Romania

New program puts the spotlight on the last fortified mansions in Romania’s Oltenia region

A new program called Cule in lumina (Cule in the light) aims to put the spotlight on the last fortified mansions in Romania’s Oltenia region, promoting the great role these houses played in the region’s cultural and social development. Fortified constructions with two or three floors, these mansions are generically known as cule oltenesti. They were built in the…

Sep 6, 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

Romania Patriarch urges believers cultivate ‘flowers of faith’ in the Garden of the Mother of God

Recalling that Romania is known as ‘the Garden of the Mother of God’ on Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel invited believers to take care of this garden and cultivate ‘the flowers of faith, hope and humble and merciful love’. ‘We are in the Garden of the Mother of God, which is full of monasteries and…

Aug 17, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate expresses compassion and solidarity over rape of teen Alexandra Măceșanu

The Romanian Patriarchate expresses sincere compassion and solidarity over the sorrow of the family of teen Alexandra Măceșanu, the victim of a kidnaping that has strongly outraged Romanian society these days. Waiting for the exact outcome of the investigation of the authorities on this terrible case, the Romanian Patriarchate urges all priests and believers to…

Jul 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania’s emigrant population is the fifth largest in the world and growing, OECD report finds

Romania has the fifth largest emigrant population in member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 2015/2016, according to the “Talent Abroad: A Review of Romanian Emigrants” report, published by the OECD and commissioned by the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The study finds that from 2001/2002 to 2015/2016, Romania’s emigrant population…

Jul 18, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Pope Francis: The ‘Our Father’ is a prayer that leaves us troubled and crying out in protest against the famine of love in our time

On the first day of his 3-day visit to Romania, Pope Francis prayed the ‘Our Father’ in Bucharest’s Orthodox People’s Salvation Cathedral and addressed the congregation. Here is the full text of his address: Your Beatitude, Dear Brother, Dear Brothers and Sisters, I am grateful and moved to be in this holy temple that brings…

May 31, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Romanian Patriarch’s welcome address to Pope Francis: Christ is risen (full text)

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 ago, Patriarch Daniel said that Pope John Paul II’s visit to Romania in 1999 was a sign of the joy…

May 31, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Holy Fire has descended in Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem

The Holy Fire has descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as seen on the live stream on the Facebook page of the Jerusalem Patriarchate. The Holy Light descended at about 2:30 PM. The Holy Fire appeared in the edicule (the small chapel built over the burial place of Christ) after the Orthodox…

Apr 27, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

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

France’s Louvre to Host First Romanian Art Exhibit

A collection of Romanian Byzantine embroidery dating from the 15th to the 17th Century will be exhibited for the first time ever at the Louvre Museum in Paris from April 17. The Louvre Museum in Paris will host a Romanian art exhibition that brings together 27 pieces of Byzantine embroidery and some religious tapestries from…

Apr 3, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Numismatic issues dedicated to 100 years since Romania adopted the Gregorian calendar

The National Bank of Romania (NBR) puts Monday into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a silver coin dedicated to 100 years since Romania adopted the Gregorian calendar. Obverse: the portraits and names of King Ferdinand I (on the right) and Prime Minister Ion I. C. Brătianu (on the left), during whose time Romania adopted the Gregorian calendar,…

Apr 1, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu