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See our 2019 Instagram Top Nine!

With 2020 upon us, we share with you some of the most beautiful and liked posts on our Instagram page. In our four-year activity on Instagram, our page has grown to about 13,000 followers, which indicates that a considerable number of people appreciate The Good to Know every day. Simona Halep won not only the…

Jan 4, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrates his 87th birthday

Patriarch Ilia II of Georgia celebrated on 04 January his 87th birthday. Ilia II, also transliterated as Ilya or Elijah (born January 4, 1933), is the current Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia and the spiritual leader of the Georgian Orthodox Church. He is officially styled as Catholicos-Patriarch of All Georgia, the Archbishop of Mtskheta-Tbilisi and Metropolitan…

Jan 4, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Holy Synod General Secretary officially announces solemn and commemorative themes for 2020

The New Year Day marked the beginning of the Solemn Year of Pastoral Ministry of Parents and Children and the Commemorative Year of Romanian Orthodox Philanthropists. Following the New Year Divine Liturgy presided over by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the general secretary of the Holy Synod, His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti, read out the…

Jan 2, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel on New Year: Focus on spiritual side of life / St. Basil was a spiritual and practical man

The Patriarch of Romania stressed that it is more important to grow spiritually than biologically and materially at the start of the New Year. In his first homily of 2020, Patriarch Daniel offered his reflections on Christ’s childhood and referred to the life of Saint Basil, one of Christianity’s greatest universal teachers. ‘Jesus grew in…

Jan 2, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

On New Year’s Eve, Patriarch Daniel points to the Church’s liturgical time as provision for eternal life

In a special New Year’s Eve watch night service Tuesday, Patriarch Daniel offered a message encouraging people to see the liturgical time of the Church as a provision for eternal life. ‘The service officiated during the night at the turning of the year represents the proper attitude and action of an Orthodox Christian, that is,…

Jan 1, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Hundreds pack Patriarchal Cathedral for New Year 2020 watch night service

Hundreds of people spent the New Year eve attending the watch night service at the Holy Emperors Cathedral in Bucharest. Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral was crowded by those who wanted to offer prayers of thanksgiving together with the Patriarch of Romania for the turn of the year. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrated the 23.30 p.m. service.…

Jan 1, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

His Beatitude John X of Antioch celebrates his 65th birthday

His Beatitude John X of Antioch celebrates on January 1st 2020 his 65th birthday. His Beatitude Patriarch John X was born in 1955 in the city of Lattakia, Syria. His father Mounah Yazigi was from Lattakia, a teacher of the Arabic language. His mother Rosa Moussi is from Tripoli, Lebanon. They gave birth to four…

Jan 1, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Archbishop Ieronymos: May the New Year be blessed, creative and peaceful!

“May the new year be blessed, creative and peaceful” Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece wished shortly after the cutting of the Vasilopita (New Year’s cake) of the Holy Synod of the Church of Greece in the large meeting room of the Church of Greece. Hierarchs, university professors, prefects, mayors, Directors of the Archdiocese’s…

Dec 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel’s Message for the New Year 2020: VIDEO

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel addressed best wishes to all Romanians from home and abroad for the New Year 2020. ‘On the New Year 2020 and the feast of the Theophany, we address all Romanians from home and abroad conveying them sincere wishes of good health and happiness, peace and joy unto many and blessed years!’…

Dec 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Bishop visits Viterbo prison on Christmas, encourages inmates

The assistant bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy made a special effort to visit the Viterbo prison on Christmas Day. His Grace Bishop Atanasie of Bogdania was accompanied by Fr Walter Gabriel Andriuta and several volunteers from St Callinicus of Cernica Parish in Viterbo. The bishop officiated a trilingual service in Romanian, Italian…

Dec 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Muslim converts to Orthodoxy at Apostol Parish in Bucharest

A Muslim converted to Orthodoxy this December and received the name of Saint Peter during a Baptism ceremony at Apostol Parish in Bucharest. ‘It was a unique event, I think, in the nearly 300-year history of our parish. Last Sunday was a really special day for our community,’ Marinel Laurentiu Marcu, a parish counsellor, commented…

Dec 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu