Romanian Orthodox Church

View the map: Where to find Romanian Orthodox parishes in Italy

The Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy provides an interactive map with contact details for each parish in its jurisdiction. The map is useful for Romanians, but not only, who need information about the Romanian communities or need support to navigate a region. Parishes operate in places rented or shared with Catholic parishes on the Peninsula.…

Feb 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Writer Paul Kingsnorth, baptized in the Romanian Orthodox Church, says he feels like arriving home

Paul Kingsnorth, one of the most important English writers alive, was baptized as a Christian Orthodox at the Romanian Monastery in Shannonbridge, Ireland. “As a Western newcomer to Orthodoxy, I have a lifetime’s learning journey ahead of me, but I already feel like I have arrived home,” said the writer. “I first discovered Christian Orthodoxy…

Feb 15, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Make a donation: Help the construction of the Orthodox Cathedral and Romanian Cultural Centre in Bălţi

The Diocese of Bălţi still has to pay approximately 20,000 euros to take possession of the land on which it will build a cathedral and a Romanian cultural centre in the city. “The project is an investment, by faith, for the future of our Romanian nation, and, in essence, it is an endeavour for whose…

Jan 29, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate blesses and supports communion of Romanians everywhere: Patriarch Daniel

In a message occasioned by the 162nd anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that “the Romanian Patriarchate blesses and supports the communion of Romanians everywhere.” The message has three main topics including the declaration of 2021 as a Solemn Year of the pastoral care of Romanians outside Romania,…

Jan 26, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Poll: The Church remains the most trusted institution in Romania

A poll made by the Center for Urban and Regional Sociology – CURS between January 11-15 found that the Church remains the most trusted institution in Romania. The research report showed that 62% of the Romanians place a high and very high degree of trust in the Church. On the second place came local councils,…

Jan 19, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Factbox: Church and Romanian Diaspora today

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church declared 2021 a Solemn Year of the pastoral care of Romanians outside Romania. Why is pastoral care of the diaspora so important and under what conditions does it take place? The term diaspora refers to members of an ethnic group who leave their place of origin and…

Jan 8, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

On name day, Romanian Patriarch turns his thoughts to refugees and exiles; calls Prophet Daniel and Three Holy Youths their protectors

During a doxology at the Patriarchal Cathedral last Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel turned his thoughts to refugees and exiles, stressing that the Prophet Daniel and the Three Holy Youths are their patron saints. Prayers of thanksgiving were offered during a short service attended by members of the staff of the Romanian Patriarchate and the…

Dec 22, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel’s Christmas Encyclical 2020: full text

Please find below the full text of the pastoral letter of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania on the feast of the Nativity of our Lord Jesus Christ 2020: † DANIEL By God’s Grace, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Muntenia and Dobrudja, Locum tenens of the throne of Caesarea of Cappadocia and Patriarch of the…

Dec 15, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Authentic church calendars are not convertible into election material

The Romanian Patriarchate was surprised to learn that during the election campaign a political entity printed, in order to offer citizens as electoral material, Christian-Orthodox calendars that contain not only a political logo, but also liturgical and typicon mistakes, omissions or erroneous inscriptions of some recently canonized Romanian saints and of some religious holidays. Beyond…

Nov 26, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

In brief: 10 things you need to know about the National Cathedral

The need to build a National Cathedral in Bucharest was considered after the War of Independence and the proclamation of Romania as a Kingdom. King Carol I passed a law on this endeavour in 1884. The original place of the Cathedral was established by Patriarch Miron in 1929: at the base of the Hill of…

Nov 26, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

2 years since the Romanians’ Cathedral was dedicated to the Union, the Ascension, the Heroes, the Saints

Wednesday, November 25, 2020, marks 2 years since the historic moment of the consecration of the National Cathedral. The consecration of the cathedral in the Centennial Year meant its dedication first to God and the Holy Apostle Andrew, then to the nation under their protection: the heroes who gave their souls for the country, the…

Nov 24, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu