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Mr Puzzle creates Patriarch Daniel portrait with 720 Rubik’s cubes as congratulation on His Beatitude’s 70th birthday

Among the congratulatory messages sent during this period to Patriarch Daniel, on the occasion of his 70th  birthday, the exquisite message of young artist Cristian Leana stands out for its originality. The young man, known as Mr Puzzle, used more than 700 Rubik’s cubes to portray the Patriarch of Romania. The process, which lasted almost…

Jul 20, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The peace message of religion awarded in Oslo: Father Ioan Sauca to receive the Bridge Builder Award

The Norwegian “14th of August” Committee announced on Friday at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo that it will award three international religious leaders for building bridges across religions. One of them is Father Ioan Sauca, Acting General Secretary of The World Council of Churches. The announcement was made by Aamir Sheikh, Secretary-General of the…

Jul 6, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

80 years from the deportation of the Romanians from Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina

The first wave of deportations from Soviet-occupied Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina started on the night of June 12, 1941. Romanians were the nationality with the greatest number of victims among those deported to Siberia and Kazakhstan: over 70,000 persons. At the first wave, 29,839 Romanians were sent to Siberia and Kazakhstan. The second wave was…

Jul 3, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Cluj Metropolitan meets Romania’s next ambassador to the United States of America

Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj met with the next Romanian Ambassador to the United States of America, Andrei Muraru, at the metropolitan residence in Cluj-Napoca, on June 25, 2021. The Metropolitan congratulated Andrei Muraru and wished him success in the new diplomatic mission. The two spoke about the support and mission of the Romanian Orthodox Church…

Jul 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate’s Representation to EU: Matić Report amplifies rifts in today’s Europe

The Representation of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the European Institutions transmitted that the Matić Report amplifies division in today’s Europe on issues that, according to the founding treaty of the Union, should be regulated exclusively by each member state. “In stark contrast to the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU, which clearly stipulates…

Jun 28, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

1990 Mineriad victims commemorated in Bucharest

Father Gheorghe Dilirici, the coordinator of the priests serving in the state cemeteries in Bucharest, officiated a memorial service to commemorate the victims of the Mineriads on Sunday, June 13, 2021. Dozens of people, relatives and friends of the Mineriads victims, gathered at the memorial cross in front of the National Theater in Bucharest to…

Jun 18, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania’s first Righteous Among the Nations, who saved 20,000 Jews during Holocaust, commemorated in Suceava

Priests from Colacu village, Fundu Moldovei commune, Suceava county, officiated on June 4 a memorial service for the rest of the soul of lawyer Traian Popovici, a former mayor of Chernivtsi and the first Romanian to receive the title of Righteous Among the Nations. The memorial service marking Traian Popovici’s 75th death anniversary was attended…

Jun 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

European Parliament: Romanian Orthodox Church representative offers the Christian perspective on the future of EU trade

A seminar on the future of EU trade policy was held on Tuesday at the European Parliament (EP). Father George Vâlcu addressed the event on behalf of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the EU (CROCEU), proposing that trade be centred less on profit and more on the real needs of the…

Jun 5, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Bishop Justin: Children are unique projects made by God in cooperation with their parents, Church and school

The Bishop of Maramureș and Sătmar sent a message for both parents and children on International Children’s Day. The hierarch urged parents and educators to cooperate with God in raising joyful children and recommended children to love Christ, the only One who can offer them real freedom. “Children come from God’s heaven. They bring smiles…

Jun 3, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Journalist Ioana Ciurlea: “My father was the coolest priest”

In an interview for life.ro, Journalist and Digi24 reporter Ioana Ciurlea spoke about her father, a priest for thirty years in Conop, Arad, and who passed away in September 2018. Ioana Ciurlea confessed that as a child, she was determined to do journalism and that she looks like her father, “an expansive guy, who liked…

May 19, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

International Day of Families: Patriarch Daniel mentions the patron saints of the Romanian Christian family

The International Day of Families is marked annually on May 15, while the Romanian Orthodox Church has dedicated to Christian families the Sunday which is closest to the same date. In his most recent message, Patriarch Daniel has mentioned the patron saints of the Romanian Christian family In 1993, the United Natrions General Assembly established…

May 15, 2021Ștefana Totorcea