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Orthodox Church organizes Football School Championship ‘Youth and Faith’

The Orthodox Deanery of Nicoresti within the Archdiocese of the Lower Danube in partnership with the Brahasesti Secondary School organized the sixth edition of the Football School Championship titled ‘Youth and Faith’ on Sunday, April 7, 2019. The event hosted by the Brahasesti school’s gym gathered children from ten parishes Hânţeşti, Ţepu, Ghidigeni, Toflea, Braşăşti,…

Apr 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch pays homage to predecessor at Constantinople gate that remained closed for 198 years

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on Wednesday lit a candle and laid flowers at the closed gate of the Patriarchate’s entrance at the Phanar as a homage to his predecessor, Hieromartyr Saint Gregory V, who was hanged in this place 198 years ago. According to the Patriarchate’s press office, His Holiness prayed for a few minutes at…

Apr 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Thousands expected to take part in Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest

Thousands of believers are expected to take part in the traditional Palm Sunday Procession across the streets of Bucharest that will take place on the eve of the Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, April 20, 2019. It has become an annual tradition for Romanian hierarchs, clergy, monastics and believers to carry…

Apr 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

500 Bible editions go on display in Timisoara

During the month of April, people in Timisoara have the opportunity to glimpse a collection of 500 Bibles in multiple languages and dimensions. The exhibition titled The Museum of the Bible was opened on Tuesday, April 2, at the Theresian Bastion in Timisoara in the presence of His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat. The 500…

Apr 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Nera Monastery buys 3D printer for Natural Products Labs

Nera Monastery in Caras-Severin County has bought a 3D printer for its Natural Products Labs. The monastery’s labs were founded in 2009 ‘by the desire of the nuns to bring people closer to the healing gifts sowed by God in plants.’ The first Natural Plants Lab is spiritually protected by the Holy Unmercenaries. The second…

Apr 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

1,000 faithful rally in honour of Holy Cross and for life in Romanian village

A mass of Romanian Orthodox faithful took to the streets, or rather, the dirt roads of the eastern Romanian village of Ion Creangă on Sunday, March 31, processing in honour of the Holy Cross of our Lord and in defense of the right to life. The crowd, about 1,000 strong, made its way up Muncelu…

Apr 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Georgian Patriarch calls for church chant to be studied in school

His Beatitude Patriarch Ilia spoke about the great importance of church chant for Georgian culture at a recent presentation of an anthology of Georgian spiritual singing, recalling his request that the state include courses on Church hymns in the nation’s public schools. “I remember my meeting with the Prime Minister,” His Holiness said. “I asked…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie: Pay more attention to online youth ministry!

‘Let us pay more attention to online youth ministry,’ His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Husi urged the representatives of the Diocesan Youth Departments gathered in Cluj for consultation. ‘Stop being captives to regular strategies for youth mission,’ the bishop said. ‘We need a more relevant online presence on social platforms. Let’s try to be present…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop of Maramures commemorates Fr Nicolae Steinhardt on 30th anniversary of repose: ‘He was a crucified one’

Marking the 30th anniversary of the repose of Father Nicolae Steinhardt, Bishop Justin of Maramures and Satmar noted that the monk from Rohia Monastery whom he knew personally was ‘a crucified one’. ‘Not only did he accept to crucify himself receiving the Christian baptism and then becoming a monk, but he was a crucified one,…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch blesses new reliquaries for Suzana Monastery

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Monday, April 1, blessed two new reliquaries containing particles of the holy relics of Sts Charalampos, Theodore Tiron and Menas that will be enshrined at Suzana Monastery. ‘We ascribe glory to God for answering the wish of Suzana Monastery to have two new reliquaries containing the relics of Hieromartyr Charalampos,…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Australia: Faithful farewell Greek Orthodox Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis

Thousands of faithful visited the Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Sydney to pay their last respects to Australia’s Greek Orthodox Archbishop Stylianos Harkianakis. The 83-year-old Primate of the Greek Orthodox Church of Australia died last Monday, after serving the church for 44 years and founding the Greek Orthodox education system in Australia. Attendees at…

Mar 30, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu