital ward in Bucharest
Bucharest’s “Dr Al. Trestioreanu” Oncology Institute inaugurated on Tuesday its Medical Oncology Ward No. 2, renovated by Romania’s National Cathedral Volunteers. In record time – only 60 days – they provided over 200,000-Euros refurbishing works.…
Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada meets Catholic Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil
HE Ioan Casian, the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, had an inter-Christian meeting of proximity with Claude Hamelin, Roman-Catholic Bishop of Saint-Jean-Longueuil. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the nearby Roman Catholic diocese.…