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Bishop Mihail blesses new church cross at Romanian Orthodox parish in New Zealand

His Grace Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand celebrated the Divine Liturgy on Sunday at the Dormition of the Mother of God Parish in Christchurch, New Zealand. During the service, he also blessed the cross to be installed on the church tower. His Grace congratulated the city’s Romanian community, which attended the Divine Liturgy…

2 hoursAurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Migrants Sunday brings Orthodox Christians of different backgrounds together in New Zealand

Romanian Migrants Sunday was celebrated at the Dormition of the Mother of God Parish in Christchurch, New Zealand, where Orthodox faithful of different backgrounds prayed together at the Divine Liturgy. During the service, the message of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was read. Romanians, Serbs, Russians, Bulgarians, English people and faithful from other communities prayed together…

Aug 19, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Farthest church from Romania consecrated for Orthodox Romanians in Christchurch

During a special ceremony last Sunday, His Grace Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand consecrated the altar of a new church dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos that hosts the Romanian Orthodox community in Christchurch. The events also marked the patronal feast of the parish church. In the diaspora, the patronal feasts of…

Aug 23, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu