On Monday evening, the General Assembly of the Romanian Patriarchate’s Filantropia Federation gathered in Chișinău and was marked by a Te Deum service at the chapel of the Eparchial Center. Key attendees included Father Ciprian Ioniță, Patriarchal Advisor and President of the Filantropia Federation; clergy from the Metropolis of Bessarabia; social advisors from various dioceses…
Metropolitan Teofan of Moldova and Bukovina blessed the “Maximilian” Orthodox Addiction Recovery Center, inaugurated last Monday in Iași, Romania, as a ministry of the city’s “St. Basil the Great” Parish. It was inspired by the tragic story of a young addict. The project has been realised with the support of the Archdiocese of Iași, in…
In July, the Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia organized a summer camp for Ukrainian mother-child refugee pairs. The camp hosted 47 mothers and 62 children. According to a press release from the Diaconia Social Mission, the “Bridges of Solidarity” camp included activities to strengthen the bond between mothers and children, such as…
A delegation of the Romanian Orthodox Church met with representatives of the Armenian Apostolic Church during an official visit aiming to establish a framework to support Armenian refugees from the Nagorno-Karabakh region. The meetings are taking place in the context of a fundraiser organized by the Romanian Patriarchate in 2024 to aid Armenian refugees. The…
Young people often postpone their weddings due to financial constraints. In this context, a priest from Botoșani in northern Romania has announced that his parish will assist young couples in organizing their weddings without significant economic burden. “The Pacea Church in Botoșani offers free help to future brides and grooms who wish to start a…
On Wednesday, the Filantropia Federation of the Romanian Patriarchate joined Eurodiaconia, a European network of social organisations, expanding an eight-year-old collaboration. The Romanian Patriarchate hosted the General Assembly of Eurodiaconia from May 14 to May 17. Representatives of over 60 member organizations attended this meeting. The national representative of the Romanian Orthodox Church in Eurodiaconia…
His Eminence Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina officiated on Friday the Blessing service for the „Veronica” Clinic in Iași, the first socio-medical centre in Romania to offer free medical services to socially vulnerable pregnant women, mothers and their children. The medical institution was established at charity priest Dan Damaschin’s initiative and through the fundraising efforts…
Last month, Diaconia Social Mission published on social media relevant figures for the support it provided in 2023 to vulnerable people in the Republic of Moldova. The organisation also recently detailed the aid it provided last year to Ukrainian refugee mothers and their children. Thousands of adult refugees have received psychological, legal and vocational counselling…
In addition to its philanthropic endeavours in Romania, which totaled more than 8 million Euros (40 million lei), the Archdiocese of Iasi engaged in community service in Africa during the previous year. The Archdiocese of Iaşi provided 10,000 euros in material assistance to Orthodox Christians from the Diocese of Arusha and Central Tanzania in 2023.…
In 2023, Bank of Food Moldova recovered more than 124,480 kg of foods. According to the standards of the European Food Banks Federation – FEBA, they represented 248,960 hot meals, which were distributed by 51 social services throughout the Republic of Moldova. The number of beneficiaries assisted by these centres was approximately 5,000 socially vulnerable…
Metropolitan Ioan of Banat celebrated his name day among homeless people from Timișoara, on January 7, St John the Baptist day in the Romanian Orthodox Church calendar. “These are some of my friends from Timișoara. There was nowhere I could have felt better after church than among these people whose only hope is God,” said…
