Romanian Patriarchate

First Food Bank established in Romania with the support of the Romanian Orthodox Church

The Local Food Bank Project in Bucharest’s Sector 6 was launched Wednesday, 7 December 2016, at Golescu-Grant Centre for Recreation and Personal Development. The General Directorate of Social Assistance and Child Protection (DAGSP) in Sector 6 implements the project, in partnership with Sector 6 branch of Diaconia Association. The event was attended by the Mayor…

Dec 9, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Father Raphael Noica about the Holy and Great Council: Nothing was done on the line to sell Orthodoxy

Son of the famous Romanian philosopher Constantin Noica, Father Raphael Noica is renowned as one of the greatest Romanian contemporary elders. Father Raphael has recently given an interview for Doxologia.ro, speaking about the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church, which took place this June in Crete. Nothing was done on the line to…

Dec 8, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Saint Andrew the Apostle – Protector of Romania and of the National Cathedral

The Holy Apostle Andrew the First-Called and Protector of Romania was celebrated Wednesday, 30 November 2016. In Romania, Saint Andrew enjoys a special honour, being considered the Apostle of Romanians or the Enlightener of Romanian people. That is why he is the protector saint of many monasteries and churches, but also the protector saint of…

Dec 3, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Synod urges the faithful for charity during Nativity Fast

The members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church urge the faithful and the clergy of the Romanian Patriarchate to organise, during the Nativity Fast, collection of money, food, clothes and medicine for disadvantaged families with many children, affected families, children in orphanages, elderly and sick people, lonely persons hospitalized in nursing homes…

Nov 25, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Saint John Chrysostom commemorated at the Chapel of the National Cathedral

His Grace Varlaam of Ploiești, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch and Chief Secretary of the Holy Synod, celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the feast of Saint John Chrysostom, Sunday, 13 November 2016. Saint John is the protector saint of the Chapel of the National Cathedral. At the end of the Divine Liturgy, His Beatitude Patriarch…

Nov 18, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

HG Bishop Timotei of Prahova: Priests must observe closely the luminous example of St Anthimos the Ivirite

His Grace Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, presided Thursday, 10 November 2016, over the pastoral and missionary conference organised in Vălenii de Munte. The works of the conference were preceded by the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, at which participated every member of the conference. Priests from the Deaneries of…

Nov 15, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

First bell of the Bucharest National Cathedral cast in Austria

The first of the six bells of the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral was cast in Innsbruck, Austria, weighing 25 tones. The bell that will ring from the tower of the National Cathedral in Bucharest was cast Friday, 11 November 2016, with the effort of three generations of metallurgical engineers, Trinitas TV reported. Today was a…

Nov 14, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ieronim of Sinaia blesses the painting of St Nectarios Palliative Care Centre’s Chapel

His Grace Ieronim of Sinaia, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, blessed Wednesday, 9 November 2016, the painting of St Nectarios Palliative Care Centre’s Chapel in Bucharest, Radio Trinitas informs. In his homily, His Grace Bishop Ieronim stressed out how important it is to serve our neighbour within the existing care centres. The director of the…

Nov 14, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Saint Nectarios of Aegina celebrated at Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest

Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest celebrated Wednesday, 9 November 2016, one of its protector saints, the Holy Hierarch Nectarios of Aegina. On this occasion, thousands of faithful came to pray and bow down before the relics of St Nectarios, Radio Trinitas informs. His Grace Varlaam of Ploieşti, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, celebrated the Divine…

Nov 11, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Pastoral and Missionary Conference in Bucharest. Patriarch Daniel: The life of St Anthimos the Ivirite was a permanent sacrifice of labour and diligence in serving Christ’s Church

Priests from Bucharest and Ilfov County participated Monday, 7 November 2016, at the autumn session of the pastoral and missionary Conference entitled 2016 – Commemorative Year of Hieromartyr St Anthimos the Ivirite and of the Church typographers. The event took place in the Patriarch Teoctist Aula of the Patriarchal Palace. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of…

Nov 10, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

A new Virginmartyr has been enlisted in the calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church: Saint Agnes

The Holy Synod approved the enlistment of the Holy Virginmartyr Agnes (feast day on January 21st) in the calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church. The decision was taken during the working session of the Holy Synod, carried out on 29 October 2016, at the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest.   Life of…

Nov 9, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu