Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești received an official delegation from Greece on Tuesday at the Patriarchal Palace in Bucharest during a meeting focused on dialogue and strengthening relations between the two countries. The delegation…
Romanian Orthodox parishes in the diaspora will organise educational activities in the Romanian language for Children’s Day, as part of a joint initiative supported by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Romanian Patriarchate aimed…
A group of thirteen students from the University of Pittsburgh in the United States, accompanied by Professor Horia M. Dijmărescu, visited the Patriarchal Palace on Monday. The group was welcomed by Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam…
Archimandrite Ioan Meiu, Representative of the Romanian Orthodox Church to the Holy Places and Superior of the Romanian Establishments in Jerusalem, Jericho and Jordan, met on Thursday with Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem. On this…
In the context of the recent appearance on social media of accounts which falsely claim to represent clerical and monastic personnel, and through which money is requested in exchange for non-Orthodox practices (fortune-telling, “deliverance prayers”,…
Eighty-seven years have passed since the repose of Miron Cristea, the first Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church. He distinguished himself through intense efforts to organise and develop church and cultural life. Amid profound social…
On March 9, Romania commemorates both the Feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and the Day of Remembrance for Anti-Communist Political Prisoners from the period 1944–1989. Each year on this date, Romanians have a…
Amid the escalation of the military conflict in the Middle East, which has already resulted in numerous casualties, and as four years have passed since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the Romanian Patriarchate…
Romania’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) last Thursday hosted the first meeting of an inter-institutional working group aimed at enhancing cooperation in promoting the Romanian language among diaspora communities and historical Romanian minorities abroad. According…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was congratulated on Sunday at the end of the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on the 36th anniversary of his episcopal ordination. Before delivering the congratulatory message, Patriarchal…