Metropolis of Bessarabia

Draft law envisions return of former theological seminary in Chișinău to Metropolis of Bessarabia

The government of the Republic of Moldova is reportedly ready to hand over the building of the former theological seminary in Chișinău to the Romanian Orthodox Church-affiliated Metropolis of Bessarabia. The final step is for a draft law, tabled by several deputies of the ruling party, to be ratified by Parliament. The assets of the…

Mar 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Petru welcomes replacement of term “Moldovan language” with “Romanian language” in all official pieces of legislation

In a message to the speaker of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia congratulated the initiative and expressed his support for the draft law on replacing the phrase “Moldovan language” with “Romanian language” in all official pieces of legislation of the Republic of Moldova, including the Constitution. The…

Mar 7, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Diaconia Social Mission takes stock of its good deeds in 2022

During last week’s General Assembly in Chisinau, the Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia reviewed its activities through 2022. Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia delivered the event’s opening remarks: “The Church needs you so that we can serve the poor.” “We appreciate Diaconia’s work because it is not easy, and they have to work…

Feb 28, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Head of Chancellery of Romania’s PM meets with Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia

On February 22, Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia received the visit of Mircea Abrudean, the head of the Romanian Prime Minister’s Chancellery. The Romanian official extended the Metropolis of Bessarabia a message of support. Metropolitan Petru thanked the Government of Romania for its ongoing assistance to the Bessarabian community, particularly for supplementing clerical salaries beginning in…

Feb 28, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

State Secretary Adrian Dupu assures more funds to Bessarabia Metropolis in 2023

The head of the Romanian Government’s Department for Relations with the Republic of Moldova (DRRM), State Secretary Adrian Dupu, met with His Eminence Metropolitan Petru in Chisinau last week. The two discussed the situation of the Metropolis of Bessarabia and its needs. Adrian Dupu conveyed his department’s support for the mission of the Romanian Orthodox…

Jan 31, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel meets President of Republic of Moldova’s Parliament

On Thursday, January 19, 2023, Mr Igor Grosu, President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Mr Ion-Marcel Ciolacu, President of the Chamber of Deputies of the Romanian Parliament, and Mr Nicolae-Ionel Ciucă, Prime Minister of the Government of Romania, met at with His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania at the Romanian Patriarchate to…

Jan 19, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Petru meets Moldovan President Maia Sandu

His Eminence Petru, Archbishop of Chisinau, Metropolitan of Bessarabia and Exarch of the Territories, met on Wednesday with Her Excellency Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova, at the Presidential Palace in Chisinau. During the discussions, Metropolitan Petru pointed to the Metropolis of Bessarabia’s religious, social, humanitarian, and cultural activities, emphasising the Church’s relevance…

Nov 18, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel honoured with Metropolitan Gurie Grosu Order of the Metropolis of Bessarabia

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…

Nov 3, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Romania: The Metropolis of Bessarabia cultivates steadfast love for the Romanian people’s ancestral Church

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message on the 30th anniversary of the reactivation of the Metropolis of Bessarabia. The festivities took place in the Church of St. Andrew – Durlesti, in Chisinau, last Thursday, October 20. “We assure all the Orthodox faithful of the Republic of Moldova that the Romanian Orthodox Church, as a…

Oct 24, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolis of Bessarabia marks 30 years since reactivation

The Metropolis of Bessarabia has marked thirty years since its reactivation. The event was celebrated on September 14 with thanksgiving services at the diocesan headquarters and in various places of worship. The Metropolis of Bessarabia marks three decades of spiritual, cultural, philanthropic and social activities of the Church in Bessarabia, witnessing and synthesising, to the…

Sep 23, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Proposed for canonization, Fr Alexandru Baltaga perished in the Gulag for voting unification of Bessarabia with Romania

Father Alexandru Baltaga was the representative of the Church in the House of Representatives in 1918, when he voted for the unification of Bessarabia with Romania. When the Soviets occupied Bessarabia, in 1941, aged 80, he was deported to a forced labour camp in Kazan, today’s Capital city of Tatarstan. The priest had admitted to…

Aug 22, 2022Ștefana Totorcea