Diaspora

President of Romania bestows order of merit on priest who brought down Lenin statue

The President of Romania bestowed on Wednesday the National Order of Merit upon a priest who reposed earlier this month and who was instrumental in the fight for Romanian democracy in the early 1990s. Fr. Sorin Grecu held a hunger strike before the statue of Lenin that once stood on Bucharest’s Free Press Square, which…

Jan 22, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Spain’s Romanian Bishop meets with Apostolic Nuncio Bernardito Auza

His Grace Bishop Timotei of Spain and Portugal met with Monsignor Bernardito Cleopas Auza, Apostolic Nuncio to the Kingdom of Spain and the Principality of Andorra. During the meeting on January 4, the two discussed several issues of common interest for the Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church and society as a whole. Among the…

Jan 14, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian church to be built in Dubai: It will not have high towers, but it will be welcoming

Romanians in Dubai could have their own church, Patriarch Daniel said at the end of the Christmas Divine Liturgy. The church plan has been submitted to the authorities in the United Arab Emirates and involves a holy place adapted to the cultural context of this country: it will not be very tall but small and…

Jan 12, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

France Orthodox Bishops pray for Orthodox unity, encourage affirmation of true faith

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of France (AEOF) resumed its regular meetings on December 14, under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Demetrios of France (Ecumenical Patriarchate). The bishops prayed for Orthodox unity and encouraged the affirmation of the true faith. After the introductory speech of Metropolitan Demetrios, the new chairman of the AEOF,…

Dec 25, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas: The Lord’s Nativity restores man to knowledge of God

Metropolitan Nicolae’s Pastoral Letter for the Lord’s Nativity points to the fact that the Lord’s Nativity restores man by bringing the Light of Knowledge: the knowledge of God. The hierarch quotes St. Athanasius the Great, who said that Adam’s sin consisted of turning away from the contemplation of God – of the One Who is,…

Dec 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Make your heart a bright and pure cave, Australia’s Romanian Bishop Mihail urges in Christmas encyclical

In this year’s Christmas encyclical, His Grace Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand emphasizes that the Nativity of the Saviour represents the fulfilment of all Old Testament prophecies. Through Him, divine revelation is concrete, complete, and perfect. “By the birth of Christ, the prophecies which God the Father revealed to His elect in the…

Dec 24, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

St. George the Pilgrim: Relics of the recently-glorified Romanian saint visiting US parishes

Orthodox faithful throughout the U.S. have a special opportunity now through early February to venerate the relics of one of Romania’s most recently glorified saints. With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the relics of St. George the Pilgrim have arrived in America. The relics have already visited a number of parishes in several…

Dec 23, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Parish in religiously diverse Luton marks its 10th anniversary

The Romanian Orthodox Parish in Luton celebrated its tenth anniversary on November 13, 2021. Last Sunday, the anniversary was marked during a festive Divine Liturgy celebrated by Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe. “All these years have been a time of patience for the church because only this year was it possible to obtain…

Dec 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian King Michael I’s bronze bust unveiled in London

Princess Margareta, the custodian of the Romanian Crown, together with Prince Radu Duda and Laura Popescu, Romania’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom, unveiled a bronze bust of King Michael I of Romania in London during a ceremony on Thursday, November 25, 2021. Located in the courtyard of the Romanian diplomatic mission in London, the bust…

Nov 29, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The Romanian Patriarchate’s Solemn Year 2021 in Texas: Spiritual evenings with the dean of the Sibiu Faculty of Theology

Father Daniel Buda, Dean of the “Andrei Șaguna” Faculty of Theology in Sibiu, Romania, participated between November 5 and 15 in a series of spiritual evenings organized by two Romanian Orthodox missions in Texas. The themes of the meetings were chosen to mark the Romanian Patriarchate’s Solemn Year of the pastoral care of Romanians outside…

Nov 19, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Parishes in Austria take steps to protect the environment

The General Assembly of the Romanian Orthodox Community in Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland, presided by Metropolitan Serafim, voted on Sunday a project whose goal is to raise awareness on ecological issues and increase the accountability of the faithful regarding God’s Creation. The project was unanimously voted and it provides that each parish implement eco-awareness…

Nov 12, 2021Ștefana Totorcea