Bucharest Archdiocese

Bucharest parish provides 4,000 needy children with backpacks and school supplies

Thousands of needy children received fully loaded backpacks from several Orthodox churches in Bucharest on Monday. The recipients included 3,000 children from needy families and 1,000 from Ukrainian refugee families. The gifts were distributed at the Church of St. John the Russian in Bucharest, provided by six parishes in cooperation with the World Vision Romania…

Aug 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Saint Constantine Brâncoveanu honoured in Bucharest: “We have had great rulers before, but none like him”

The martyrdom of Saint Constantine Brâncoveanu represents one of the most beautiful pages of history in the great book of Romanians, said His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova on Monday at the New Saint George Church in Bucharest. “We have had great rulers who loved their country. Such were Saint Stephen, Matthew Basarab, the…

Aug 17, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești addresses theology students at graduation: True apostolic calling only begins here

Graduates of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest took the oath of allegiance on Monday, June 27. The ceremony was held at St Catherine University Chapel after the Divine Liturgy celebrated by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești. The Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop addressed those present, stressing the significance of the ceremony. “God, who…

Jun 28, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Even offered in solitude, a Christian’s prayer is solidary, not solitary

Opening the works of the Spring Pastoral-Missionary Conference of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that prayer is an act of communion: “A Christian’s prayer, even offered in solitude, in one’s home or cell, is not a solitary prayer, but a solidary prayer, in communion with the…

Jun 9, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

The year 2022 is an opportunity to reflect on the Romanian Hesychasts, Patriarch Daniel says at Bucharest clergy conference

Chairing the Pastoral-Missionary Conference of the Clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Monday, the Patriarch of Romania urged priests to use the Solemn and Commemorative Year 2022 as an opportunity to reflect on the activity of Hesychast Saints in our country. His Beatitude emphasized that the state of Wallachia emerged during the Hesychast movement,…

Jun 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest church celebrates 70th anniversary of Saint Matrona’s repose

On Monday morning, believers gathered at St. Nicholas – Tabacu Church in Bucharest to honour Saint Matrona on the 70th anniversary of her blessed repose. “It was a special atmosphere because the service took place in the early morning hours, by candlelight, during this Easter period, immediately after we saw that the Apostle Thomas believed…

May 5, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Police gather at Bucharest Monastery to remember fallen officers: It is our duty not to forget them

The Romanian Police celebrated its 200th anniversary on March 25, 2022. March 25 was chosen as Romanian Police Day is linked to the Annunciation of the Theotokos found on the first flag of the Great Agia (administrative body from the 18th-19th century in Wallachia and Moldova, in charge of maintaining public order in the capital).…

Apr 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Varlaam on the feast of the Annunciation: Floods of bad news come day and night. Let us rejoice today!

“In this world, we live in, floods of bad news come day and night: pandemics, death, poverty, wars, crisis and so on. So let us rejoice today!” urged the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești on the Feast of the Annunciation. “We Christians must rejoice unceasingly for two thousand years because there is no better…

Apr 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Southern Bessarabia Bishop Veniamin remembers founders of Bessarabia’s 1918 Union with Romania

On the 104th anniversary of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania, Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Saint Spyridon Metropolitan Cathedral in Bucharest. During the Divine Liturgy, the bishop remembered the founders of the Union of March 27, 1918, stressing that “they understood what it means to carry the Cross with…

Apr 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste honoured at Bucharest Monastery: “Martyrdom means love and its perpetuation”

The Holy Forty Martyrs of Sebaste were honoured at Bucharest’s St Anthimos Monastery, where particles of their relics, donated by Patriarch Nicodemus of Jerusalem 139 years ago, are displayed for veneration. The festal Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts was celebrated by the monastery’s abbot Protosyncellus Vicențiu Oboroceanu. During his sermon, the abbot referred to the…

Mar 15, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest Archdiocese is raising funds, offering free housing for Ukrainian refugees

The Archdiocese of Bucharest has started a fundraiser that will go on until March 10 to support Ukrainian refugees and provide housing for 300 people.  “These funds will be used for faster intervention. When they identify problems, our colleagues from Suceava, from Maramureș, from Iași signal certain needs to us and we can intervene to…

Mar 2, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu