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EU Anti-Trafficking Day: Most of the victims are from Romania

The vast majority of EU’s trafficking victims (74%) come from Romania. The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) issued on Monday – EU Anti-Trafficking Day – a statement asking member states to counter technology-assisted human trafficking. The main purpose of human trafficking is sexual exploitation, while a…

Oct 18, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Chapel of Life-giving Spring and St. Nectarios under construction at Bucharest Oncology Centre

A new Orthodox chapel is under construction at a major oncological institute in the Romanian capital. The foundation stone of the future church, which will be consecrated in honour of the Life-giving Spring of the Mother of God and St. Nectarios the Wonderworker of Aegina, was laid and blessed by His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei…

Oct 18, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian deanery builds house for family with seven children. Six more houses to follow

The first of the seven social houses built by Onești Deanery was inaugurated on Thursday in the Mănăstirea Cașin village, Bacău county. The house was blessed and formally offered to a needy family. Six more social houses will follow within the same social project. “Anastasia House is the first to have been finalized within the…

Oct 12, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Bucharest Archdiocese, Prahova Probation Service sign agreement to help convicts reintegrate socially

Following on a number of agreements with local probation services, the Archdiocese of Bucharest of the Romanian Orthodox Church is actively assisting convicts in the process of social reintegration. The Archdiocese signed an agreement with the Bucharest Probation Service and the Ilfov County Probation Service in December, and on Monday, October 4, it signed another…

Oct 6, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanians offered Bulgarians a second vestment of St. Paraskeva and 30 tons of food

Over 30 tons of non-perishable foods and a vestment which covered for a while St. Paraskeva’s relics in Iași were delivered on Friday to Bulgarians in Ruse by representatives and volunteers of  Romanian organizations. The donation document for the saint’s vestment was signed by Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina. The gift was received by…

Sep 21, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Suceava Archdiocese takes 100+ children to the seaside for first time

September 5, 2021, marked the end of a social program of the Archdiocese of Suceava aiming at helping children to go to the seaside for the first time. The project entitled “For the first time at the seaside” was carried out by the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti and was dedicated to 103 children in…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archdiocese provides school supplies to 4,000 children

Ahead of the new school year, Orthodox dioceses throughout Romania have been providing children with necessary school supplies. A week before school started, priests of the Archdiocese of Lower Danube distributed backpacks filled with school supplies to 4,000 children. On September 16, the Brăila Deanery distributed 650 backpacks with supplies to its parishes, who in…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Cluj Metropolitan brings school-supply kits to 400 Roma children

Four hundred Roma children from Turda-Fabrici Parish received backpacks, school supplies, sweets and prayer books. The gifts were personally offered by Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj, who visited the parish in Turda on Thursday, Sept. 9. The supplies were purchased by the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac, and Cluj, with the support of the “Orthodox Philanthropy” Association…

Sep 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Archdiocesan Pro-Life Department renovating house for family with 10 children

Thanks to the efforts of Pro Vita Iași, the pro-life department of the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese of Iași, the house of a large family with 10 children is undergoing repairs and reconstruction. Interior renovation was started on Monday. Mihai and Cristina Cârtițe and their 10 children are used to living simply and are satisfied with…

Sep 7, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Serafim and Romanians from Germany met hundreds of children they sponsor in Romania

The Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Germany and 47 donors from the Romanian diaspora visited on Friday Romania’s most impoverished town, Negrești, in Vaslui county, where they offer monthly scholarships for 450 children. The financial support is offered through the eparchial Programme “Scholarships for the Poor Children of Moldavia”. “I was glad to meet many of…

Sep 7, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

World Council of Churches Recognizes International Orthodox Christian Charities as a Specialized Ministry

The World Council of Churches (WCC) recognized the International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) as a specialized ministry partner. This recognition as a specialized ministry is the culmination of a long and productive relationship focused on service. Since its inception, IOCC has collaborated with the WCC on various emergency relief initiatives. IOCC shares with the WCC a…

Jul 27, 2021Ștefana Totorcea