Metropolitan Nicolae

Metropolitan Nicolae reveals life of Romanian communities in America on national TV

A show on Romanian national television interviewed His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas about the activities and way of life of the Romanian diaspora in the United States and Canada. Metropolitan Nicolae recalled that the first Romanian Orthodox communities in America began to emerge between the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The inaugural…

Apr 1, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Nicolae urges prayer for peace: “Pray to the Lord to change the hearts”

In the context of reignited violence in Israel, which has led to an attack on a monastery in Gaza, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas has asked the clerics and the faithful to pray for peace. “Pray to the Lord to change the hearts of those who started the war and restore peace and…

Oct 23, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

NY Romanian monastery gifted with relic of Saint Jacob of Putna

A delegation from Putna Monastery visited the Romanian community in the United States of America between May 17 and June 1. Abbot Melchisedec Velnic offered the Romanians a fragment of the relics of Saint Jacob of Putna. During the itinerary, the delegation’s first stop was at “Saints Constantine and Helen” Metropolitan Cathedral in Chicago to…

Jun 8, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Rejoice, be not afraid! Romanian Metropolitan of the Americas encourages spreading positive messages

In his pastoral letter for Holy Pascha 2023, Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas has urged the priests and faithful to preserve in their hearts and share positive messages with others: rejoice and be not afraid. Metropolitan Nicolae urged everyone to reflect on the experience of the Myrrh-bearing Women on the morning of the Resurrection and…

Apr 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

The Nativity of the Lord shows humility is a path that leads to things above: Metropolitan Nicolae’s Pastoral Letter

“God the Creator, God Almighty, did not remain in His majesty, did not look down indifferently on His creation, nor did He wait for the creature to humble itself and return, but He came Himself, emptying Himself of glory, clothing Himself in humility so that He might save lost mankind,” His Eminence Nicolae writes in…

Dec 26, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas addresses mothers: Give life to children but also faith

On the Dormition of the Theotokos, His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas turned his thoughts to every mother in the world, pointing to the Virgin Mary as an example of a life-giver and intercessor for children. Metropolitan Nicolae’s message for the Dormition of the Theotokos: full text The Feast of the Dormition of the…

Aug 16, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Christ Himself awaits us in His Father’s house: Metr. Nicolae at the summer patronal feast of Middletown Monastery

“Christ, Who has ascended to the heavens and is enthroned at the right hand of the Father, is the foundation of our hope that we also will eventually arrive in the house of the Father,” where Christ Himself awaits us, said the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas on Saturday, at the summer patronal feast…

Jun 9, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas consecrates wooden church in Long Valley, New Jersey

His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas consecrated the “Life-Giving Spring” Church in Long Valley, New Jersey on Sunday. The wooden church, built by parish priest Ionuț Voicu in a style specific to the Romanian northern region of Maramureș, marks the Centennial of the Great Union of all Romanians in a single state. The event…

May 6, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Pastoral Letter of the Romanian Metropolitan of the Americas: Changing the world begins within ourselves

The Romanian Metropolitan of the Americas explains in his Easter Pastoral Letter what is the meaning of the candle that we lit on the night of Resurrection. He says we can change the world by the inner light of understanding that we, Christians, can bring peace “through clear vision, good deeds, and tolerance towards all,…

Apr 21, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Nicolae signs Orthodox hierarchs’ Statement on Sanctity of Life: We are fully human from conception

Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas has recently signed a joint statement of US Orthodox hierarchs which clarifies their position on abortion and affirms the equality of preborn children with all the people who have already been born. “The Orthodox Church has consistently and unequivocally recognized the full humanity of every person beginning at…

Mar 26, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas: The Lord’s Nativity restores man to knowledge of God

Metropolitan Nicolae’s Pastoral Letter for the Lord’s Nativity points to the fact that the Lord’s Nativity restores man by bringing the Light of Knowledge: the knowledge of God. The hierarch quotes St. Athanasius the Great, who said that Adam’s sin consisted of turning away from the contemplation of God – of the One Who is,…

Dec 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea