Dioceses

Suceava Archbishop suggests Decalogue for Christian Women

In the context of Sunday of the Myrrhbearers, His Eminence Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuţi proposed a Christian woman’s Decalogue. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has designated the third Sunday after Holy Pascha as Christian Women’s Sunday beginning in 2020 to underscore the role and significance of Christian women in the…

May 5, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolitan Ioan writes first verse of Romania’s biggest handwritten Bible

The itinerant exhibition called the Museum of the Bible, which hosts over 1000 copies of the Holy Scriptures in hundreds of languages and dialects, has returned to Timișoara. During the opening of the exhibition, a new initiative began: the handwriting of the biggest Bible in Romania. The opening of the exhibition took place on Monday,…

May 4, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Prayer before competition: Romania’s national bodybuilding and fitness team receive Archbishop Irineu’s blessing

Tuesday, before departing for the European Championship in Spain, His Eminence Archbishop Irineu blessed the Romanian National Bodybuilding and Fitness Team at Christ Pantocrator Monastery in Alba Iulia. Gabriel Toncean, the president of the Romanian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, headed the team. “Let’s say a young gymnast wants to compete in the Olympic games.…

May 4, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Assistant Bishop Benedict urges young people to be enthusiastic, joyful and full of hope

In a message on National Youth Day (May 2), His Grace Benedict of Bistrița, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj, urged young people “to be enthusiastic, joyful and full of hope” and be inspired by the experience of older people. Being one of the youngest hierarchs in the Romanian Holy Synod,…

May 4, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Relic of Saint Thomas will be coming to Romania April 28 to May 2

Pantocrator Monastery in Teleorman County will celebrate its patronal feast next Sunday when the Orthodox Church remembers the Holy Myrrh-bearers. On this occasion, several fragments of holy relics and an icon of the Mother of God will be transported from Greece. The Honourable Head of Saint Thomas the Apostle will be brought to the monastery…

Apr 25, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Fire to be brought to the Republic of Moldova on Holy Saturday

The Holy Fire that descends on Holy Saturday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem will be brought to the Republic of Moldova with the help of the Romanian Patriarchate. On Holy Saturday, Archimandrite Teofil Anăstăsoaie, the Superior of the Settlements of the Romanian Patriarchate at the Holy Places, will bring the Holy…

Apr 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Târgoviște Archbishop meets with Serbian Ambassador to Romania

His Excellency Stefan Tomašević, Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Romania, met with His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Târgoviște and patriarchal exarch, on Monday, April 10, 2023. During the dialogue, which took place in a cordial environment at the archdiocesan residence, the excellent relations between the two sister Orthodox Churches and neighbouring…

Apr 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: The Palm Sunday procession reminds us we are transient

Hundreds of clerics and believers participated last weekend in Bucharest’s traditional Palm Sunday procession. The event started at Radu Vodă Monastery and ended at the Patriarchal Cathedral. The pilgrims, led by the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești, were welcomed on the Patriarchate’s Hill by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, who blessed the festal icon of…

Apr 11, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Doing School Differently: Over 1,000 students visit Patriarchal Palace

As part of the “Doing School Differently” program, over 1,000 students visited the Patriarchal Palace in March. The groups of students came from Bucharest and throughout Romania. The young people study at schools such as Bucharest’s Orthodox Theological Seminary, The Three Holy Hierarchs High School, “Mihai Viteazul” National College, “Mihai Eminescu” National College and “Tudor…

Apr 6, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Gov’t strengthens commitment to support three main projects of Metropolis of Bessarabia

After the commemorative ceremony held on March 27 in the city of Ialoveni to mark 105 years after the Union of Bessarabia with Romania, the President of Romania’s Chamber of Deputies visited the headquarters of the Metropolis of Bessarabia together with several Romanian dignitaries. At the meeting, officials of the Romanian government committed to financially…

Apr 3, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Busts of Bessarabia-Romania Union artisans unveiled in Ialoveni

Last week, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru and officials from both sides of the Prut River unveiled the busts of two great artisans of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania, Alexandru Marghiloman and Ion Inculeț. The ceremony on Monday, March 27, 2023, marked the 105th anniversary of the Union of Bessarabia with the Kingdom of Romania.…

Apr 3, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu