After the historic meeting at the Patriarchal Palace, Patriarch Daniel and Pope Francis visited the National Cathedral in Bucharest. In his speech, Patriarch Daniel presented to Pope Francis a brief history of the National Cathedral.…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Friday welcomed Pope Francis at the Conventus Hall of the Patriarchal Palace with the Paschal greeting: Christ is risen! Meeting in the same room where their predecessors met 20 years…
Pope Francis has started his three-day visit to Romania. The pope’s plane touched down Friday in Bucharest. On behalf of the Romanian Orthodox Church, Pope Francis was welcomed by His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of Targoviste and…
His Holiness Pope Francis will pay a visit to our country on May 31 – June 2, 2019 at the invitation of the President of Romania, the state authorities and the Catholic Church in Romania.…
Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania, as of 30 May 2019, the National Bank of Romania (NBR) will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, gold…
Our selection of some of the most beautiful pictures taken around the Orthodox world during the Bright Week.
Pope Francis held talks with Patriarch Neophyte and other members of the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church at the Synodal Hall in Sofia, after his meeting with Bulgaria’s authorities, civil society and the…
Statement by His Beatitude Ieronymos, Archbishop of Athens and all Greece, at the refugee camp of Moria, Lesbos, in the presence of Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: It is with unique joy that we…
We, Pope Francis, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece, have met on the Greek island of Lesvos to demonstrate our profound concern for the tragic situation of the numerous refugees,…
In a press release issued Tuesday, 5 April 2016, the Permanent Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Greece announced Pope Francis’ intention to visit Greece, to help raise awareness of the international community about…