Archaeologists from Ca’ Foscari University of Venice have identified the remains of a church dating from between the late fourth century and the first half of the fifth century in the ancient city of Altino, northern Italy. The building has a rectangular floor plan measuring approximately 30 by 20 metres, with no apse, and is…
“Christ is the source of pastoral strength,” Archimandrite Nicodim Petre said Thursday evening, at the end of the Holy Synod meeting where he was elected Bishop of Bălți. “I accept this decision, this vote of confidence, with the hope that I will honour it, with humility and with the awareness that this is a very…
Archimandrite Nicodim Petre, diocesan adviser in the Department for Mission, Statistics and Pastoral Planning of the Archdiocese of Iași and abbot of Bucium Monastery, was elected Bishop of Bălți at Thursday’s working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. His enthronement will take place on a date to be announced by the…
The Romanian Orthodox Church held its inaugural National Church Assembly meeting in Bucharest on Wednesday, establishing the body that will serve as one of the Church’s central deliberative authorities for the 2026–2030 term. His Grace Bishop Iachint of the Pacific, Assistant Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, led a Te…
Archimandrite Augustin Coman, Patriarchal Adviser and Coordinator in the Department for Christian and Interreligious Relations, examined the challenges facing Eucharistic communion in the digital age during an international conference held in Hildesheim, Germany. The conference took place from 15 to 18 October at the Monastery of the Dormition of the Mother of God and was…
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met on Thursday, 29 October 2026, in the Patriarch Teoctist Aula Magna at the Palace of the Patriarchate in Bucharest, under the presidency of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. During the meeting, the Holy Synod adopted several decisions concerning the Church’s pastoral and missionary activities. The principal decisions…
“To be a Christian means to bear witness to the faith,” emphasised His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas on Sunday at the Romanian Orthodox Parish of St Nicholas and St George in New York. His Eminence explained the Gospel reading for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, recounting the healing of the demon-possessed man in…
The Romanian Orthodox community of the Cathedral of St George and St Andrew Șaguna in Windsor, Canada, celebrated the 108th anniversary of the parish’s founding on Sunday, 25 October. The anniversary was marked by the Divine Liturgy, during which the community offered prayers of thanksgiving to God for the blessings, gifts, and benefits bestowed upon…
“Christ the Lord grants His rest, or His peace, to all pilgrims who undertake the effort of travelling long distances and waiting in long queues to venerate the holy relics of the saints or their wonderworking icons,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Tuesday, as St Demetrius the New, the patron saint of Bucharest, was…
Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești celebrated a thanksgiving service (Doxology) at the National Cathedral in Bucharest on Monday to mark Military Clergy Day in the Romanian Armed Forces. Representatives of the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and military personnel attended the service. Bishop Varlaam congratulated those serving in the country’s…
Assistant Bishop Maxim of Danubius celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Sunday, 25 October, at the Romanian Orthodox Parish of the Nativity of St John the Baptist in Valletta, Malta, warning that people lose their freedom when they distance themselves from God. His Grace explained the Gospel reading for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, which recounts…
Queen Marie of Romania was commemorated on 24 October at San Anton Palace, Malta’s Presidential Palace, during an event hosted by President Myriam Spiteri Debono and attended by members of the Romanian community and children from the Romanian Orthodox Parish School in Valletta, the Maltese capital. Those attending included Assistant Bishop Maxim of Danubius of…
Metropolitan Antonie of Bessarabia met with Romanian Prime Minister Luca Niculescu in Chișinău on Tuesday to discuss continued Romanian state support for Church communities and the development of social, educational, and cultural projects in the Republic of Moldova. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Metropolis of Bessarabia during the Prime Minister’s first…
The Romanian Patriarchate has expressed its deep sorrow and solidarity with the people of Spain following a tragic railway accident in the Spanish province of Toledo, which claimed lives and left several people injured. In a statement, the Patriarchate offered prayers for the victims and their families and expressed its support for all those affected…
The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Spain and Portugal has expressed its condolences and solidarity following a deadly train accident in Los Yébenes, in Spain’s Toledo province, offering prayers for those who died and support for the injured and their families. In a statement issued Wednesday, His Grace Bishop Timotei of Spain and Portugal said the…
“The life of St Elizabeth of Pasărea is one of the testimonies close to our own times through which we understand that holiness does not belong only to distant periods of Church history, but can also flourish in the world in which we live,” Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Paisie of Sinaia emphasised. The bishop celebrated the…
Fr Emanuel-Pavel Tăvală, cultural adviser to the Archdiocese of Sibiu and lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu, has been elected president of the European Consortium for Church and State Research. The election took place on Saturday during the organisation’s General Assembly in Copenhagen, where the Romanian priest secured a…
Patriarch Daniel has urged Christians to strengthen family life through prayer, mutual care and practical support for those in need, saying that the examples of St Demetrius the New and St Elizabeth of Pasărea show that holiness remains possible in every generation. In an address during the Way of the Saints procession in Bucharest on…
“Our encounter here and now with St Demetrius the New and St Elizabeth of Pasărea, through the veneration of their holy relics, shows us that God is at work in every generation and continually calls people to holiness,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel told participants in Saturday’s Way of the Saints procession in Bucharest. His Beatitude…
His Grace Assistant Bishop Iachint of the Pacific of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand celebrates the feast day of his patron saint, St Hyacinth, Metropolitan of Wallachia, on Wednesday. Born on 22 June 1989 in Bucharest to Constantin and Margareta Vardianu, the bishop received the name Ioan Cătălin at Baptism. In…