Romanian Diaspora

Metropolitan Serafim and Romanians from Germany met hundreds of children they sponsor in Romania

The Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Germany and 47 donors from the Romanian diaspora visited on Friday Romania’s most impoverished town, Negrești, in Vaslui county, where they offer monthly scholarships for 450 children. The financial support is offered through the eparchial Programme “Scholarships for the Poor Children of Moldavia”. “I was glad to meet many of…

Sep 7, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Let us be patriots and open to the world: The Declaration of the Anniversary Student Congress, Putna, August 16, 2021

Romanian students from all over the world gathered on August 16 for an Anniversary Student Congress at Putna Monastery, where they signed a final declaration. “The unity of Romanians in the future is built on the awareness of their unity in the past”, states the document. The text defines the “fundamentals by which each generation…

Aug 24, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel’s message for Putna Celebration 150: Anniversary and commemoration for more Romanian communion

On Monday, August 16, 2021, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel addressed the participants of the “Celebration of Putna – 150. Continuity of an ideal” festivities organized at Putna Monastery. His message was entitled “Anniversary and commemoration for more Romanian communion.” Patriarch Daniel’s message for Celebration of Putna – 150. Continuity of an ideal festivities: Full text…

Aug 18, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Synod establishes new parishes abroad, warns against risks of ideologized sex education

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met for its working session under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel at “Patriarch Teoctist” Aula Magna of the Patriarchal Palace on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. The Holy Synod resolved the following: To include the name of Saint Nikephoros the Leper in the calendar of the…

Jul 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Beautiful Wooden Romanian Church under construction outside New York (Video)

“In only a short scenic drive from the New York Metropolitan area, the heart and soul of Romania waits.” In Long Valley, New Jersey, in a field next to the existing Life-Giving Fountain Romanian Orthodox Church, a beautiful wooden Romanian church is under construction. The project is dedicated to the centenary of Romania’s union into…

Jul 8, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Romanians in Melbourne were first to celebrate the feast of Holy Apostles Peter and Paul

As the day starts “earlier” in Australia due to its time zone, Romanians from this country were the first in the Romanian Diaspora to celebrate the feast of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul. The worship place has been recently restored and it was reconsecrated on July 1st, 2018, when it was also given a…

Jun 30, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian parish established in Ljubljana: Caring for Romanians everywhere is a moral duty, Patriarch Daniel says

Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday announced the establishment of a new parish for Romanians in the diaspora. The parish will be in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and will be pastored by Father Pavel Goreanu, a former parish priest in Turin. “It is a right and a moral duty of us to take care of Romanians everywhere,” the Patriarch…

Jun 24, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Dispersed across different countries, we are united by faith, language, history and traditions: Metropolitan of Bessarabia on the Day of Romanians Everywhere

His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia published a message on the Day of Romanians Everywhere, celebrated on the last Sunday of May. On behalf of the Metropolitan Synod, His Eminence conveyed wishes of “health, peace and prosperity, to the entire Romanian spirit, wherever it may be.” The Metropolitan of Bessarabia highlighted the aspects that unite…

Jun 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel urges Romanians everywhere to be permanently in touch with their loved ones at home

In his message occasioned by the Day of Romanians Everywhere, Patriarch Daniel urged Romanians in the diaspora “to be permanently in touch with their loved ones who remained in the country to preserve the unity of the Romanian family and communion.” The Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church mentioned in his pastoral message that “the…

Jun 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

HE Ioan Casian: Christ reveals as the Messiah through the Samaritan woman, showing woman as equal to man in dignity

The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada said on Sunday that Christ revealed as the Messiah to all of us through the Samaritan Woman. He also emphasized that the profound dialogue between our Saviour and this woman shows that woman is equal to man in dignity. “In the Church we live in apostolic times,” said His…

Jun 1, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Over 100,000 Romanian children were baptized in Italy after bishop Siluan’s enthronement

Italy hosts the largest community of Romanians outside Romania. The first Romanian parish appeared on the peninsula in 1940. Still, it was not until May 8, 2008, that Orthodox Romanians in Italy had their own bishop, in the person of His Grace Bishop Siluan Şpan. Marking the 13th anniversary of Bishop Siluan’s enthronement, Assistant Bishop…

May 18, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu