Dioceses

Bishop Ignatie: Christ remained silent on the cross

In his sermon delivered on Tuesday at a church consecration, the Bishop of Huși highlighted the contrast in attitude on Golgotha between the people mocking Jesus and Christ who remained silent and received everything with love. Bishop Ignatie noted that “at the feet of the Cross there was so much concentrated evil that we could…

Sep 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Timișoara: Midnight Liturgy and procession with relics on 65th anniversary of canonization of St. Joseph the New

The Holy Hierarch Joseph the New of Partoș reposed in the Lord in 1656. After 300 years, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church resolved to glorify him among the saints. Tuesday night, in honour of the 65th anniversary of his canonization, a procession with his precious relics and a festive nighttime Vigil and…

Sep 15, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Archdiocesan Pro-Life Department renovating house for family with 10 children

Thanks to the efforts of Pro Vita Iași, the pro-life department of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Iași, the house of a large family with 10 children is undergoing repairs and reconstruction. Interior renovation was started on Monday. Mihai and Cristina Cârtițe and their 10 children are used to living simply and are satisfied with…

Sep 7, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

30-year-old Romanian priest receives Award of Excellence for his youth ministry

Priest Vlad-Sergiu Sandu from Firiteaz Parish was presented with the Arad County Council’s Award of Excellence at the first edition of the Arad Administration Gala on Saturday. Several personalities received awards and distinctions as a sign of appreciation for the development of Arad County through projects that generate growth and well-being. The award comes in…

Sep 7, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian migrants are apostles in a secularised Europe, Bishop Justin says

Bishop Justin of Maramureş and Sătmar highlighted the positive aspects of the migration phenomenon. “Romanians,” he noted, “are the apostles of Christianity and the faith in a secularised Europe, which has abandoned Christian values and God.” The hierarch gladly emphasizes that “Romanians manifest and profess their faith wherever they are in the world.” “Romanians cannot…

Aug 20, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Suceava Archdiocese reestablishes Mănăstioara – Udești skete that traces to St Stephen the Great

The Archdiocese of Suceava and Rădăuți has reestablished a hermitage that goes back to the times of St. Stephen the Great, the 15th-century ruler of Moldavia and one of the most beloved saints of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Suceava and Rădăuți Archdiocesan Council made the decision on August 11. The hermitage is situated in…

Aug 19, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian churches illuminated in red draw attention to global persecution of Christians

A number of churches and monasteries of the Archdiocese of Târgovişte of the Romanian Orthodox Church drew special attention to the suffering of Christians worldwide on the occasion of Romania’s National Day of Awareness of Violence Against Christians on Monday. The day, officially established last summer, coincides with the feast of the Brâncoveanu Martyrs who were…

Aug 18, 2021Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Daniel to pilgrims at Putna: Believers feel the maternal love of the Theotokos. She is an intercessor for the whole world

“The Mother of God is an intercessor for everyone, but she is especially praying for virgins and mothers, because she remained an Ever-Virgin, and also for mothers or families because she breastfed and raised her Son Jesus Christ,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday addressing the pilgrims at Putna Monastery. The Patriarch of Romania…

Aug 18, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Skete of St. Joseph the Hesychast to be built in Hunedoara County

A new skete is under construction in Coroiești, Hunedoara County, in honor of one of the greatest saints of the 20th century: St. Joseph the Hesychast, the diocese of Deva and Hunedoara reports. On Sunday, August 8, His Grace Bishop Gurie of Deva and Hunedoara and his vicar Bishop Nestor celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the…

Aug 11, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

Bishop Justin suggests reading the Paraklesis to the Theotokos to ward off the coronavirus

“I urge you with fatherly love to kneel together in the evening, at the service of the Paraklesis to the Theotokos,” Bishop Justin of Maramures wrote in a message at the beginning of the Dormition Fast hoping the Mother of God will ward off the coronavirus. The Bishop of Maramures stressed that the supplicatory canon…

Aug 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolitan asks believers to pray for the sick and medical staff for Dormition Fast

His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat has urged clergy and believers to offer prayers for the sick and the medical staff during the Dormition Fast. He recalled that fasting consists of “estrangement from sin, self-control of the tongue, the checking of anger.” “Established by our Holy Church, since the fifth century, in honour of the…

Aug 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu