Dioceses

40-day memorial service served for Romanian priest who left behind young family

On Sunday, marking the 40-day memorial of Fr Marius Bărăscu who tragically died in a car accident, leaving behind a wife and four children, a new parish priest was installed in Parava, a village in eastern Romania. Fr. Marius Gheorghiță Prisecariu was presented to the congregation as new rector of Parava parish by the Very…

Sep 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Archdiocese devoted to translating Georges Florovsky’s collected works

The collected works of the Orthodox theologian Georges Florovsky are being translated into Romanian language by the Reintregirea Publishing House of the Alba Iulia Archdiocese. The translation project is coordinated by Fr. Oliviu Botoi, cultural counsellor of the archdiocese. The Romanian translation of Fr Florovsky’s first two volumes on ‘Bible, Church, Tradition’ and ‘Christianity and…

Sep 17, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archdiocese donates school supplies for more than 4,000 needy children

At the initiative of and with the blessing of its hierarch, His Eminence Archbishop Casian, the Archdiocese of the Lower Danube again undertook the tradition of donating backpacks and important school supplies to needy children at the beginning of the school year. According to the diocesan website, in the week before school started, 4,000 backpacks…

Sep 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

ITO 2019: Bishop Ignatie presses need for inner beauty in ‘a world of photomaniacs’

The International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019) moved on Sunday to Maglavit Monastery. There, the over 4,000 young people attended the consecration service of the monastery’s church and the Divine Liturgy. In his sermon, Bishop Ignatie of Husi told the Orthodox youth that inner beauty becomes increasingly deficient ‘in a world of photomaniacs.’ His…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Cluj Metropolitan explains meaning of Christian hope at Int’l Bose Conference on Orthodox Spirituality

His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj spoke at the International Ecumenical Conference on Orthodox Spirituality organized at the Monastery of Bose in Italy about the meaning of Christian hope. He noted that Christian hope is a continuous, active manifestation of faith, which is the starting point of spiritual life. “A faithful man, a spiritual man,…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Profess faith in deeds!’: Metropolitan Irineu’s message to the young people at ITO 2019

‘Profess your faith in deeds,’ Metropolitan Irineu of Oltenia said when he addressed the over four thousand young Christians who gathered in Craiova for the annual Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019). The Metropolitan offered Jesus Christ as an example of humility, noting that ‘when He came to the world, He did not place Himself…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

4,000+ young people form ‘Chalice of Joy’ as annual Int’l Meeting of Orthodox Youth kicks off in Craiova

Over 4,000 young Christians from all across the world attended the opening ceremony of the Romanian Patriarchate’s annual International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019) at Mihai Viteazul Square in Craiova on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Addressing those present was Patriarch Daniel who said that through faith, hope and love, young people form ‘a chalice…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Elder Arsenie (Boca) proposed for canonization

Elder Arsenie (Boca), perhaps Romania’s most beloved elder of the 20th century, will be considered for canonization by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Meeting under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurențiu of Sibiu and Transylvania at the headquarters of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara yesterday, the Metropolitan Council of the…

Sep 6, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Cluj Metropolitan: Roma people are our fellow Christians. We want to see them thrive

In a message sent Wednesday on the feast of Saint Moses the Black, the Orthodox Metropolitan of Cluj said that Roma people are ‘our fellow Christians, and we want to see them thrive spiritually and materially.’ His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei Andreicuț recalled that the Roma Association of the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj is…

Aug 30, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Suceava Street to be named after 90-year-old Archbishop Pimen Suceveanul

Suceava Mayor Ion Lungu announced last week the naming of a city street to honour the eldest Romanian Orthodox hierarch, Archbishop Pimen. Called ‘a devoted and diligent hierarch’ by Patriarch Daniel, His Eminence Archbishop Pimen of Suceava and Radauti celebrated on Sunday his 90th birthday. ?HE Abp Pimen of Suceava & Rădăuți celebrates today his…

Aug 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Iași Archdiocese’s Department for Minorities organizes summer camp for Roma youth at Zmeu

One hundred Roma children and young people participated in ‘The Camp of Joy’, organized on August 21-22 at Zmeu Parish by the Department for Minorities of the Orthodox Archdiocese of Iași. “This camp, as well as all the other camps and activities that will follow, are part of a missionary program that we want to…

Aug 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu