Anniversaries and commemorations

His Beatitude Anastasios celebrates his 90th birthday

The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church celebrates on 4 November 2019 his 90th birthday. 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 Kapodistrian University…

Nov 4, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

28th enthronement anniversary of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

On 2 November 2019, His Holiness Bartholomew celebrates the 28th anniversary of his enthronement as Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch. Born Demetrios Archondonis on 29 February 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew was elected in October 1991 as the 270th Archbishop of the 2000-year-old Church founded…

Nov 2, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Met. Rastislav of the Czech and Slovak Church celebrates his name day

His Beatitude Rastislav, the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, celebrates on 28 October his name day. Rastislav or Rostislav, also known as St. Rastislav, was the second known ruler of Moravia (846–870). Upon his initiative two brothers, Cyril and Methodius sent by the Byzantine Emperor Michael III in 863, translated…

Oct 28, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica Media Centre celebrates 12th anniversary

The Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate was established twelve years ago on the feast day of Saint Demetrios the New, Protector of Bucharest, marking the beginning of a fruitful Orthodox Christian ministry in Romania and abroad. The departments of the Media Centre – Radio Trinitas, Trinitas TV, Lumina Publications, Basilica News Agency and…

Oct 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2019

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty is celebrated across the globe every year on 17 October to raise awareness about the people who are struggling and living in poverty. It is necessary to remove poverty mainly in developing countries. As we know that poverty has many faces, it changes from place to place. For…

Oct 17, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Bulgarian Patriarch Neophyte celebrates His 74th Birthday

His Beatitude Neophyte, Bulgarian Orthodox Church, celebrates on Tuesday, October 15, his 74th Birthday. Patriarch Neophyte (Bulgarian: Патриарх Неофит, secular name Simeon Nikolov Dimitrov; born 15 October 1945, Sofia) is the current head of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church from 24 February 2013. Prior to his election, he was the Metropolitan of Ruse. After completing his…

Oct 15, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

12 October 2019: the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day

12 October 2019 is the World Hospice and Palliative Care Day. The WHPCD 2019’s theme is My Care, My Right and aims to communicate that palliative care can be demanded by the public – and that, together, every person impacted by a life-limiting illness can influence their policymakers to prioritize palliative care financing under Universal…

Oct 12, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

World Teachers’ Day: “Young Teachers: The future of the Profession.”

Held annually on 5 October since 1994, World Teachers’ Day commemorates the anniversary of the adoption of the 1966 ILO/UNESCO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers. In 2019, World Teachers’ Day will celebrate teachers with the theme, “Young Teachers: The future of the Profession.” This Recommendation sets benchmarks regarding the rights and responsibilities of teachers…

Oct 5, 2019Mihail Mere-Albe

38 Years since the episcopal consecration of HB Arch. Hieronymos II of Athens

His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece celebrates on 04 October 2019 his 38th anniversary of episcopal consecration. His Beatitude Hieronymos II born Ioannis Liapis in Oinofyta, Boeotia, in 1938, is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy and of the Faculty of Theology of the University of Athens and holds degrees in…

Oct 4, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

12 years as Romania’s Patriarch

On Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates his 12th anniversary at the helm of the Romanian Orthodox Church. This is the official celebration of Patriarch Daniel or the Patriarch of the National Cathedral as many could call him maybe superficially. However, there are many other “cathedrals” built under the Patriarch’s guidance, even though they are…

Sep 30, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

On the European Day of Languages we celebrate a Romanian Saint who was a polyglot

The European Day of Languages (EDL) was first celebrated in 2001 during the European Year of Languages. At the end of this campaign the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers decided to make EDL an annual event, to be celebrated each 26 September. Every year, millions of people in the Council’s member states and elsewhere…

Sep 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu