Dioceses

US Ambassador visits Orthodox Diocese of Huși

His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Huși welcomed Friday, April 19, 2019, the Ambassador of the United States of America to Romania, Hans Klemm, at his episcopal residence in Huși. On this occasion, Bishop Ignatie presented the US Ambassador with a book written by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel titled ‘Confessing the Truth in Love’, and a…

Apr 22, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Liturgy of the neighbour: Addiction therapy centre inaugurated at Monastery

The Life-Giving Spring Centre for addiction therapy was inaugurated at the Holy Annunciation Monastery in Tisa-Silvestri in northeast Romania on Saturday, April 13, 2019. The centre, intended for treatment of both alcohol and drug addictions, operates at the monastery as part of the Siloam Socio-Medical Association. The complex was blessed by His Eminence Archbishop Ioachim…

Apr 18, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The best pictures from the Bucharest Palm Sunday Procession over the past eight years

In Romania, the Palm Sunday Procession dates back to the interwar period, but was banned by the communists in 1948. The traditional procession restarted in 2008 with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. Pointing to this religious manifestation, Patriarch Daniel stressed that it is both a reminder of the Entry of our Lord Jesus…

Apr 18, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Divine Liturgy celebrated at tallest wooden church in Europe

His Grace Bishop Justin of Maramures and Satmar on Sunday, April 14, 2019, presided over the Divine Liturgy at Săpânţa-Peri Monastery, whose wooden church is the tallest in Europe. The 78-metre high tower of the church dedicated to the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is visible at a distance of about 5…

Apr 18, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Huși Orthodox Diocese condemns vandalism at Jewish cemetery

The Orthodox Diocese of Huși expressed its deep sorrow over the ‘unspeakable action of desecration of several graves in the Jewish cemetery in Huşi.’ In a statement published on the official website, the Diocese of Huşi expressed its full compassion and solidarity with the members of the Jewish community in Husi, ‘as a reflex of…

Apr 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ambrozie of Giurgiu celebrates Divine Liturgy at Romanian Skete Prodromos

His Grace Bishop Ambrozie of Giurgiu celebrated the All-night vigil and the Divine Liturgy at the Romanian Skete of the Honourable Forerunner on Mount Athos on the feast of the Annunciation according to the Julian unrevised calendar. In his homily, the bishop spoke about the spiritual beauty of monastic life, stressing the feats of monks…

Apr 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox Church organizes Football School Championship ‘Youth and Faith’

The Orthodox Deanery of Nicoresti within the Archdiocese of the Lower Danube in partnership with the Brahasesti Secondary School organized the sixth edition of the Football School Championship titled ‘Youth and Faith’ on Sunday, April 7, 2019. The event hosted by the Brahasesti school’s gym gathered children from ten parishes Hânţeşti, Ţepu, Ghidigeni, Toflea, Braşăşti,…

Apr 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania to restore WWII Heroes’ Cemetery in Mana, Orhei

Romania’s Ministry of National Defence has announced that they plan to restore the Romanian Honorary Cemetery in Mana, Orhei district, the Republic of Moldova. The cemetery shelters the tombs of 16 Romanian soldiers who died on battlefields during World War II. The Ministry added that they will take ‘all necessary steps to restore the tombs…

Apr 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Nera Monastery buys 3D printer for Natural Products Labs

Nera Monastery in Caras-Severin County has bought a 3D printer for its Natural Products Labs. The monastery’s labs were founded in 2009 ‘by the desire of the nuns to bring people closer to the healing gifts sowed by God in plants.’ The first Natural Plants Lab is spiritually protected by the Holy Unmercenaries. The second…

Apr 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

1,000 faithful rally in honour of Holy Cross and for life in Romanian village

A mass of Romanian Orthodox faithful took to the streets, or rather, the dirt roads of the eastern Romanian village of Ion Creangă on Sunday, March 31, processing in honour of the Holy Cross of our Lord and in defense of the right to life. The crowd, about 1,000 strong, made its way up Muncelu…

Apr 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie: Pay more attention to online youth ministry!

‘Let us pay more attention to online youth ministry,’ His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Husi urged the representatives of the Diocesan Youth Departments gathered in Cluj for consultation. ‘Stop being captives to regular strategies for youth mission,’ the bishop said. ‘We need a more relevant online presence on social platforms. Let’s try to be present…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu