The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church met in a solemn session on October 26, 2023, at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest. The goal of the meeting was to analyze the activity of the…
Metropolitan Nicolae’s Pastoral Letter for the Lord’s Nativity points to the fact that the Lord’s Nativity restores man by bringing the Light of Knowledge: the knowledge of God. The hierarch quotes St. Athanasius the Great,…
The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church established in 2006 the Day of the Bible, to be marked yearly on November 13. The goal was to remind the faithful of their duty to read…
His Holiness Bartholomew I celebrated on Tuesday 30 years from his enthronement as Archbishop of Constantinople – the New Rome and as Ecumenical Patriarch. The 270th Patriarch of Constantinople was enthroned on November 2, 1991,…
During the working session of the Holy Synod on July 21, the Romanian hierarchs adopted an Anniversary Act on the occasion of the 70th birthday of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The document was read out…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania celebrates his 70th birthday on Thursday. He was born on 22 July 1951, to parents Alexe and Stela Ciobotea, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, county of Timiş. He was…
He first met with Orthodoxy in a little church in Bucharest. The experience stayed with him and worked inside him for four years, until it bought him into the Romanian Orthodox Church. One of the…
At the end of 2020, His Grace Bishop Petroniu of Salaj became infected with the new coronavirus. His health quickly deteriorated, so he had to be hospitalized. After 37 days of hospitalization, he overcame the…