Diaspora

Holy Synod elects two bishops for Romanian Diaspora

During its Thursday meeting, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church elected assistant bishops for two Romanian Dioceses in the Diaspora. The V. Rev. Archimandrite Atanasie Rusnac was elected assistant bishop to the Romanian Orthodox diocese of Italy. He will bear the title of His Grace Bishop Atanasie of Bogdania. The V. Rev. Archimandrite…

Feb 16, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Metr. Serafim at the beginning of Great Lent: Only by fasting does our hunger for God grow in us, and prayer enters the heart more easily

In his pastoral message addressed on the Sunday of Adam’s Expulsion from Paradise and the beginning of Great Lent, His Eminence Metropolitan Serafim of Germany urges faithful to observe the fast because only ‘thus does our hunger for God grow in us, and prayer enters the heart more easily.’ Reflecting on the Sunday gospel reading,…

Feb 15, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Video: Fr Makarios of Simonopetra launches new book on ‘Mystagogy of Great Lent’ in Paris

Hieromonk Makarios of Simonopetra launched Saturday his latest volume entitled Mystagogie du Grand Carême. Essai de théologie du temps liturgique (Mystagogy of Great Lent. A theological essay on liturgical time). Attending the event was His Eminence Iosif, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe. The book launch was held at the Holy Archangels Cathedral…

Feb 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Colosseum to be lit red for persecuted Christians

The Roman Colosseum will be illuminated by red lights later this month to draw attention to the persecution of Christians around the world, and especially in Syria and Iraq. On Saturday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. the Colosseum will be spotlighted in red, to represent the blood of Christians who have been wounded or lost…

Feb 8, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

St Genevieve celebrated in Paris | Rector: ‘She invested her entire life in forgetting herself to serve others’

A festive Divine Liturgy was celebrated Wednesday at the crypt under the St Suplice Church in Paris to commemorate Saint Genevieve, the patron saint of Paris. St Genevieve is also the protectress of the Romanian Orthodox Parish founded in the capital in 1998 with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern…

Jan 4, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Macarie: Jesus Christ was born for you!

By God’s grace Bishop of the Orthodox Romanians living in Northern Europe, to the most reverend clergy, the venerable monastics and the beloved faithful: Greetings with a holy embrace in Christ Emmanuel, Who was born in the manger of Bethlehem and in the manger of our hearts! My beloved spiritual sons and daughters, Our Lord’s…

Dec 22, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

VIDEO | Young artists sing Christmas carols to passengers during a 12,000m altitude flight

Romanian Folk artists proclaimed the Nativity of the Lord during a 12,000m altitude flight from Munich to Bucharest. In the 6-minute clip, posted Tuesday on Romanian Air Transport Company’s official Facebook page, Folk Music Singers Andreea Haisan, Paul Ananie, Ana Maria Pătrășciou, Nicu Mâță, Maria Beatrice Băndoiu, and Gabriel Dumitru, sing Christmas carols to passengers…

Dec 21, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

King Michael’s coffin arrives at Lausanne Greek Orthodox Cathedral

On Monday, the coffin with the body of late King Michael I was laid at the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of Lausanne. At 14.00, His Eminence Metropolitan Joseph of Western and Central Europe officiated a memorial service in Romanian, French, and Greek languages for the rest of King Michael’s soul in the presence of Princesses Elena and…

Dec 12, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary to support Pro Vita Association in Valea Plopului

This year, St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary will once again participate in #GivingTuesday, scheduled for Tuesday, November 28, and it will be tithing 10% of the total funds raised to Pro Vita Association for the Born and Unborn in Valea Plopului, Romania, an organization that provides shelter, healthcare and education to orphans and family members in need. If St. Vladimir’s Seminary…

Nov 17, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romanian Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas offers prayers for New York, Texas victims

Following the attacks in New York and Texas, His Eminence Nicolae, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas, offered his condolences and prayers. A statement posted on the diocesan website reads: The priests and faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas express their compassion for the victims of the attacks in New York and Sutherland…

Nov 7, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patronal feast of the Romanian Orthodox Monastery of St. Demetrius the New in Middletown, New York

Numerous Romanian faithful from the Eastern coast of the United States of America participated on October 27 and 28, 2017 at the celebrations of St. Demetrius the New Monastery in Middletown, NY. The celebration began on Friday evening with the service of Great Vespers with Lity, and continued the next day with Matins, Divine Liturgy,…

Nov 1, 2017Andrei Pau