Dioceses

Patriarch Daniel presents 2018 annual report of Bucharest Archdiocese

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Saturday chaired the Diocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest at the Synodal Hall of the patriarchal residence, where His Beatitude presented the 2018 annual report. Attending the meeting were all the members of the Diocesan Assembly, including the patriarchal auxiliary Bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia, as…

Feb 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

1,200-year-old Bible seized in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır

Security forces on Tuesday seized a Bible said to be 1,200 years old in southeastern Turkey’s Diyarbakır province. According to the Diyarbakır governor’s office, local gendarmerie received intel that someone was looking to sell an ancient Bible manuscript written on leather with gold-encrusted motifs. Suspects were caught red-handed while trying to sell the 34-page manuscript,…

Feb 6, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

We label those around us according to what exists in our soul: Bishop Ignatie

‘We label those around us according to what exists in our soul, depending on the frustrations living inside us, but God looks at the heart,’ Bishop Ignatie of Husi said on Sunday. ‘We are very cruel, we judge very harshly. Christ always rejoices over the return of a sinner and stands by him when he…

Feb 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Moldavia Metropolitan uses St Joseph the Merciful’s crosier at festive Divine Liturgy: In pictures

His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina carried the crosier that belonged to his predecessor, Saint Joseph the Merciful, during the festive Divine Liturgy celebrated on the first official feast day of the Saint, on January 26. Metropolitan Teofan presided over the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iasi, having as concelebrants Bishop…

Jan 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bessarabia Metropolitan meets with US Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova

His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia welcomed His Excellency the Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova, Dereck J Hogan, at his residence in Chișinău, on Wednesday, January 23, 2019. This was the first time when Ambassador Hogan met with Metropolitan Petru after taking up his diplomatic mission in the…

Jan 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania President commemorates Ruler Prince Alexandru Ioan Cuza in Iasi

Romania’s President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday, January 23, attended a memorial service for Alexandru Ioan Cuza, one of the founders of the 1859 Union of the Romanian Principalities who contributed to the modernization of Romanian society and of state structures. The service was officiated by the local Metropolitan Teofan at the Three Holy Hierarchs Monastery…

Jan 25, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Postage stamp issue dedicated to the 160th anniversary of Romanian Principalities’ Union

On the anniversary of Moldavia with Wallachia Union, in 1859, Romfilatelia introduces into circulation the postage stamp issue Union of the Romanian Principalities, 160 years. The perforated souvenir sheet of the issue, with a face value of 28.50 lei, is illustrated with a lithography showing the opening of the works of the Legislative Assembly of the United Principalities (February…

Jan 23, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Southern Bessarabia Bishop Veniamin officiates Great Blessing of Waters in Cahul

His Grace Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia on Saturday officiated the Great Blessing of Waters at St Panteleimon Church in Cahul, Moldova, celebrating the Theophany of the Lord according to the old calendar. The believers of the Autonomous Metropolis of Bessarabia under the jurisdiction of the Romanian Patriarchate observe the church feasts according to the…

Jan 21, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Church of Bucur the Shepherd celebrates patronal feast of Sts Athanasios and Cyril of Alexandria: In pictures

The old small Church of Bucur the Shepherd, which formerly served as the chapel for the Radu Voda Monastery, marked on Friday, Jan. 18, its patronal feast in honour of Saints Athanasios and Cyril of Alexandria. Particles of the holy relics of the Patron Saints are enshrined in the small church dedicated to Saints Cyril…

Jan 21, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Bucharest believers commemorate National Poet Mihai Eminescu on his 169th birthday anniversary

Romania’s National Poet Mihai Eminescu was prayerfully commemorated during a memorial service officiated Tuesday at the poet’s tomb at Bellu Cemetery in Bucharest on his 169th birth anniversary. Mihai Eminescu, born on January 15, 1850, in the village of Ipotesti, near Botosani, in North-Eastern Romania, is considered Romania’s greatest poet. He was also a novelist…

Jan 17, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Vorona Monastery Abbess Teofana Scântei receives Patriarchal Cross on 50th enthronement anniversary

She is 85 and has been living in a monastery since the age of 8. On Thursday, January 10, 2019, the abbess of Vorona Monastery, Eldress Teofana Scântei was honoured with the highest distinction in the Romanian Patriarchate on her 50th enthronement anniversary. Being born in the village of Chișcăreni, Botosani County, the eight-year old…

Jan 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu