Dioceses

Bishop of Maramures commemorates Fr Nicolae Steinhardt on 30th anniversary of repose: ‘He was a crucified one’

Marking the 30th anniversary of the repose of Father Nicolae Steinhardt, Bishop Justin of Maramures and Satmar noted that the monk from Rohia Monastery whom he knew personally was ‘a crucified one’. ‘Not only did he accept to crucify himself receiving the Christian baptism and then becoming a monk, but he was a crucified one,…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bessarabia ‘Diaconia’ Social Mission launches Meal of Joy Eastern Campaign

The Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia has launched the Eastern Campaign ‘Meal of Joy’ aiming to provide food for people in need. This campaign is aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing society to support elderly people, but also other people in need in the Republic of Moldova. Thanks to this project, over…

Mar 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Icon of Panagia Jordanitissa, relics of St Ephraim of Nea Makri, brought to Icoanei Church in Bucharest

The Jordanitissa Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God was brought on Thursday from the Romanian Settlement in Jerusalem to Icoanei Church, a church in Bucharest named after the an old icon of Our Lady sitting on throne offered by Ruler Prince Saint Constantine Brancoveanu, marking the beginning of this year’s festivities dedicated to the…

Mar 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Victims of Romanian communist regime commemorated at Memorial Monastery

On Saturday, as the Church celebrated the feast day of the Holy 40 Martyrs at Sebaste, just on the threshold of Lent, the Romanian Orthodox Church also prayed for all those who lost their lives at the hands of the communist regime in the 20th century. A memorial service was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan…

Mar 12, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian King Carol II to be reburied at Argeș royal necropolis

The remains of King Carol II, who was the first of the Hohenzollern kings of Romania to be born in the country, will be reburied inside the new royal necropolis at Curtea de Argeș, where his son King Michael I is buried. The reburial service will take place on Saturday, March 9, at 12.00. ‘It…

Feb 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox Youth to meet in Craiova for ‘faith, hope, and love’ this autumn

The Archdiocese of Craiova is preparing for the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO2019) that will take place this autumn and will gather young people from all across the world urging for ‘faith, hope, and love.’ The organizing committee said that Craiova will become ‘the capital city of Orthodox Youth’ on September 5-8, 2019. The…

Feb 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolitan invites poor mother of four children to eat lunch together

Following the Divine Liturgy celebrated Sunday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timisoara, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat invited a poor mother of four children to eat lunch at his residence. The Metropolitan was impressed by the woman’s story and offered to help her. ‘When I entered the church,’ Metr. Ioan said, ‘I met this…

Feb 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

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