Diaspora

Romanian Diocese of Italy expresses solidarity with victims of Genoa bridge collapse

A day after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, killing at least 39 people, the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy released a message expressing compassion and solidarity with the victims’ families. Full text: The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy learned with great sorrow the news that many people, including children, died under the ruins…

Aug 16, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

The Romanian Summer Festival took place in Chicago

The seventh edition of the Romanian Summer Festival took place this year again between faith and tradition, that is, between the New Gracanica Monastery, the site of Orthodoxy and the willow lake, which reminds of the Romanian lands and the waters where the women washed hemp, from which then they were weaving of our Romanian port. Faith…

Aug 3, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Romanian Bishop of Canada urges faithful to pray for Toronto attack victims

With great sadness, the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada learnt of the recent tragic event that took place last night in Greektown, Toronto, Canada. Two people have been killed and 12 others wounded, one of them critically, by a gunman who opened fire on a busy avenue in Canada’s largest city. H.G. Bishop Ioan Casian…

Jul 23, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Dr. Ionuț-Alexandru Tudorie named academic dean of SVOTS

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) has appointed Dr. Ionuţ-Alexandru Tudorie to the position of academic dean. The Seminary’s Board of Trustees selected Tudorie, a native of Romania, on July 18 after the Academic Dean Search Committee had narrowed down the list of possible candidates to two. The announcement concludes an extended and carefully-undertaken search process that…

Jul 23, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Schema-Archimandrite Gabriel Bunge meets with Orthodox Theologians from Munich

The Swiss theologian and patrologist Schema-Archimandrite Gabriel Bunge met last weekend with Theology professors and students from the Institute of Orthodox Theology at Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich. Archimandrite Gabriel Bunge retreated from the world 38 years ago in the Rovedero Capriasca hermitage, close to Lugano, and converted to Orthodoxy in 2010, after studying the writings of…

Jul 17, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Saint Andrew Șaguna added as second patron saint of Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in Melbourne

Saint Andrew Șaguna, Metropolitan of Transylvania, was added as a second patron saint of the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in Melbourne, which was originally dedicated to Sts Peter and Paul. Saint Andrew Șaguna lived in the 19th century in Transylvania and was glorified by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 2011. He is considered one of the…

Jul 3, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Nicolae sends condolences on death of Dr. Hugo Tristram Engelhardt Jr.

June 21, 2018 Fr. Julian Anitei and family Dear Fr. Julian, It is with deep sadness that we have heard about the passing away of your father in law, the respected Professor Dr. Tristram H. Engelhardt (Reader Herman). Dr. Engelhardt was professor in the Department of Philosophy at Rice University and professor emeritus in the…

Jun 23, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian is second most common non-British nationality in UK

Number of Romanian nationals living in UK in 2017 estimated to be 411,000, up 25% on 2016, The Guardian reports. There are now more Romanians living in the UK than there are Irish nationals or Indians, official figures reveal. Romania has overtaken the Republic of Ireland and India to move from fourth to second most-common…

May 29, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

New Romanian Church to be built in Melbourne

A new church will be built at the Life-Giving Spring Monastery in Melbourne, Australia, that will be dedicated to three Romanian Saints, Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand reported. The church will be built in the honour of Hieromartyr Teodosie of Brazi, Metropolitan of Moldavia, Saint Gregory the Teacher, Metropolitan of Wallachia, and Saint…

May 23, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Nicolae comments on Santa Fe attack: It is impossible to understand why these tragedies are repeating in the US

The Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicolae has sent a message in which he expresses his solidarity with the Santa Fe attack victims. Ten people have been killed and 10 others injured after a student opened fire at a Texas high school on Friday. Metropolitan Nicolae offers prayers for the souls of those who passed away saying…

May 19, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Bishop Ioan Casian prays for Toronto van attack victims at the scene of the accident

The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada, Ioan Casian, prayed Saturday for the victims of the van attack that took place in Toronto on April 23. The bishop and several priests went to the scene of the attack to light candles and pray for those who passed away. Bp Ioan Casian urged those present to entreat…

May 4, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu