Dioceses

First church dedicated to St Porphyrios of Kavsokalyva consecrated in Romania

On Sunday, Metropolitan Laurențiu of Transylvania performed the consecration service of the first church dedicated to St. Porphyrios in Romania. The church belongs to Bod Colonie Parish in Brașov and the main patronal feast of the church is the Ascension of the Lord. Metropolitan Laurențiu of Transylvania explained the symbolism of the consecration service of…

Dec 6, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

VIDEO | Two hierarchs concelebrate at Radu Voda Monastery on the feast of Saint Nectarios of Aegina

On Friday, November 9, the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti and the Assistant Bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese, Timotei of Prahova, concelebrated at the Divine Liturgy held at Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest marking the feast of Saint Nectarios of Aegina. A particle of St Nectarios’s holy relics is enshrined at the Monastery’s main…

Nov 14, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Tulcea Bishop Visarion meets with US Ambassador to Romania Hans Klemm

His Grace Bishop Visarion of Tulcea on Tuesday, October 30, met with the Ambassador of the United States to Romania Hans Klemm. The meeting took place at the County’s Public Library being occasioned by the inauguration of the American Shelf in Tulcea. The American Shelf event is a book donation including various volumes of classical…

Nov 2, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Prayers offered at Colectiv Club in commemoration of fire victims. Photos

Three years after one of Romania’s worst fire which occurred during a free concert performed at the Colectiv nightclub in Bucharest, priests and believers offered their prayers for the rest of the souls of the victims. Rev. Ioan Armasi, an Orthodox dean in Bucharest, together with an assembly of priests went Tuesday morning to the…

Oct 31, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Tomis Archbishop celebrates Divine Liturgy of St James at Constanta Cathedral

His Eminence Archbishop Teodosie of Tomis on Tuesday celebrated the Divine Liturgy of Saint James at the Orthodox Cathedral in Constanta. The Liturgy of Saint James is considered to be the oldest surviving liturgy developed for general use in the Church. The Jacobite Liturgy is commonly celebrated two times a year, on October 23, the…

Oct 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie of Huși: I’ve found genuine, simple, beautiful faith in Vaslui

‘After one year, I can say that two aspects could be considered more intense and nuanced than the intuitions I had in the West: people’s faith and the living standard in rural areas.’ ‘I’ve found a genuine, simple and beautiful faith. Without any urban sophistication, even though the act of Christian faith was born in…

Oct 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Thousands flock to venerate Saint Parascheva’s relics in Iasi

Thousands of devotees flocked on Sunday to the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iasi to venerate the incorrupt body of Saint Parascheva the New, considered the Patron Saint of Moldavia, over the Divine Liturgy celebrated by 22 hierarchs on the Saint’s feast day. Over 20,000 believers attended the Divine Liturgy, while other 11,000 queued to venerate the…

Oct 15, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie of Huși: Church, Referendum, Reset

Following the referendum that was organized in Romania to define marriage in the Constitution as union between a man and a woman only, His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Huși expressed his point of view in an article entitled Church, Referendum, Reset. Church, Referendum, Reset: full text Victorious or defeated The referendum has passed. It was…

Oct 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou speaks in Bucharest about universal priesthood

The Very Rev. Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou spoke Tuesday evening about universal priesthood during a conference held at the Bucharest Faculty of Orthodox Theology. ‘Since the beginning and the end of all things is Jesus Christ, we always begin by invoking his name and making the sign of the Holy Cross,’ he said. Archimandrite Zacharias shared…

Oct 4, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Remains of allegedly poisoned to death Husi Bishop Grigore Leu exhumed

The body of the former Bishop Grigorie Leu of Huși was exhumed on Wednesday, Sept. 26, to clarify certain medico-legal aspects by experts in forensic medicine from the Institute for the Investigation of Communist Crimes in Romania (IICMER) and Public prosecutor’s office. The former Bishop of Husi Grigorie Leu was allegedly poisoned to death during…

Sep 28, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Transylvania Metropolitan urges fasting, prayers for Christian family

His Eminence Metropolitan Laurentiu of Transylvania has urged the clergy within his jurisdiction to celebrate the Divine Liturgy and the Supplicatory Canon to the Theotokos daily on Oct. 1 – 7 ‘for the protection of Christian family and the future of our children’. His Eminence urged believers to join the priests in offering prayers and…

Sep 28, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu