Digital Matericon: Women Saints of January (I)
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church has declared the year 2026 the Commemorative Year of the Holy Women in the Church calendar. Accordingly, we invite you to discover each month the faces of…
Tag: 2026 Holy Women
Metropolitan Serafim urges humility over comfort in Christmas message, highlights women’s role in Church and family
In this year’s Christmas pastoral letter, Metropolitan Serafim of Germany invites the faithful to move beyond the material comfort associated with the Nativity feast and to rediscover what he calls “the only new thing under…
16 saintly women to be canonized by Romanian Patriarchate, Patriarch Daniel announces
The Romanian Patriarchate will canonize 16 female saints in 2026, as part of the Commemorative Year of Holy Women in the Church Calendar, according to announcements made by Patriarch Daniel on Monday evening during the…
Local Synods propose canonization of five holy women from both sides of the Prut River
The Local Synods of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bukovina and the Metropolis of Bessarabia convened jointly on Thursday in Iași, Romania. During the session, the hierarchs approved proposals for the canonization of five women…
Small Digital Matericon: Romanian Women Who Loved God (I)
In anticipation of the year 2026, declared the Commemorative Year of Holy Women in the Calendar by the Romanian Patriarchate, we turn our attention to several notable figures of Romanian women who lived their lives…
Foundresses of Văratec Monastery remembered as canonization proposed for 2026
Schema-nuns Olimpiada and Nazaria, the founding mothers of Văratec Monastery in Neamț County, were commemorated on Monday during a monastic synaxis. The two venerable nuns are among several saintly Romanian women proposed for canonization in…
Romanian Patriarch urges women to become “disciples of the Lord” on Sunday of the Myrrhbearers
In a message occasioned by the Sunday of the Myrrh-bearing Women, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel addressed all women, emphasising their significance and role in the family and the Church’s mission: to become “disciples of the…
Romanian Orthodox Synod elects new Bishop of Sălaj and initiates 2026 Holy Women canonization
On Thursday, March 27, 2025, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church took place in the Aula Magna “Teoctist Patriarch” of the Patriarchal Palace, under the presidency of His Beatitude…