The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church decided to help the Orthodox communities in Syria and Turkey, severely affected by the devastating earthquake that occurred at the beginning of last week. The earthquake affected the communities of the Patriarchate of Antioch in Alexandretta, Mersin and Antakia in Turkey, as well as the communities in…
The Social-Philanthropic and Missionary Sector of the Archdiocese of Târgoviște has offered 40 wheelchairs and 20 rollators walkers with frames to several social institutions in Dâmbovița County that take care of older people with disabilities. According to the Archdiocese’s press office, the institutions include St Helen Elderly Care Home in Târgoviște, Social Assistance Directorate Târgoviște…
Last week, Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău blessed the start of the rehabilitation and extension works of a hospital in Roman, Neamț County, that will be placed under the protection of the Most Holy Theotokos. On Monday, January 23, fifty members of the work team and officials of the affiliated enterprises attended the blessing…
After the years of the pandemic, society faced new problems in 2022. The Romanian Orthodox Church stood beside the afflicted. Fr. Ciprian Ioniță, patriarchal adviser overseeing the Social-Philanthropic Sector of the Patriarchal Administration, and President of the Romanian Patriarchate’s Filantropia Federation, provided Radio Trinitas with an update on the previous year’s activities. “The year 2022…
Metropolitan Ioan of Banat honoured his name day on the feast of St. John the Forerunner by eating lunch with homeless individuals in a Timisoara shelter. The metropolitan usually celebrates his name day by doing charity. Last year, he turned his attention to the people deprived of their liberty at Timișoara’s Penitentiary. Also on the feast…
Marking the European Anti-Trafficking Day, His Eminence Archbishop Calinic of Suceava and Rădăuţi published a decalogue for preventing and combating this social phenomenon with profound adverse effects on children, women, families and communities. “God, today, more than ever, needs Levites and priests, faithful people, to protect the old, the young, the women, the girls and…
The Orthodox Archdiocese of Cluj is developing a brand-new palliative care facility for children with chronic illnesses. On Thursday, October 13, His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj and His Grace Assistant Bishop Benedict of Bistriţa laid the cornerstone for the future St. Christopher Centre in Sânnicoară, Cluj County. A number of Orthodox believers, clergy, city…
At the start of the 2022–2023 school year, 14,138 students were sponsored by the Archdiocese of Bucharest. The aid consisted of backpacks with school supplies, textbooks, clothes and shoes worth 276,247 EUR (1,364,023 lei). The clergy and employees in charge of social aid in the diocese carried out charitable deeds. Priest Ionuţ Tutea, who coordinates…
A family of five from the county of Bacău, Romania, is helped by the local branch of the Romanian Christian Orthodox Students’ Association (ASCOR) to rebuild their home destroyed by fire. The Orthodox students teamed with the Social-philanthropic Sector of the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău to launch a fundraising and support campaign for the…
Father Liviu Burlacu, the coordinator of a centre for addiction therapy, explained in an interview how the lives of people affected by addiction could change for the better. The residential centre “The Life-Giving Spring”, dedicated to treating alcohol and other drug addictions, has been operating in Bogdan Voda, Bacau, Romania, since 2019. The centre was…
The Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia on Thursday opened a multifunctional centre for children and families in Chișinău, which will provide support to families facing crises – both among refugees and socially vulnerable families in the Republic of Moldova. The Metropolitan of Bessarabia, the representative of the Social-Philanthropic Sector of the Romanian…
