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Popăuți Monastery founded by St. Stephen the Great featured on new commemorative stamp

A new stamp was introduced into circulation yesterday, January 21, featuring the St. Nicholas Church of Popăuți Monastery, built by St. Stephen the Great in 1496. The stamp is part of a series dedicated to various Romanian cities, with the latest stamps honoring the northern city of Botosani. The stamp was issued by Romfilatelia, which, “For…

Jan 23, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

French “Voice” jury marvel at Orthodox seminarians’ performance

The jury members of the vocal competition were so delighted to listen to the choir of the Russian Orthodox Seminary that they did not have time to press the button, spzh.news reports. The team of Schola Fratrum teachers and seminarians of the Russian Orthodox Seminary, located in the city of Epineux-sen-Senar on the outskirts of Paris,…

Jan 23, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Remains of first byzantine monastery of Iberian Peninsula identified in Spain

Previously thought to be a Roman or Visigothic site on a hill on the outskirts of Elda in the Alicante province of Spain, experts from the University of Alicante and the local archaeological museum have confirmed that the remains of a Christian monastery discovered in the 1980s are in fact those of a Byzantine monastery,…

Jan 21, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Romania’s Transylvanian Alps, on New York Times 2020 travel list

The old-growth forests of Romania, and particularly those found in the Southern Carpathian Mountains, also known as the Transylvanian Alps, have been included on a list of 52 Places To Go In 2020, put together by The New York Times, Romania Insider reports. “To experience a piece of real wilderness without having to go to the…

Jan 21, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Record number of pro-lifers march for the right to life for preborn babies

Thousands of pro-life campaigners marched in Denver and Chicago calling for an end to abortion. The marches are part of a nationwide effort to draw attention to the more than 600,000 abortion procedures carried out in the US each year and call for laws that support women and protect unborn babies. These two marches took place just…

Jan 20, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe

Over 9,000 Churches, Christian Buildings Attacked in Past Year: Open Doors

Leading Christian persecution watchdog nongovernmental organization Open Doors USA released it’s 2020 World Watch List Wednesday, an influential annual data report that this year highlights a drastic increase in attacks against Christian buildings and the imprisonment of Christians. The report, first launched in 1992, ranks the worst 50 countries in the world when it comes to…

Jan 17, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Recently discovered star carries name of Romanian city

Astronomer Ciprian Vîntdevară, who works at the Vasile Pârvan Astronomic Observatory in Bârlad has discovered a Delta Scuti variable star, which now carries the name of the eastern Romania city. The star, which has been named Bârlad V1, is found some 4,000 light-years from Earth, in the area of the Perseus constellation. The star was…

Jan 14, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe

Popular Greek Singer Nikos Vertis: ‘I love Christ and I carry Him always in my soul’

Invited by Nikos Hatzinikolaou at the weekly informative show “Enopios Enopio,” the popular Dutch-Greek singer Nikos Vertis spoke about his faith and the relation with Christ. ‘I love Christ and I have Him always in my life,’ Nikos Vertis said, Romfea reports. ‘We are living times when youth is afraid to say “I believe in…

Jan 14, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Monument to St. Clement of Rome erected at site of his martyrdom in Sevastopol

A monument to St. Clement has been erected in Sevastopol at the site of his martyrdom, Orthochristian reports. The statue was erected at Cossack Bay at the site believed to be that of the great saint’s martyrdom by the International Union of Slavic Tourism-Historical Cities public organization, as the Union’s representative Alexandra Zhupnik told RIA-Novosti Crimea.…

Jan 6, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Why does this Muscovite artist make religious graffiti?

His creations appear in traditional places — on the walls of apartment blocks and under bridges, but they depict either Jesus or the Virgin Mary. A huge graffiti face of Jesus Christ appeared in Moscow in late October. It wasn’t the first and won’t be the last. It was painted on a bridge bearing by…

Jan 3, 2020Mihail Mere-Albe

Romanian Bishop visits Viterbo prison on Christmas, encourages inmates

The assistant bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy made a special effort to visit the Viterbo prison on Christmas Day. His Grace Bishop Atanasie of Bogdania was accompanied by Fr Walter Gabriel Andriuta and several volunteers from St Callinicus of Cernica Parish in Viterbo. The bishop officiated a trilingual service in Romanian, Italian…

Dec 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu