Anniversaries and commemorations

26th enthronement anniversary of His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

On 2 November 2017 His Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, celebrates the 26th enthronement anniversary. Born Demetrios Archondonis in 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 by St. Andrew, serving as Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and…

Nov 2, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

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

His Beatitude Father Rastislav, the Metropolitan of the Orthodox Church in the Czech Lands and Slovakia, celebrates on 28 October 28 2017 the spiritual protector: Saint Rastislav, the Prince of Moravia. 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…

Oct 28, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

HB Theodoros II celebrates his 13th anniversary as Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa 

HB Theodoros II celebrates Thursday his 13th anniversary as Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa. His Beatitude (born Nicholas Horeftakis), was born in Crete in 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 Aristotelian…

Oct 24, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Daniel – 10 years with devotion and self-sacrifice in the service of the Orthodox Church and of the Romanian people

On 30 September 2007, following his election by the Romanian Church’s Electoral College, His Beatitude Daniel was enthroned Patriarch or “chief father” of the Romanian Orthodox Christians. His Beatitude firmly and bravely assumed his mission as spiritual guide of all the believers of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the path that leads to the Kingdom…

Sep 30, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Ziua europeană a limbilor | 7 Sfinți români poligloți

La inițiativa Consiliului Europei, în fiecare an începând din 2001, în data de 26 septembrie este sărbătorită Ziua europeană a limbilor. Acest eveniment reprezintă o ocazie pentru a evidenția avantajele învățării limbilor străine: descoperirea unor culturi noi, posibilitatea de a căpăta o perspectivă diferită asupra lumii și de a-i înțelege mai bine pe cei din…

Sep 26, 2017Sorin Ioniţe

His Beatitude Patriarch John X of Antioch celebrates his name day

On the Repose of the Holy Apostle and Evangelist John, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all East, celebrates his name day. His Beatitude John X was born in 1955 in the city of Lattakia, Syria. His father Mounah Yazigi was from Lattakia, a teacher of the Arabic language. His mother Rosa Moussi…

Sep 26, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

On the first day of the Ecclesiastical Year, Christians pray for the environment

Twenty-eight years ago, the first day of the Ecclesiastical Year (Indiction) was established as World Day of Prayer for the Protection of Creation. In 1989, in a patriarchal encyclical the Ecumenical Patriarch Demetrius I invited all Christians to pray for the protection of the environment. This encyclical issued on the first day of the Ecclesiastical…

Sep 1, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel celebrates His 66th anniversary

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrates on saturday, 22 july 2017, his 66th anniversary. He was born on 22 July 1951, to parents Alexe and Stela Ciobotea, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, county of Timiş. He was baptised Dan-Ilie. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1958 – 1962 – he attends the primary school in his native…

Jul 22, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae Condrea celebrates today his 15th anniversary of episcopal consecration

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. He attended elementary school in his native city between 1973 and 1981. He attended the first two years of high school at the Mathematics & Physics High School…

Jul 14, 2017Gheorghe Anghel

Former Romanian Patriarch Teoctist’s 102nd Birthday Anniversary (1915-2017)

Tuesday, 7 February 2017, we remember the fifth Patriarch of Romania Teoctist on his 102nd Birthday Anniversary. Patriarch Teoctist pastored the Romanian Orthodox Church for 21 years and succeeded in maintaining a living Orthodox faith and tradition in extremely difficult times for Romania. Patriarch Teoctist was born on February 7, 1915, in the village Tocileni,…

Feb 7, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel of Romania celebrates today his protector saint

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, celebrates Saturday, 17 December 2016, his protector saint: Prophet Daniel. He was born on 22 July 1951, to parents Alexe and Stela Ciobotea, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, county of Timiş. He was baptised Dan-Ilie. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1958 – 1962 – he attends the primary school in his…

Dec 17, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu