Diaspora

Commemorative plaque installed at Kufstein prison to honour the Holy Transylvanian Confessors

The Holy Transylvanian Confessors were commemorated on Saturday, October 21, at the prison where they suffered martyrdom. The Romanian community in Kufstein installed a commemorative plaque to honour the martyrs inside the Austrian jail. The events dedicated to the Transylvanian Confessors Bessarion, Sophronios, Oprea and priests John of Galeș and Moses of Sibiel began with…

Oct 23, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Nicolae urges prayer for peace: “Pray to the Lord to change the hearts”

In the context of reignited violence in Israel, which has led to an attack on a monastery in Gaza, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas has asked the clerics and the faithful to pray for peace. “Pray to the Lord to change the hearts of those who started the war and restore peace and…

Oct 23, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel urges Romanians abroad to come back home

During a ceremony at the Patriarchal Cathedral marking the 16th anniversary as primate of the Romanian Orthodox Church, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel noted the “unprecedented reality in the history of the Romanian people”: over 6 million Romanians have left Romania over the last 15-20 years. His Beatitude stated that “this unprecedented situation is a challenge…

Oct 4, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Spain: Relic of St Thecla offered to Romanian Orthodox community in Sabadell

The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Tarragona, Mons. Juan Planellas offered the Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Spain and Portugal a fragment of the relics of the Holy Protomartyr and Equal-to-the-Apostles Thecla, protector of the city of Tarragona. The relic will be kept at the Sabadell Romanian Orthodox Parish in Spain, which is placed under the patronage…

Sep 26, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Paris: Assistant Bishop Nectarie of Brittany ordained in the “shadow and light” of the Cross

His Grace Nectarie of Brittany was ordained as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Western Europe at the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in Paris on Saturday. Metropolitan Iosif urged the new bishop to carry out his ministry, being inspired by Christ’s sacrifice on the Cross. “We are in the days of the Cross, and this…

Sep 20, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel congratulates Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe for 15th anniversary

In a message for the 15th anniversary of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe on Sunday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel praised the Diocese that “since its inauguration, has become a significant link for the unity of the Romanians in the Scandinavian diaspora.” Please find below the full text of Patriarch Daniel’s message titled “A…

Aug 28, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Farthest church from Romania consecrated for Orthodox Romanians in Christchurch

During a special ceremony last Sunday, His Grace Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand consecrated the altar of a new church dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos that hosts the Romanian Orthodox community in Christchurch. The events also marked the patronal feast of the parish church. In the diaspora, the patronal feasts of…

Aug 23, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Petru reminds Romanians abroad that faith transcends earthly boundaries and addresses hearts

“The Orthodox Church, in all its greatness and millennial wisdom, is, above all, a spiritual community, a Eucharistic gathering of the faithful, regardless of their geographical location,” His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia recalled in a message occasioned by Romanian Migrants’ Sunday. “Our Christian faith transcends earthly borders and addresses the hearts and souls of…

Aug 23, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Exterior lighting of Romanian Church in Olbia fascinates Sardinia press: “a true fairytale marvel”

Last week, the local press wrote about the charming appearance of the new Romanian Orthodox Church in Olbia, a town on the Italian island of Sardinia. The newly installed exterior lighting highlights the holy place. “The original church in the San Nicola neighbourhood, already beautiful during the day, illuminated like this gives the whole neighbourhood…

Aug 17, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Diocese takes steps to set up Orthodox Vicariate in Portugal

Setting up a new Orthodox Vicariate in Portugal was the main topic on the agenda of the administrative gathering of priests in the Romanian Orthodox Deanery of Portugal, which took place at the Dormition of the Theotokos Monastery in Aldeia de Santa Margarida on Monday, August 14. The meeting was chaired by His Grace Bishop…

Aug 17, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel urges Romanians abroad to take care of the elderly

In a message for the Sunday of Romanian Migrants observed by the Romanian Patriarchate on the first Sunday after the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Church is called “to intensify its pastoral program for elderly people, to think of new forms and modern pastoral methods, getting…

Aug 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu