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Bishop Justin travels by horse-drawn carriage on ‘Way of Wooden Cathedrals of Maramureş’

His Grace Bishop Justin and his auxiliary bishop Timotei of Satmar joined young people in a pilgrimage entitled ‘The Was of the Wooden Cathedrals of Maramures’ organized by the diocese from August 16 to August 20, 2019. The event gathered 50 young people from Baia Mare with outstanding learning outcomes or who have made a…

Aug 22, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Albania’s forgotten Orthodox churches are being restored

Albania’s old Orthodox churches, forgotten and abandoned for many decades because of the religious persecution by the atheist state, are being restored by both the Albanian Orthodox Church and the Institute of Cultural Monuments in Albania. The interest of Archbishop Anastasios of Tirana, Durrës and All Albania, in this direction is continuous, substantial and effective.…

Aug 21, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Metropolitan of Smyrna and the Metropolitan of Nea Ionia in Romania

Metropolitan Bartholomew of Smyrna presided over the liturgies dedicated to the annual commemoration of Saint Niphon, Patriarch of Constantinople, at the invitation of Bishop Niphon of Târgovişte, Hierarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Romfea News reports. The saint reformed the church life of the Romanian Orthodox Church and made a very important contribution towards the…

Aug 21, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

The Week in Pictures: August 12 – 18, 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 21, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Iasi Byzantine Music Festival at its 3rd edition

The 3rd annual edition of Iasi Byzantine Music Festival organized by the Department of Religious Education of the Metropolis of Moldavia and Bucovina will take place from 2nd to 6th of October 2019. For five days, the city will be the host of well-known national and international choral groups, soloists and researchers from Georgia, Greece,…

Aug 20, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Sunday Octoechos published in Chinese language

A new liturgical book has been published in the Chinese language for the enrichment of the daily prayer and liturgical life of the Orthodox faithful in China. The latest text from the China Orthodox Press is a Chinese-language publication of the Sunday Octoechos. “This project is being undertaken to make Divine worship available for Chinese speaking believers…

Aug 20, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Metropolitan Andrei at Nicula Monastery: ‘Mother of God weeps because 5 million Romanians emigrated’

Addressing the twenty thousand believers who came to Nicula Monastery to celebrate the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, the Metropolitan of Cluj said that the Mother of God cries for the approximately five million Romanians who left the country. ‘At first they left for objective reasons, because they did not have a job…

Aug 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Rwandan young man baptized by Metropolitan Teofan on top of Ceahlău Mountain

The young Rwandan Catechumen Teophile Niyigena was christened by His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina at the Transfiguration of the Lord Monastery on top of the Ceahlău Mountain. The Sacrament of Baptism took place on the monastery’s patronal feast, August 6, 2019. Teophile’s godfather is lawyer Andrei Vladareanu, who is known for his…

Aug 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Teofan speaks about St George the Pilgrim’s role in society

His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina pointed to the role played by Saint George the Pilgrim in the Romanian society of his time during his homily delivered on the feast of the Saint last Saturday at Varatec Monastery. ‘Saint George the Pilgrim appeared in a context in which balance needed to be maintained…

Aug 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Putna Monastery donates 16 festal icons for National Cathedral

Sixteen festal icons painted by the monks of Putna Monastery have been donated for the Romanian People’s Salvation Cathedral. The announcement was made by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on the feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord. The 16 festal icons that will be on display inside the new Orthodox Cathedral in Bucharest include the…

Aug 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Peter Hurley, the Irishman who fell in love with the Romanian village, to speak to Orthodox youth in Vaslui

Peter Hurley, an Irishman who fell in love with Romania’s villages and has been exploring the common ground of the Irish and Romanian cultures, will address young people in Vaslui at the opening of the local Orthodox Youth Meeting on Saturday, August 24, 2019. Peter Hurley says he fell in love with Romania forever in…

Aug 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu