Dioceses

In pictures: Sixth anniversary of Colectiv club fire marked with prayers for the victims

The over sixty victims of the deadly fire at Colectiv club in Bucharest were remembered on Saturday in Bucharest. The prayers on the sixth anniversary of the tragedy were offered on Soul Saturday, October 30, 2021. In the presence of relatives and other believers, the victims were remembered at St Nicholas-Broşteni Church during the Divine…

Nov 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Petru blessed monument to victims of Stalinist regime in Chișinău

A monument to victims of the Stalinist regime in Moldova was reconstructed and blessed on Monday in Chișinău. Located in Mills’ Park, it is known as General Georgescu P. Ion’s Fountain. His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia blessed the monument dedicated to those who were killed in the basement of the Chişinău’s former Italian Consulate…

Oct 29, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Nobody asks us to walk barefoot like Saint Demetrius, but let us stop trampling on souls, Abp Casian says

“I would like to meditate together tonight, dear brothers and sisters, on a shocking event in the life of Saint Demetrius,” the Archbishop of the Lower Danube wrote on Facebook on Tuesday evening. St. Demetrius, when he was a shepherd, accidentally trampled a baby bird. And he repented so much that all his life he…

Oct 28, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolian urges prayer, solidarity as cases rise in Romania: We have a duty to help each other

The Metropolitan of Banat addressed a pastoral message noting “the harmful effects of the virus,” as coronavirus cases surged in Romania during the past weeks. In his message posted on the website of the Metropolis, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan urged prayer and mutual help. “As sons and daughters of the Church, we, therefore, have a…

Oct 27, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

“He preached the message of the Resurrection for 12 years”: First Bishop of Deva Gurie Georgiu laid to rest at Cathedral of St Nicholas

“This is the message of His Grace Bishop Gurie: believe in the Resurrection of the Saviour Jesus Christ! (…) It is the message he has sent you over the last 12 years. The Saviour rose after suffering for us and rose for our salvation, and we will all rise beyond in the Kingdom of Heaven,”…

Oct 25, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Huși Bishop urges priests to intensify prayers as cases rise in Romania

His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Huși expressed concern over the exponential growth in coronavirus cases in Vaslui County and Romania. The Bishop of Husi has sent a message urging people to be aware of the real dangers of the pandemic, asking to intensify prayer, “an essential support” in this challenging context, marked by the suffering…

Oct 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Gurie of Deva and Hunedoara reposes in the Lord

His Grace Bishop Gurie of Deva and Hunedoara reposed in the Lord at the age of 52 due to COVID-19 complications. The Bishop of Deva and Hunedoara had been hospitalized at Deva’s County Emergency Hospital on October 8. However, his condition worsened three days ago, and the doctors decided to intubate him. The spokesperson of…

Oct 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Cernica Monastery has the best organized cemetery in the Archdiocese of Bucharest

Cernica Monastery has the best organized cemetery in the Archdiocese of Bucharest. The cemetery won the First Prize at the Diocesan Contest “The Well-Organized Cemetery”, initiated and blessed by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The cemeteries of Bucharest’s parishes of St George – Grivița and Saint Elijah – Ghencea ranked second. Roșu Parish in Ilfov County…

Oct 21, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Saint Parascheva is God’s gift for Romania, Metropolitan of Transylvania says

Metropolitan Laurentiu of Transylvania called Saint Parascheva “a divine gift that God sent to our country to protect us, to be our guardian and reinforcer in these difficult moments.” The Metropolitan of Transylvania addressed the faithful gathered in Iasi last week for the feast of Saint Parascheva the Protectress of Moldavia. God does not save…

Oct 18, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian deanery builds house for family with seven children. Six more houses to follow

The first of the seven social houses built by Onești Deanery was inaugurated on Thursday in the Mănăstirea Cașin village, Bacău county. The house was blessed and formally offered to a needy family. Six more social houses will follow within the same social project. “Anastasia House is the first to have been finalized within the…

Oct 12, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Relics of St John the New carried on the streets of Suceava “to bring comfort in this time of hardship”

Believers asked the Archdiocese of Suceava to organize a procession with the relics of Suceava’s patron saint John the New “to bring peace and comfort in this time of hardship.” So, on Sunday the holy relics were driven across Suceava to ward off the coronavirus and bring blessing to the medical staff and all those…

Oct 12, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu