Dioceses

Banat Metropolitan welcomes “Friends of Together for Europe” at Timisoara Cathedral

On November 16-18, the ‘Friends of Together for Europe‘ convened its annual meeting in Timisoara, one of the localities designated ‘European Cultural Capital 2023’. More than two hundred delegates from 29 European countries, including the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Romania, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Greece, and Austria, witnessed the event. The programme encompassed attendance at the Vespers…

Nov 23, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Synod held in Chisinau: Bessarabia Metropolis announces large-scale projects

The Synod of the Metropolis of Bessarabia met on Wednesday for a working session at the Metropolitan Residence in Chisinau. The hierarchs also met with Romania’s Secretary of State for Religious Affairs and a delegation from the Basilica Media Centre. His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia, the Bishop of Balti, and the Bishop of Southern…

Nov 17, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Father Dumitru Cobzaru offers interview about the current state of monasticism: Adaptation for balance

Radio Renașterea conducted an in-depth interview with the Very Reverend Archimandrite Dumitru Cobzaru, exarch of the monasteries of the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac, and Cluj, regarding the present condition of monasticism in Romania. The Archimandrite emphasised that contemporary monasticism maintains its authenticity by updating itself while adhering to the principles established by the Holy Fathers…

Nov 17, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Gifts of the Three Magi arrive in Romania for first time this December

This Christmas season will be memorable at Pantocrator Monastery in Dragănești-Vlașca, in Romania’s southern county of Teleorman. The gifts presented to Baby Jesus by the three wise men from the East will be brought to Romania for the first time on December 22 and remain until December 28. “The three magi who came to worship…

Nov 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Who was Protos. Iraclie Flocea: Survivor of the Stalinist Gulag proposed for canonization

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church approved, in its working session from October 25, 2023, the proposal of the Diocese of Southern Bessarabia for the canonization of Protosyncellus Iraclie Flocea (May 11, 1893 – August 16, 1964). The proposal had previously been approved by the Metropolitan Synod of the Metropolis of Bessarabia. The…

Nov 1, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

PHOTOS: Romanian bishop of Sălaj pays official visit to Iraq

His Grace Bishop Petroniu of Sălaj officially visited Iraq on Monday. Reasons for interreligious and intercultural dialogue occasioned the trip. The Romanian delegation included Fr. Valentin Ilie from the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest, a member of the Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Studies and Dialogue of the University of Bucharest, Apti Metin from…

Oct 21, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

450,000 pilgrims for feast of Saint Parascheva, Iași Archdiocese announces

This year, the Archdiocese of Iași announced that the number of believers participating in Saint Parascheva’s celebrations reached a new high of 450,000. Approximately 360,000 people participated in the extended pilgrimage to the relics of Saint Parascheva during the ten days of religious events, and over 90,000 people attended other events organised by the Metropolis…

Oct 21, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

2023 St Demetrius the New celebrations begin at dawn, first pilgrims venerate relics of Bucharest Patron Saint

The celebrations of Bucharest’s Patron Saint Demetrius the New began on Saturday morning when the Saint’s holy relics were taken out of the patriarchal cathedral and placed in an outdoor baldachin to facilitate access to pilgrims from across Romania. Although usually kept inside the patriarchal cathedral, the reliquaries with the relics of Saint Demetrius the…

Oct 21, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Over 300,000 pilgrims expected at Iasi for Saint Parascheva’s feast

The Archdiocese of Iasi is anticipating over three hundred thousand pilgrims in attendance at a 9-day-long pilgrimage at Iasi beginning this Saturday ahead of the principal celebration of Saint Parascheva, one of Romania’s most beloved saints, on October 14. Last year, in 9 days of pilgrimage, over 340,000 people participated in the events organised for…

Oct 6, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Petru prays for peace at tomb of Bassarabia’s first metropolitan

His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia went to Cernica Monastery’s cemetery last Friday to pray and recollect at the tomb of one of his predecessors, Metropolitan Gurie Grosu, the first Metropolitan of Bessarabia after 100 years of Russian occupation. Metropolitan Petru officiated a memorial service for the rest of the soul of Metropolitan Gurie of…

Oct 3, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

You are responsible for how the Church is perceived today, Archbishop tells church communicators

Last week, media correspondents of the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău gathered at the Deanery of Bacau to discuss methods of improving online communication. Archbishop Ioachim addressed the participants, stressing the responsibility of those who write news articles and take photographs. The purpose of the meeting was to create the optimal framework for a unified…

Sep 27, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu