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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…