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Presents for the Children in Distress

Yesterday, 1 June 2016, the children from the Daily Centre of Saint Martyr Sofia of the Archdiocese of Bucharest visited the little patients hospitalised at Maria Sklodowska Curie Clinic Emergency Hospital of and at Fundeni Hospital of Bucharest. Every year on 1 June 2016, the Child’s International Day is celebrated. On this occasion, the children…

Jun 2, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Archbishop Ieronymos: Today we unite our voices in condemning the uprooting of the refugees

Statement by His Beatitude Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, at the refugee camp of Moria, Lesbos, in the presence of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: It is with unique joy that we welcome today to Lesbos Pope Francis. We consider his presence in the territory of the Church of Greece to be…

Apr 18, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

STATEMENT by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew

Lesvos, April 16, 2016 Dearest brothers and sisters, Precious youth and children, We have traveled here to look into your eyes, to hear your voices, and to hold your hands. We have traveled here to tell you that we care. We have traveled here because the world has not forgotten you. With our brothers, Pope…

Apr 16, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Lesbos: JOINT DECLARATION

We, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, have met on the Greek island of Lesvos to demonstrate our profound concern for the tragic situation of the numerous refugees, migrants and asylum seekers who have come to Europe fleeing from situations of conflict and, in many cases, daily threats…

Apr 16, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Presents for Disadvantaged Persons from Rome, Italy

Sunday, 10 April 2016, volunteers of “Conception of the Mother of God” parish offered parcels with food to the needy people in Anagnina area and in other outskirts of Rome – the official website of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy informs. The event is part of the social project of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese…

Apr 14, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

„Good Health for Villages” in the Eparchy of Lower Danube

Friday, 8 April 2016, two physicians and 3 medical assistants from Galaţi branch of the Christian Orthodox Physicians’ Association of Romania provided free medical consultations. The medical staff has also given specialised advice in promoting real education for good health. The event was held at Adam Monastery and included in the “Good Health for Villages”…

Apr 8, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Free Medical Consultations to Disadvantaged Persons from Arad

Thursday, 7 April 2016, on the occasion of the World Health Day some disadvantaged persons from Arad benefited from free consultations within the Medical Consulting rooms of “Unmercenaries Saints Cosmas and Damian” – the Social and Philanthropic Missionary Department informs. The medical volunteer activity was coordinated by dr. Călin Popa. “On this occasion the medical…

Apr 8, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

Only 37.9% of the places of worship built in Romania after 1989 belong to the Romanian Orthodox Church

The Romanian State Secretariat for Religious Affairs has recently published a centralized analysis regarding the number of places of worship in Romania, as at 31 December 2015. These statistics offer the possibility of a quantitative comparison between religious denominations and have the advantage of clarifying an aspect that has been more and more invoked as…

Apr 8, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and Pope Francis to meet on Lesvos

In a press release issued Tuesday, 5 April 2016, the Permanent Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece announced Pope Francis’ intention to visit Greece, to help raise awareness of the international community about the refugee problem. For this visit, the Holy Synod proposed the island of Lesvos, one of the Greek islands that…

Apr 6, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

The coalition for the Family collected 2.800.000 signatures

2,800,000 signatures have been collected until now for the support of the legal initiative of the citizens regarding the protection of the family. These are the statistics offered by the Coalition for the Family during the press conference held on Thursday, 31 March 2016. The campaign started in Bucharest at the beginning of this year.…

Mar 31, 2016Gheorghe Anghel

Radiophonic Colours in 1001 voices – a project dedicated to blind or visually impaired children in Romania

Radiophonic Colours in 1001 voices is a unique project dedicated to blind or visually impaired children in Romania, carried out by the Trinitas Radio Station of the Romanian Patriarchate. The social and cultural project entitled Radiophonic Colours in 1001 voices will be launched Tuesday, 5 April 2016, in the Great Hall of the Romanian Athenaeum,…

Mar 30, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu