In a keynote speech during the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland, Ecumenical Patriarch His All-Holiness Bartholomew I termed their purpose “a fresh deliberation on the fate of the earth.” The assembly, which drew more than 2,000 participants from 50 countries, joined religious leaders with scientists, government officials, advocates, and indigenous people on Oct. 13-15…
On Friday, at the invitation of Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, former President of Iceland, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew delivered the keynote address to the Arctic Circle Assembly before a gathering of 2,000 participants from governments, corporations, universities and ecological institutions. The Ecumenical Patriarch spoke on the importance and influence of religion on raising awareness on…
Thousands of pilgrims arrived in Iași from all over Romania and other countries to venerate Saint Paraskeva, commemorated on Oct. 14 and whose holy relics are in Iași for over 350 years. On Saturday, His Eminence Nicholas Baalbaki, Metropolitan of Hama (Patriarchate of Antioch) presided over the festive Divine Liturgy. Concelebrants for the Divine Liturgy…
Approximately 25,000 faithful Orthodox Christians and over 100 priests prayerfully processed through the downtown streets of Iași yesterday, bearing the relics of their greatly-beloved St. Paraskeva, as well as relics of the holy Martyr Thekla, as part of the “Way of the Saints” pilgrimage St. Paraskeva is celebrated on October 14 in Romania. Her relics…
From responding to divisions within churches and communities, to addressing fair representation within the World Council of Churches (WCC), the Permanent Committee on Consensus and Collaboration (PCCC) of the WCC met from 2-6 October in Rhodes, Greece, hosted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate, through the hospitality of H. E. Metropolitan Kyrillos of Rhodes. Co-moderated by H.E.…
Kim Davis, the Kentucky country clerk who refused to sign same-sex marriage licenses in the wake of the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges decision in 2015, was on a speaking tour in Romania, sharing her experiences in the battles surrounding same-sex marriage and freedom of religion in the U.S. The 9-day trip came as a…
His Eminence Archbishop Demetrios visited the National Braille Press on September 14, 2017. During the visit he received the first copies of Speaking to God, My Orthodox Prayer book, and the Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom printed in Braille by the National Braille Press for the Department of Religious Education of the Archdiocese of America. It is believed…
Romanian Orthodox youth from across United States and Canada came together this Thanksgiving weekend alongside His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolia of the Americas and His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada for the annual ROYA Fall Conference. The event took place in Beaverton, Ontario, at the…
On Thursday, 12 October 2017, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed at his patriarchal residence His Excellency Cord Meier-Klodt, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Romania. The ambassador thanked for the honourable reception and appreciated the important and balanced role played by the Orthodox Church in Romanian society. His Excellency believes that the important…
Let the children come to me, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven (Matthew 19.14) Beloved brothers and sisters in the Lord, We, the Hierarchs of the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America, who have gathered in Garfield, New Jersey on October 3-5, 2017 for our eighth annual meeting,…
On 8 October 2017, after the Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Holy Dormition of the Lavra of the Holy Trinity and St. Sergius, His Holiness Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met with participants in the off-site session of the Committee of Representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union (CROCEU),…
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox, meeting in a working session yesterday at the patriarchal residence in Bucharest under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, decided to canonize two new saints of the Romanian Church. Metropolitan Iosif Naniescu has been canonized under the name of the Holy Hierarch Joseph the Merciful, the Metropolitan…
On October 5, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church held its working session at the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest. During the session chaired by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the Holy Synod rendered the following decisions. The Holy Synod glorified Metropolitan Joseph Naniescu, with the name of Saint Joseph the…
On Thursday, following his election as Bishop of Huşi by the Holy Synod, His Grace Ignatie held his first speech in which he thanked God and asked Him to bless his new ministry. You gave me tremendous credit by electing me titular bishop of this blessed diocese. I know that the expectations of Your Eminences and Your…
His Grace Ignatie of Mureş was elected new Bishop of the Huşi Diocese. During the working session of the Holy Synod, chaired Thursday by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the members of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church elected by a majority vote the new Bishop of Huşi. Last weekend, the Metropolitan Synod (Episcopal…
Following the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas, when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire at an open-air music festival from his room in a nearby hotel, His Eminence Nicolae, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas, offered his condolences and prayers. A statement posted on the diocesan website reads: The priests and faithful of the…
On Tuesday, 3 October 2017, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, welcomed at his patriarchal residence Her Excellency Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, President of the Republic of Croatia, who is currently paying an official visit to Romania. Patriarch Daniel joyfully received the visit of Her Excellency and expressed his hope that it will contribute to strengthening the…
On Sunday Patriarch Daniel said that it is quite difficult, though not impossible, that the sinful human nature change so much that a person can love the one who hates him and to wish the good of the one who hurts him. ‘In this regard, sincere love for enemies, without hypocrisy, begins with a prayer…
Saturday morning, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, presided over the Divine Liturgy at the St Gregory the Enlightener Chapel of his patriarchal residence. On this year’s feast of Saint Gregory the Enlightener of Greater Armenia, Sept. 30. His Beatitude Daniel celebrates his 10th anniversary of enthronement as Patriarch of the Romanian…