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Movie depicting tribulations of St Nektarios of Aegina coming to cinemas across Greece soon

Movie theatres across Greece will be showing a new film ‘Man of God’ depicting the life and tribulations of Saint Nektarios of Aegina. Based on a true story, ‘Man of God’ will highlight the inspiring and struggling life of Saint Nektarios, played by leading actor Aris Servetalis (42). ‘Exiled unjustly, convicted without trial, slandered without…

Aug 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

How a Greek Orthodox Priest made Giannis Antetokounmpo a Devout Christian

Millions of words have been written about the great athlete Giannis Antetokounmpo who was voted 2019 Most Valuable Player in the NBA for 2019. Equally as many words have been written about his humble background, growing up in poverty in the Sepolia area of Athens. However, little is known about his faith and his devotion to the…

Aug 7, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Portrait of Romanian WWI heroine will appear on new banknote to be launched next year

The portrait of Ecaterina Teodoroiu, a heroine of Romania who fought and died in World War I (WWI), will appear on the new RON 20 banknote the Romanian central bank BNR will launch in 2020. “The Board of Directors of the National Bank of Romania (BNR) decided, during the meeting on July 30, to launch,…

Aug 1, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Museum of Communist Horrors to be set up at the Parliament Palace in Bucharest

A museum that will show the crimes, abuses and tortures experienced by the Romanian people during Communism (1945-1989) is to be set up at the Parliament Palace in Bucharest. President Klaus Iohannis promulgated on July 25 the law on setting up this museum, which is called the Museum of Communist Horrors in Romania (Muzeul Ororilor Comunismului…

Aug 1, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romfilatelia introduces into circulation the postage stamps issue “Simona Halep, the Romanian tennis ambassador”

To honour the performance of a great tennis player and, particularly, the victory at Wimbledon on July 13th, 2019, Romfilatelia introduces into circulation, on Friday 26th, this year, the postage stamps issue “Simona Halep, the Romanian tennis ambassador”, compound of one perforated souvenir sheet and one imperforated souvenir sheet. On the stamp of the souvenir sheet is illustrated the…

Jul 30, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Byzanfest: The world’s first online Orthodox Christian short film festival

Established in 2014, Byzanfest is the world’s first and only online festival that screens short-films made by Eastern Orthodox Christian filmmakers. The Festival goes live from Sunday 21st July until 4th August 2019, running concurrently with live venue screenings which are hosted by Global Screening Partners. „As the world’s media and entertainment have become increasingly…

Jul 22, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romania baby deaths have halved in last decade, according to new statistics

The number of babies dying before they reach a year old has halved on average across all EU member states in the last two decades, according to new figures, Euronews reports. Data released by Eurostat on Friday showed there were on average 6.8 deaths per 1,000 live births in the EU in 1997, compared with…

Jul 19, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romania’s emigrant population is the fifth largest in the world and growing, OECD report finds

Romania has the fifth largest emigrant population in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2015/2016, according to the “Talent Abroad: A Review of Romanian Emigrants” report, published by the OECD and commissioned by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The study finds that from 2001/2002 to 2015/2016, Romania’s emigrant population…

Jul 18, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

New draft law in Romania raises awareness about violence against Christians

MP Daniel Gheorghe has submitted a draft law to parliament that declares August 16 an official Remembrance Day of the Holy Brancoveanu Martyrs and a National Day of Awareness of Violence against Christians. If the draft law will be approved by the Parliament, the following buildings will be illuminated in red on August 16, between…

Jul 17, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

June was hottest ever recorded on Earth

Last month was the hottest June ever recorded, the EU‘s satellite agency has announced. Data provided by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts on behalf of the EU, showed that the global average temperature for June 2019 was the highest on record for the month, independent.co.uk…

Jul 4, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Commission Vice-President Katainen: “We need more Christian values in Europe!”

Addressing an event on common European values, in Brussels, which was marking the upcoming Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU (July-December 2019), European Commission Vice-President, Jyrki Katainen emphasised that the discussion on this topic is becoming of utmost importance. He deplored the fact that many of the EU’s Member States seem to have forgotten some of…

Jun 25, 2019Gheorghe Anghel