Cultural

Church and religious art represent true cultural landmarks: CultMin Gheorghiu

‘The Church and the religious art in Northeastern Romania represent true cultural landmarks that attract visitors from all over the world,’ Romania’s Minister of Culture Bogdan Gheorghiu wrote on Facebook, AGERPRES reports. The statement was made following a meeting of the minister with a delegation of the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti, held at the…

Oct 19, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian actor Florin Piersic recounts being miraculously healed by St Paraskeva in his childhood

Romanian actor Florin Piersic told Doxologia.ro last Saturday how Saint Paraskeva of Iași miraculously healed him when he was a child, for his mother’s fervent prayers. The actor disclosed how attached he felt to the Church, his mother Vera being a priest’s sister.  The actor confessed he spent his childhood in an environment where the…

Oct 14, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

The virtual tour of the Diveyevo Monastery is available online

The virtual tour of the Diveyevo Monastery is available online on the monastery’s website. It includes 120 panoramas made in the daytime and at night. The tour presents an aerial panorama, views of the holy spring of St. Seraphim, of the Holy Canal along which walk and pray pilgrims and the Mother of God herself,…

Oct 12, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

What movies can be watched online at the 2020 Byzanfest Orthodox film festival

The 2020 edition of Byzanfest, the first film festival in history organized exclusively online, will be held between October 23 and November 8. The festival features exclusively films made by Orthodox directors and has two main sections: short and feature-length films. This year’s themes are isolation during the COVID-19 pandemic, monastic life, mental health, culture,…

Oct 12, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Father Ștefan Buchiu speaks about Father Stăniloae’s contribution to the Romanian and universal theology and culture

In an interview for Radio Trinitas, Rev. Stefan Buchiu, professor at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology at the University of Bucharest, presented the contribution of Father Dumitru Staniloae to Romanian and universal theology and culture. The novelty and strength of Father Stăniloae’s theology are given by the exit from academism and its openness to spirituality,…

Oct 8, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

The curch submerged under the Iznik Lake becomes more visible after water level drops

The remains of a 1,500-year-old church dedicated to St Neophytos have become more visible after the water level of the Iznik Lake in Turkey dropped. Greek Reporter quotes Daily Sabah, announcing that draught and pollution reduction have contributed to a better sight of the ruins, now situated only 1.5-2 meters below water level. The building…

Oct 2, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

The Romanian Cultural Institute: Online Romanian Language Classes for Foreigners

The third online series of the Romanian Language Classes for Foreigners will be organized, via Zoom or Google Meet, between October –  December, the Romanian Cultural Institute announces. With more than 12 years’ experience in teaching Romanian as a foreign language, the Romanian Cultural Institute has recently adapted its strategy to the Covid-19 pandemic context,…

Sep 23, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

The making of the movie about St Nektarios: How were the actors chosen

The second round of location shooting for Man of God, the movie about St. Nektarios of Aegina, is scheduled for the first part of September in Greece. Yelena Popovic, the movie producer, director and writer, told Greek journalists how she chose the actors. The saint is played by Aris Servetalis (Greece), who was the best…

Sep 7, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Last days to submit photos in the contest “Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland”

Thursday, September 3rd, is the last day of submissions for the the photo contest “Colours of Orthodoxy. Finland”. This year’s edition, as its name says, is dedicated to the diversity and beauty of Orthodoxy in Finland. The contest is organized by the Orthodox photo portal OrthPhoto.net in partnership with the Orthodox Church of Finland and…

Aug 31, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Language, Culture and Civilization to be taught as an optional subject in French schools

France has become this year the seventh European country where schools have the option to teach the subject of Romanian Language, Culture and Civilization (LCCR). The optional subject will start in three schools from the city of Le Blanc-Mesnil, near Paris. “It is the first step, the first classes to be held in France with…

Aug 26, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

El País | Sulina boasts the first church on Continental Europe seen by the rising sun

The Spanish daily El País has recently published a story about the Romanian port of Sulina, at the mouth of River Danube. The article names the city “The Kilometre Zero of a river which tells the story of Europe” and quotes the priest from the local Orthodox cathedral, the easternmost church in Romania. The story…

Aug 21, 2020Ștefana Totorcea