Romanian Diaspora

Patriarch Daniel urges Romanians abroad to take care of the elderly

In a message for the Sunday of Romanian Migrants observed by the Romanian Patriarchate on the first Sunday after the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Church is called “to intensify its pastoral program for elderly people, to think of new forms and modern pastoral methods, getting…

Aug 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

New Romanian parish inaugurated in Great Britain: First Divine Liturgy celebrated at Swansea

Sunday, July 30, marked the celebration of the first Divine Liturgy at the newly-established Romanian Orthodox parish in Swansea, Great Britain. The liturgy celebrated by parish priest Vasile Flavian Branescu was attended by a representative of the Church of England, The Lord-Lieutenant of West Glamorgan Louise Fleet, High Sheriff of West Glamorgan Alan Brayley, Swansea…

Aug 8, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel congratulates Romanian Orthodox community in Boian, Canada on its 125th anniversary

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel congratulated the Romanian Orthodox community in Boian, Canada, on its 125th anniversary. In addition to congratulations, in his message on Sunday, July 30, the Romanian Patriarch recalled with sadness the fire that burned down the historic church in June and encouraged the faithful to rebuild it. Romanian Bukovina’s Boian: full text…

Jul 31, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Hierarch Gregory, Metropolitan of Wallachia, honoured through a Night Vigil at the Romanian Cathedral in Québec

On Wednesday, His Grace Ioan Casian officiated a Night Vigil at the Romanian Orthodox Diocesan Cathedral in Saint-Hubert, Québec, in honour of Holy Hierarch Gregory, Metropolitan of Wallachia. The Romanian bishop was joined in the religious service by Protosyncellus Maxim Morariu, Ecclesiarch of the Cathedral, and by Fathers Traian Petre and Daniel Ungureanu. The liturgical…

Jun 23, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Prayer on the ruins of the burnt church in Boian, Canada: It’s the moment for a new generation to build

HG Ioan Casian, Bishop of Canada, visited the Romanians from Boian, in the Canadian Province of Alberta. The hierarch’s visit came a week after a fire consumed the historic church of the community. Bishop Ioan Casian prayed at the site of the burnt church and participated in a meeting which aimed to determine the next…

Jun 22, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian family from diaspora donates replica of Panagia Pantanassa icon to Bucharest Patriarchal Cathedral

A replica of the Pantanassa Icon of the Mother of God was installed last week in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, where it will remain near the reliquary of Saint Demetrius the New, the Protector of Bucharest, with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The icon, painted at the workshops of Vatopedi Monastery according…

Jun 13, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

NY Romanian monastery gifted with relic of Saint Jacob of Putna

A delegation from Putna Monastery visited the Romanian community in the United States of America between May 17 and June 1. Abbot Melchisedec Velnic offered the Romanians a fragment of the relics of Saint Jacob of Putna. During the itinerary, the delegation’s first stop was at “Saints Constantine and Helen” Metropolitan Cathedral in Chicago to…

Jun 8, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

All baptised Christians are responsible for preaching the Gospel, West-Southern Europe Romanian hierarchs exhort

The mandate to disseminate the Gospel to the entire world is every Christian’s responsibility, not just of ordained clergy, the Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of Western and Southern Europe urged. In a pastoral letter issued for the feast of Pentecost, the group of six Romanian hierarchs, headed by His Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern…

Jun 8, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Oldest Romanian Orthodox community on the American continent saw its church burn down. Bishop calls for prayer

The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada calls the faithful to prayer after the historic church of the “Assumption of the Mother of God” Parish in Boian/Willingdon, Alberta, burned to the ground on the evening of June 6. Boian is home to the oldest Romanian Orthodox community on American soil. “A sad news for the community…

Jun 8, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

A growing Romanian Orthodox community in Ecuador: 7 converts to receive Holy Baptism

The Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas supports the growth of the Romanian Orthodox community in Quito, Ecuador. 7 Holy Baptisms are to be officiated next month for adult converts. Last month, Fr. Daniel Ene, Romanian Orthodox Dean of New York, New England and the East Coast, visited the Romanian community in Quito, Ecuador, bringing…

Jun 8, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Romanians from 34 countries pray at Patriarchal Cathedral: Turn dispersion into an asset for our nation

Over 400 Romanians coming from 34 countries around the world gathered in prayer at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest last Sunday to mark the Day of Romanians Everywhere. The Divine Liturgy was led by His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, having as concelebrant Bishop Ieronim of Dacia Felix. “Perhaps our incapability, the…

May 31, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu