“Loving our enemies, at least tolerating them, is possible,” the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești said on Wednesday at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest. “This is what Saint Nectarios shows us about those who persecuted him, reviled him and lied by spreading a great deal of slander against him, for which reason God made…
On Sunday, November 6, faithful and hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church visited the monastery in Suceava to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the church’s consecration, the Archdiocese of Suceava reports. In 1514, Bogdan III, son of St. Stephen the Great, began the construction of the Church of the Great Martyr George at St. John…
His Eminence Metropolitan Laurenţiu of Transylvania received His Excellency Reuven Azar, the Ambassador of the State of Israel to Romania, at the metropolitan residence in Sibiu on Saturday, November 5. The diplomat acknowledged his pleasure and honour at visiting the Metropolis of Transylvania, stressing that Romania is one of Israel’s most popular tourist destinations. Metropolitan…
Father Petre Matei, the priest of the Romanian Orthodox community in Nicosia, shared with the Romanian audience the sad news of the repose of Archbishop Chrysostomos II whom he described as an active archbishop and an able steward. The representative of the Romanian Patriarchate in Cyprus said that the lifeless body of His Beatitude Archbishop…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has expressed his deep sorrow over the repose of Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus. Patriarch Daniel sent “fraternal condolences” to the members of the Holy Synod of the Church of Cyprus and offered prayers to Christ the Lord to give rest to the soul of Abp Chrysostomos “in the light, peace and…
The Primate of the Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Cyprus, His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos II, reposed in the Lord Monday morning at 81 after a long battle with cancer. According to an announcement published on the Church’s official website, Archbishop Chrysostomos died peacefully on Monday at 6.40 a.m. “His Beatitude passed away peacefully after having faced…
UNESCO member states declared the first Thursday of November, the International Day against violence and bullying at school including cyberbullying, recognizing that school-related violence in all its forms is an infringement of children and adolescents’ rights to education and to health and well-being. It calls upon member states, UN partners, other relevant international and regional…
At the end of the Solemn Year of Prayer and the Commemorative Year of the Hesychast Saints, you have another opportunity to pray more, calm and recharge your soul with the words of the Holy Scripture and the Holy Fathers of the Church: the Nativity Fast that begins in two weeks. The Nativity Fast “is…
His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia bestowed a newly instituted order of the Metropolis honouring its first primate Metropolitan Gurie Grosu upon His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel during a ceremony held at the Patriarchal Palace on October 28, 2022. The award honouring Bessarabia’s first Metropolitan Gurie Grosu was established this year to mark the 30th anniversary…
Representatives of the charitable organizations founded by the eparchies of the Romanian Patriarchate have gathered in Iași, Romania, for the General Assembly of the Filantropia Federation. The meeting is held between October 31 and November 2. The assembly started on Monday with a presentation made by Deacon Sorin Mihalache on “Christian Spirituality in Social Work…
The Order of Saint Anthimos the Iberian was handed to His Excellency Nikoloz Nikolozishvili, the outgoing ambassador of Georgia to Bucharest, by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti. As a sign of recognition for fostering solid ties between the Romanian and Georgian peoples, the order was given on behalf of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel.…
The Diocese of Severin and Strehaia celebrated its 350th anniversary on Sunday in the former diocesan residence, Strehaia Monastery. The festivities featured the laying of the cornerstone for a chapel dedicated to Saint Theophano Basarab, the first-known Romanian nun canonised by the Holy Synod earlier this year. Local and central authorities attended, including Alin Isuf,…
Priests gathered last Sunday at St Nicholas – Brosteni Church in Bucharest to pray for the survivors and the victims of a deadly fire that broke out at a nightclub in Romania’s capital seven years ago. The assembly of priests was led by the dean of Bucharest’s Sector 4, Fr. Ionuț Bărbulescu. The prayers gathered…
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church held a working session at Patriarch Teoctist Aula Magna of the Patriarchal Palace. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel chaired the meeting on Friday, October 28, 2022. The main resolutions of the Holy Synod include the following: The Holy Synod approved the proposal of the Metropolitan Synod of the…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel spoke on Thursday about St. Demetrius the New as a hesychast saint and outlined his connection with the believers on both banks of the Danube River. His Beatitude also referred to St. Gregory Palamas, the Archbishop of Thessaloniki, and described him as a fruit of the work of grace among the…
Metropolitan Panteleimon de Veria expressed his desire to revisit Romania. The Greek hierarch said he would bring the right hand of St. Demetrius the Myrrh-gusher. Patriarch Daniel made the announcement on Thursday at the feast of Saint Demetrius the New, the Patron Saint of Bucharest. “His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veria promised that in the…
On the feast day of Saint Demetrius the Myrrh-Gusher, His Eminence Metropolitan Panteleimon of Veria, Naoussa and Kampania presided over the Divine Liturgy at the outdoor altar of the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. In his sermon, the Greek metropolitan emphasised the importance of saints to the economy of salvation. “The saints of our Church, whether…
On Tuesday, October 25, 2022, the Romanian Patriarchate and the Ministry of Health signed a Protocol regarding the conduct of Christian-Orthodox religious assistance activities in health units subject to the Ministry of Health. The two institutions were represented by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church and Prof. Dr Alexandru Rafila, Romania’s Minister…
A year after the blessed repose of the first diocesan bishop of Deva, Gurie Georgiu, hierarchs, clergy, monastics and believers gathered in St Nicholas diocesan cathedral to remember him in prayer. Bishop Gurie Georgiu presided over the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara from 2009 until his death on October 21, 2021. His Eminence Metropolitan Laurentiu…
The Basilica Media Center of the Romanian Patriarchate celebrates its 15th anniversary on October 27, on the feast of St Demetrius the New. This celebration always finds Church journalists at work. Television and radio bring religious services live to the people, while Basilica.ro and Lumina Newspaper report the events, while the Press Office of the Romanian Patriarchate…