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‘Profess faith in deeds!’: Metropolitan Irineu’s message to the young people at ITO 2019

‘Profess your faith in deeds,’ Metropolitan Irineu of Oltenia said when he addressed the over four thousand young Christians who gathered in Craiova for the annual Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019). The Metropolitan offered Jesus Christ as an example of humility, noting that ‘when He came to the world, He did not place Himself…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

4,000+ young people form ‘Chalice of Joy’ as annual Int’l Meeting of Orthodox Youth kicks off in Craiova

Over 4,000 young Christians from all across the world attended the opening ceremony of the Romanian Patriarchate’s annual International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019) at Mihai Viteazul Square in Craiova on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2019. Addressing those present was Patriarch Daniel who said that through faith, hope and love, young people form ‘a chalice…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Elder Arsenie (Boca) proposed for canonization

Elder Arsenie (Boca), perhaps Romania’s most beloved elder of the 20th century, will be considered for canonization by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Meeting under the chairmanship of His Eminence Metropolitan Laurențiu of Sibiu and Transylvania at the headquarters of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara yesterday, the Metropolitan Council of the…

Sep 6, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian Patriarch arrives in Craiova for ITO 2019, highlights need for communion and sincere love

‘We are blessed when we see young people in the church getting to know each other better, praying together, chanting together, discovering spiritual and cultural values every year with new freshness,’ the Patriarch of Romania said on Thursday being welcomed in Craiova for the opening of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth. Patriarch Daniel was…

Sep 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: August 26 – September 1, 2019

The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to folk events and spiritual life.

Sep 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch honours Associate Professor Christos Yannaras with Offikion of Archon Grand Rhetor

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew honoured the distinguished Associate Professor and writer Christos Yannaras with the Offikion of Archon Grand Rhetor, after the completion of Vespers, which he celebrated on Saturday, August 31, the eve of the celebration of the Indiction, at the Life-Giving Spring at Valoukli. “We honour, we praise, your great contribution to theology,…

Sep 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Filipino Municipality establishes St. John Maximovitch Day

One of the greatest hierarchs in the history of the Orthodox Church will now be officially celebrated annually in the Filipino municipality of Guiuan, Orthochristian reports. The great wonderworker St. John (Maximovitch) of Shanghai and San Francisco took a large group of orphans under his care to Tubabao Island after communist rule came to China…

Sep 2, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Prayers offered at Bucharest Patriarchal Cathedral for beginning of Ecclesiastical New Year

Marking the beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year on Sunday, the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim of Sinaia officiated a Doxology at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest invoking God’s help and blessings upon the entire Church. The Te Deum service was attended by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, who wished everyone ‘many years with good health, salvation,…

Sep 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch blesses Ecclesiastical New Year, prays for integrity of creation at Constantinople

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Sunday officiated the service of the Indiction in the presence of tens of hierarchs and offered prayers for the integrity of creation on the 30th anniversary since the establishment of September 1 as a Day of Prayer for the Protection of the Environment. Following the Divine Liturgy celebrated at…

Sep 1, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch’s message for Indiction: Care for environment is an essential expression of church life

Sunday, September 1 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the first day of the ecclesiastical year as the Day of the Protection of the Environment. This day of prayer was instituted in the Orthodox Church by Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople to raise public awareness in order to solve ecological problems. On this…

Aug 30, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: August 19-25, 2019

The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to folk events and spiritual life.  

Aug 30, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu