Diaspora

Romanian Parish in Dubai plans to build Orthodox sports centre

A social sports centre will be built near the new church of the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Dubai. The project aims to support and strengthen the Romanian community in the United Arab Emirates by creating a space where traditional Romanian values can be promoted. The centre was initiated by the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Dubai…

Feb 21, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Diocese of Canada to host Abbot Ephraim of Vatopaidi’s online dialogue with youth, parents and teachers

The Diocese of Canada will host on Saturday, February 12, an online dialogue between Archimandrite Ephraim, Abbott of the Holy Mount Athos’ Vatopaidi Monastery, and youth, parents and teachers from the Romanian diaspora in Canada. The goal of the meeting is to promote religious education in the Orthodox world. The event starts at 1:00 pm…

Feb 6, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

“Be in the light of Christ!” Romanian Bishop of Canada’s message for the World Day of Orthodox Youth

The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada sent a message for young people on Wednesday, when the World Day of Orthodox Youth was marked. He urged them to keep faith and grow in virtue so that they may overcome all challenges. “I urge you to be in the light of Christ!” wrote the hierarch. “This year…

Feb 5, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

La Courneuve – Paris: Romanian church consecrated on eve of the Three Holy Hierarchs feast

The church of the “Three Holy Hierarchs” Romanian Parish in La Courneuve – Paris was consecrated last Saturday, on the eve of its patronal feast. The consecration service was officiated in Romanian and French by Romanian Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, who was joined by Archbishop Job of Telmessos (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople),…

Feb 1, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Patriarchate’s representative to Cyprus awarded Order of Cultural Merit by President Iohannis

The Romanian Patriarchate’s representative to Cyprus, Fr. Matei Petre, received an order of cultural merit from the President of Romania, Klaus Iohannis, in recognition of his efforts to consolidate Romanian spirituality and culture in the Republic of Cyprus. The President of Romania signed the decoration decree for the Rev. Stavrophore Fr. Matei Petre on January…

Jan 28, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

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