Orthodox family

Entire family received into Orthodoxy in Norway on Parents and Children Sunday

On the Sunday of Parents and Children, Bishop Macarie of Northern Europe baptised an Anglo-Norwegian family at the Romanian Orthodox parish church in Ålesund, Norway. Victor John Scattergood and Martina Scattergood, together with their two children, Angelica and Benedict, were baptised by Bishop Macarie, who reflected on the significance of the occasion. “In the Romanian…

Jun 8, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian deacon’s wife: ‘Motherhood helps us see ourselves as we truly are’

Theodora Moisescu is a deacon’s wife, a mother and a German language teacher. Born in Germany to a Romanian-German family, she came to Romania at 18 to pursue her studies and chose to remain in Timișoara. She graduated from the Faculty of Sociology and Psychology at the West University of Timișoara, specialising in Primary and…

May 14, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian theologian says mothers of the Three Holy Hierarchs show how families can raise faithful, educated children

Families in which the Three Holy Hierarchs were born show that, “regardless of the challenges one faces and the contexts one must navigate, there are solutions” for raising children who are faithful to the Church and well formed intellectually and socially, said Cosmin Pricop, Dean of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology “Patriarch Justinian” at the…

Feb 4, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Petru: Parents are a living icon for children in a spiritually noisy world

In a message marking International Children’s Day, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia emphasized the vital role of parents as models and “living icons” for their children. His Eminence described children as “the most precious treasure of the Church and of the nation,” noting their “pure souls and luminous eyes.” Quoting Saint Basil the Great,…

Jun 3, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Parents and Children Sunday, an occasion to pay homage to and support the Christian family

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel sent a message occasioned by the Sunday of Parents and Children (June 6, 2021). He emphasized the need to reaffirm the crucial role of the family in raising and educating children for life and the need to support large and disadvantaged families. The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church resolved…

Jun 4, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu