Anniversaries and commemorations

Earth Day

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated around the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for environmental protection. First celebrated in 1970, it now includes events coordinated globally by the Earth Day Network in more than 193 countries. In 1969 at a UNESCO Conference in San Francisco, peace activist John McConnell proposed a day…

Apr 22, 2022Sorin Ioniţe

Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas, Nicolae Condrea, turns 55

His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the two Americas celebrates his 55th birthday on Friday, April 15, 2022. His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae was born in the city of Constanţa on April 15, 1967, to his parents Nicolae and Victoria, both now asleep in the Lord. In 1988 he was admitted to the Andrei Şaguna Orthodox Faculty…

Apr 15, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Elder Cleopa’s 110th birth anniversary

Considered by many people a unique “Avva” of the Romanian spirituality, as inspiringly Rev. Prof. Dr. Dumitru Staniloae called him, Elder Cleopa Ilie was born in Suliţa commune, Botoşani county, on April 10, 1912. His parents, Alexandru and Ana Ilie, called him Constantin, and he was the fifth child of the ten to this family of…

Apr 10, 2022Sorin Ioniţe

81st anniversary of the Fântâna Albă Massacre

April 1 became by law, adopted in 2011, a National Day honouring the memory of Romanians who were the victims of the massacres at Fântâna Albă and other areas, deportations, famine and other forms of repression organized by the totalitarian Soviet regime in Hertza region, northern Bukovina and the whole of Bessarabia. After signing the…

Apr 1, 2022Sorin Ioniţe

2022 World Water Day Theme: Groundwater – making the invisible visible

World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 every year. The focus for this year is groundwater which is a dwindling resource overused by many countries. World Water Day is celebrated on March 22 every year to highlight the importance of freshwater. The tradition has continued since 1993. According to the United Nations website, more…

Mar 22, 2022Iulian Dumitraşcu

Macedo-Romanian martyrs in the Balkans to be commemorated in Bucharest and Albania

The Day of the Macedo-Romanian Martyrs in the Balkans will be marked with memorial services in Bucharest and Korçë, Albania, on March 23. In Bucharest, a memorial service will be held at Mavrogheni Church at 10.00 a.m. The Macedo-Romanian Cultural Society organised the commemoration. At the Church of Saint Saviour in Korçë, the service will…

Mar 18, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel of Romania marks 32nd anniversary of episcopal ordination

Thirty-two years ago, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was ordinated to the episcopate at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timisoara. Patriarch Daniel, the sixth leader of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was born on 22 July 1951, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, Timiş County, as the third child of teacher Alexie and his wife Stela Ciobotea. Between 1974…

Mar 4, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

World Wildlife Day 2022. Over 8,400 species are critically endangered

World Wildlife Day (WWD) is observed on March 3, annually, to spread awareness about the wild flora and fauna across the world. World Wildlife Day is celebrated in 2022 under the theme “Recovering key species for ecosystem restoration”. The celebrations will seek to draw attention to the conservation status of some of the most critically…

Mar 3, 2022Sorin Ioniţe

The Holy Prophet Daniel inspired Patriarch Daniel to serve Romanians abroad

The Holy Prophet Daniel, a pastor for his people during the Babylonian exile, is the spiritual protector of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, who leads the Romanian Orthodox Church during the most extensive spread of Romanians on all meridians of the globe. Intrinsically, the Prophet Daniel is a source of inspiration for the many initiatives coordinated…

Dec 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

38th anniversary of the repose of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann

Monday, December 13, 2021 marks the 38th anniversary of the repose of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and one of the 20th century’s leading Orthodox Christian theologians. Father Alexander was born in Estonia in 1921 to a family of Russian emigres. He spent his youth in France, where he completed his…

Dec 13, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

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