Diaspora

Germany’s Greek Metropolitan visits Romanian Settlement in München

The Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Germany, Augustinos, visited the construction site of the Romanian Settlement in München last Sunday, Jan. 25, where he met with the Romanian Archdiocese’s Assistant Bishop Sofian of Brasov. “We were pleased to see together for the first time, among other things, the concrete structure of the future Baptistery in the…

Jan 31, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Life story of the Romanian bishop who was baptised at the age of 8: How he travelled from Bessarabia to Italy

The youngest Romanian bishop Atanasie of Bogdania turned 38 last Friday and on Saturday he celebrated his name day on the feast of Sts Athanasius and Cyril. In this context, Bp Atanasie spoke about the story of his life in an interview published by the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy. Born in Chisinau during the…

Jan 23, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas: ROYA Winter Camp

“How good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity” (Psalm 133), a fitting quote for this year’s ROYA winter camp which took place from December 26th, 2019 to January 1st, 2020 at the Protection of the Mother of God Monastery in Allegan, MI. This year’s camp focused its festivities and…

Jan 17, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe

Concert of Orthodox Church Music in Brussels

The Representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions and Les Grands Heures de la Cambre invite you to the classical music concert  “La spiritualité roumaine dans la création musicale religieuse” by the Nicolae Lungu Choir of the Romanian Patriarchate. The event will take place on January 24, 2020, at 20:00, in Abbaye de la Cambre,…

Jan 17, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

This is how Romanians in Zagreb celebrated Theophany: “By fasting and prayer we untie the Saviour’s sandals”

On the feast of Theophany, Father Nicolae Ceruta explained to the Romanians in Zagreb the meaning of the untying of the sandals of Christ’s feet, a sentence used by Saint John the Forerunner to describe his humble approach to the Saviour. ‘To untie someone’s sandals is on one hand an act of humility, and on…

Jan 14, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

HG Bishop Ioan Casian urges to pray for the victims of the tragic event of the UIA 752 crash in Tehran

With great sadness, the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada became aware of the recent tragic event of the UIA 752 crash that took place on January 8, 2020 near Tehran, carrying 176 passengers out of which 63 were Canadian citizens from the provinces: British-Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. Among the victims were…

Jan 9, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romanian Bishop visits Viterbo prison on Christmas, encourages inmates

The assistant bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy made a special effort to visit the Viterbo prison on Christmas Day. His Grace Bishop Atanasie of Bogdania was accompanied by Fr Walter Gabriel Andriuta and several volunteers from St Callinicus of Cernica Parish in Viterbo. The bishop officiated a trilingual service in Romanian, Italian…

Dec 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Don’t let yourself be crooked by your phones or tablets, Bishop Macarie urges

Warning the believers at Stavanger, Norway, about the addiction to new technologies, His Grace Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe said that we should not let ourselves to be crooked by our phones and tablets. “Don’t let yourself be crooked by your phones or tablets. Lift your gaze from the screen, from this virtual sky that…

Dec 13, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Founder of first Romanian Church in Africa honoured with highest distinction during consecration ceremony

Ioan Cuemjiev, the founder of the first Romanian Church in Africa, was honoured with the highest distinction of the Romanian Patriarchate, during the consecration ceremony performed on the feast of St Andrew the First-Called in Johannesburg. The delegate of the Patriarch of Romania was His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe. The Divine…

Dec 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

First Romanian Church in Africa to be consecrated this Saturday

A new church dedicated to Saint Andrew the First-Called who is considered the Protector of Romania will be consecrated this Saturday in Johannesburg, South Africa. The consecration ceremony will be officiated Nov. 30 by His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe. The event represents the crowning of the efforts of the Romanian community…

Nov 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

First Romanian monastery inaugurated in Portugal

The first Romanian Orthodox monastery in Portugal was inaugurated last Sunday, Nov. 17, by four Romanian hierarchs in Aldeia de Santa Margarida (Idanha-a-Nova). The monastery is dedicated to the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God. Headed by His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, the assembly of bishops officiated the…

Nov 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu