Diaspora

HE Ioan Casian: Christ reveals as the Messiah through the Samaritan woman, showing woman as equal to man in dignity

The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada said on Sunday that Christ revealed as the Messiah to all of us through the Samaritan Woman. He also emphasized that the profound dialogue between our Saviour and this woman shows that woman is equal to man in dignity. “In the Church we live in apostolic times,” said His…

Jun 1, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Over 100,000 Romanian children were baptized in Italy after bishop Siluan’s enthronement

Italy hosts the largest community of Romanians outside Romania. The first Romanian parish appeared on the peninsula in 1940. Still, it was not until May 8, 2008, that Orthodox Romanians in Italy had their own bishop, in the person of His Grace Bishop Siluan Şpan. Marking the 13th anniversary of Bishop Siluan’s enthronement, Assistant Bishop…

May 18, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bust of Romanian priest martyred on Pascha unveiled in Albania

A bust of Fr. Haralambie Balamace was unveiled in Korçë, Albania, on Monday, commemorating his martyrdom on Pascha night in 1914. The bronze statue was erected in the local Youth Park. The opening ceremony was attended by the Ambassador of Romania to Albania and representatives of the Aromanians in the area. Fr. Haralambie was killed…

May 13, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

HG Ioan Casian: Romanian faithful should confess their faith as the patron saints of the Romanian diaspora did

In his Easter Pastoral Letter, Bishop Ioan Casian of Canada called upon the faithful to follow in the footsteps of the patron saints of the Romanian diaspora, taking them as their models. “Let us also become steadfast confessors of the Orthodox faith, outstanding representatives of our traditional Christian values proven by time and experience, and…

May 4, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Through the Holy Baptism we are chosen to witness and proclaim the Resurrection: Metropolitan Nicolae

“Only those chosen by Christ to be the witnesses of His Resurrection can also be the preachers of this miracle. Christ appeared to the myrrh-bearers, the apostles, the disciples and lastly to St. Paul,” writes the Romanian Metropolitan of the two Americas in his Easter Pastoral Letter. “We too are following in the footsteps of…

May 1, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Bogota: The first ever divine liturgy celebrated in Romanian during the first visit of a Romanian priest in Colombia

Father Daniel Ene, Diocesan Secretary and Dean of New York, New England and US East Coast, visited Colombia at the beginning of the month. It was the first visit of a Romanian Orthodox priest in this country. On this occasion, Romanians from Bogota heard for the first time the Divine Liturgy in their native language.…

Apr 27, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Priest killed for serving in Romanian to be honoured with bust in Albania

A bust of Father Haralambie Balamace will be unveiled next month in Korçë, Albania, where the priest was martyred. The father was killed on Easter night in 1914 because he officiated the service in Romanian. A similar end had about 1,000 Romanians from the Balkans, teachers, professors, priests, and ordinary students because they defended the…

Apr 21, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

To preserve our identity, we must translate our values into the language of the country in which we live: Romanian priest in Italy

In an interview offered for the Communication Department of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy, father Gheorghe Verzea, a parish priest in Padua since 2000, talked about the risk of losing the Romanian identity in the Italian communities. Be smart The priest believes that “we should have the intelligence to learn from older emigrations.” “For…

Apr 6, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Job, driver’s license and an understanding wife, these are the criteria for clergy in the diaspora, Metropolitan Iosif says

The challenges faced by Romanian clerics abroad and the specifics of the diaspora’s mission were highlighted by Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe in an interview with Radio Trinitas. “To have a driver’s license, to be very mobile, to have an understanding wife,” are some of the criteria that a priest in the diaspora…

Mar 24, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Pan-Orthodox Vespers in Chicago. Saints look at us from the icons and call us to have a pure vision, Metropolitan Nicolae says

Although organized at the last minute by the Chicago Orthodox Clergy Association, the Vespers service on the Sunday of Orthodoxy was a moment of Orthodox communion that seemed lost in the last year due to coronavirus restrictions, the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas reports. Clergy and believers from the Chicago area met at St.…

Mar 23, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

During the pandemic, Romanians in Italy remained united and close to God: Assistant Bishop Atanasie of Bogdania

Journalist Cristian Curte published in the weekly Formula AS an interview with His Grace Assistant Bishop Atanasie of Bogdania, who explained how the pandemic was felt in the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy. “The Romanian is connected to the Church and the other Romanians,” said the bishop, and the hidden gift of the scourge was…

Mar 18, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu