Dioceses

Greek Metropolitan of Mesogaia to speak about ‘passing through the wilderness of Great Lent’ in Bucharest

The Lenten lectures organized by the Romanian Orthodox Christian Students Association (ASCOR) in Bucharest will kick off this year with a special guest from Greece. His Eminence Metropolitan Nikolaos of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki will speak at the Aula Magna of the Law School of Bucharest about the passing through the wilderness of Great Lent and…

Feb 20, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox TV station to be launched soon in the Republic of Moldova

A new Orthodox TV station, NIKA TV, will soon be launched in the Republic of Moldova for the edification of the faithful and general public. More than 95% of Moldovans identify as Orthodox Christians. The Metropolis of Chișinău of the Russian Orthodox Church announced on Monday that “a local Orthodox Christian TV station will soon start its…

Feb 20, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Priest from Constanța building home for abandoned, disadvantaged children and struggling mothers

For years, Fr. Claudiu Banu of the Church of St. Menas in Constanţa in southeastern Romania has visited abandoned children in hospitals and children’s homes, offering them gifts with the help of the faithful. But he wanted to do more. Now, again, with the help of his faithful flock, Father Claudiu is in the midst…

Feb 14, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Mother of God declared patron of northwestern romanian town

While Orthodox Christians everywhere love the Mother of God and turn to her in prayer in times of need, one Romania town is taking this relationship to a new level. Negrești Oaș is located in northwestern Romania, near the Ukrainian border. It is the capital of the Oaș Country ethnographic region, and as of Sunday,…

Feb 10, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe

Archdiocese of Bucharest dedicated more than $3 million to social-philanthropic activities in 2019

The Diocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest of the Romanian Orthodox Church met in its annual meeting on Saturday, February 1 under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, discussing, among other things, the Archdiocese’s social and philanthropic activities over the course of the previous year. In particular, he noted that social and philanthropic…

Feb 3, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Bessarabia and Moldavia united in prayer on the feast of St Joseph the Merciful

Saint Joseph the Merciful was commemorated last Sunday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iasi by an assembly of hierarchs including Metropolitans Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina and Petru of Bessarabia, as well as Bishop Antonie of Balti and the assistant bishop Calinic of Botosani. On Saturday evening, His Grace Bishop Calinic of Botosani led the…

Jan 31, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Archdiocese of Arad donating $8,000 to pediatric dept. of local hospital

The pediatric department of the Arad County Hospital in western Romania will soon be the recipient of a generous donation from the Romanian Orthodox Church. The Archdiocese of Arad held a charity concert at the Hall of the Cultural Palace in Arad on January 22, which raised just over $8,000 (34,774 lei) for the hospital,…

Jan 30, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Archdiocese of Târgoviște spent $520,000 helping 148,000 via philanthropic projects in 2019

Under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon, the Diocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Târgoviște met on Thursday, January 23, 2020 in its annual working session at the Eparchial residence, reports the diocesan website. The Assembly heard reports on the pastoral-missionary work of the Archdiocese and working committees examined the reports of the various…

Jan 30, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian Metropolitan of Bessarabia condemns removal of crucifix from Moldovan Ministry of Internal Affairs building

On September 15, a crucifix was installed on the wall in the Ministry of Internal Affairs building in Chișinău, Republic of Moldova. The ceremony was attended by then-Interior Minister Andrei Năstase, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir of Chișinău and All Moldova of the Russian Church, and His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Chișinău and Bessarabia of the…

Jan 15, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Cluj Metropolitan: A more serious environmental education is the natural consequence of what the Lord has done at Epiphany

Offering his reflections on the Church hymns on the feast of Theophany that point to the regeneration and renewal of nature made by Christ through His baptism into the waters, Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj said that a natural consequence is to care more about environmental education. ‘Christ the Lord, by being baptized in the Jordan…

Jan 13, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Feast of Theophany of the Lord at historic Putna Monastery

Hundreds of people attended the Great Blessing of Waters at Putna Monastery on this year’s feast of the Theophany of the Lord. The service was officiated by the monastery’s abbot, the Very Rev. Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic. Photography courtesy of Putna Monastery / Iosif Andronic Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews

Jan 13, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu