Dioceses

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

Bp. Lucian prays for foresters: Man-made imbalance makes us witness extreme phenomena

The Bishop of Caransebeș officiated on Tuesday a Te Deum and a commemoration service for the foresters in Romania’s Caraș-Severin county. As the offices were held in a church founded by a forester, the hierarch called to prayer and action for the protection of the environment. „Man-made imbalance makes us witness extreme phenomena in our…

Jul 9, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Cluj Metropolitan meets Romania’s next ambassador to the United States of America

Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj met with the next Romanian Ambassador to the United States of America, Andrei Muraru, at the metropolitan residence in Cluj-Napoca, on June 25, 2021. The Metropolitan congratulated Andrei Muraru and wished him success in the new diplomatic mission. The two spoke about the support and mission of the Romanian Orthodox Church…

Jul 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox chapel consecrated at Iași International Airport

The Orthodox chapel of the Holy Prophet Elijah the Tishbite at Iași International Airport was consecrated on Tuesday. The blessing service was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The event was attended by local authorities and airport management and employees. The idea of building a chapel…

Jul 1, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

30th anniversary of rebirth of Romanian monastery abolished by Habsburg Monarchy

A joyous celebration was held on the Sunday of All Saints, June 27, at the Romanian Orthodox Church’s Humor Monastery in Suceava, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the rebirth of the monastery. It was also the patronal feast of the monastery’s Church of All Saints. The Divine Liturgy for the occasion was celebrated by His…

Jun 30, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

How to react when people call us “relic-kissers”: Make them draw closer, that they may see our lifestyle and discover God

“Even if some slander us, gossip about us and make fun of us about our faith, calling us retrogrades, with a medieval mentality, relic-kissers, ignorant, we have a duty to make them draw closer, that they may see our lifestyle, to have the impetus to discover God,” Bishop Ignatie said during the Vespers service for…

Jun 30, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archbishop on Danube Day: It is Romania’s baptismal font

On Tuesday, His Eminence Archbishop Casian sent a message to mark International Danube Day, calling the Danube River “Romania’s baptismal font.” “The day of June 29 increases its significance because the Orthodox calendar and that of Western Christians show us two great helmsmen, from water to land, Saints Peter and Paul,” the Archbishop of Lower…

Jun 30, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bessarabian woman donates her fortune for a church to offer prayers for the unity of Romanians

Thanks to the faith and piety of one Bessarabian woman, the new Church of St. Nicholas and St. Stephen the Great is being built in the town of Edineț, in the Republic of Moldova. In her will, Maria Andronache bequeathed her fortune for the building of a church that “will belong canonically to the Romanian…

Jun 27, 2021Ștefana Totorcea