The local canonization of Saints Paisius and Cleopas will take place on August 7 at Sihăstria Monastery, Neamț County, during a series of festivities dedicated to local saints. The events will begin on August 5…
The Very Reverend Archimandrite Ephraim Koutsou, Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi on Mount Athos, will bring the honourable skull of Saint John Chrysostom to Bucharest in July. This privileged occasion will…
On Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025, just days before the 140th anniversary of the recognition of its autocephaly, the Romanian Orthodox Church will consecrate the Holy and Great Chrism for the 23rd time. The event,…
A national symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Romanian Patriarchate and the 1,700th anniversary of the First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea will take place in early May at Pantocrator Monastery in Teleorman, coinciding with…
The relics of the Holy Empress Helena, mother of Saint Constantine the Great, Emperor and Equal-to-the-Apostles, will be brought to Pantocrator Monastery in southern Romania for a historic pilgrimage. The sacred remains, currently housed in…
Internationally renowned theologians and professors will participate in the symposium “The First Ecumenical Council of Nicaea (325): Orthodox Faith – The Foundation of Church Unity” organized by the Romanian Patriarchate from May 13 to 17…
Last year, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church approved the canonization of sixteen 20th-century confessors and spiritual fathers. Their canonization will be publicly proclaimed as part of the program for the Centennial Year of…
On Saturday, January 11, His Grace Bishop Nectarie Petre will be enthroned as the first Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Ireland and Iceland. The event will take place at the Saint Columba Church of the Dublin…
The relics of Saint Lazarus, known as “the friend of the Lord,” will be brought from Cyprus next week for the festivities of Saint Demetrius the New at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Archbishop George…
Numerous state authorities congratulated His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on his 73rd birthday on Monday at the Patriarchal Palace. His Grace Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești, secretary of the Holy Synod, moderated the anniversary event,…