Dioceses

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

A family person will be saved through sacrifice, patience, responsibility: Abp Calinic at Curtea de Arges

‘Family means sacrifice, patience, responsibility,’ the Arges and Muscel Archbishop Calinic stressed Wednesday at the Curtea de Arges Monastery on the feast of the monastery’s holy founder, Ruler Prince Saint Neagoe Basarab. Citing Christ’s words that ‘he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved’ (Matthew 24:13 KJV), the Archbishop of Arges…

Sep 28, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Southern Bessarabia Bishop Veniamin commemorates soon-to-be-saint Dionisie Erhan on his 75th death anniversary

His Grace Bishop Veniamin of Southern Bessarabia officiated on Monday, Sept. 17, a memorial service for the rest of the soul of Ismail Bishop Dionisie Erhan, whose canonization process was recently initiated, on his 75th death anniversary. The Metropolis of Bessarabia has started the procedures for the canonization of Ismail Bishop Dionisie Erhan (1868-1943), who…

Sep 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou to speak in Deva

The Spiru Haret Hall of the Hunedoara County School Inspectorate in Deva will host a conference by Archimandrite Zacharias Zacharou from the Stavrovegic Monastery of St John the Baptist in Tolleshunt Knights, UK, on the topic ‘Spiritual tension: a way to enter God’s life-giving presence’. The event will take place Wednesday, October 3, 2018, at…

Sep 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Orthodox Youth from Africa on pilgrimage to St Anne Monastery at Orsova

The Orthodox young people representing the Patriarchate of Alexandria at this year’s International Meeting of Orthodox Youth at Sibiu continued their stay in Romania with a visit to St Anne Monastery at Orsova. Monday, September 17, the African young people attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated by the Assistant Bishop to the Timisoara Archdiocese, His Grace…

Sep 19, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan of Transylvania urges believers to attend Romanian referendum for the definition of marriage

Metropolitan Laurenţiu of Transylvania has urged believers of all confessions to attend the referendum for the definition of marriage, Agerpres reported. The referendum, scheduled for October 7, aims to change the definition of marriage in the Constitution from the current marriage between spouses to the marriage between a man and a woman. The metropolitan argued that turnout…

Sep 18, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Memorial to national heroes consecrated at Romanian Monastery on site where 14,000 soldiers died

A monument to Romanian national heroes was consecrated on Friday at the Monastery of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross in Brusturi commune in northwestern Romania, where 14,000 Romanian, Russian, and German soldiers died in one night during World War II. The service was celebrated by His Grace Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe after the…

Sep 18, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Metropolis of Bessarabia coming to promote the canonization of Ismail bishop Dionisie Erhan

The Metropolis of Bessarabia has started the procedures for the canonization of Ismail Bishop Dionisie Erhan (1868-1943), who was ordained to the episcopate in Iași in 1918, a short time after Romania’s Great Union took place. The demarches belong to the South Bessarabia Diocese of the Romanian Patriarchate as a result of the investigations made…

Sep 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox Youth Meeting Torch passed on to Craiova Archdiocese, organizer of ITO 2019

The 2018 International Meeting of Orthodox Youth drew to an end Sunday, when during a special ceremony in front of the Metropolitan Cathedral in Sibiu the ITO 2018 Torch was passed to the Craiova Archdiocese, which will organise next year’s ITO 2019. The closing ceremony took place after the Divine Liturgy presided over by Metropolitan…

Sep 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu