Romanian priest

Journalist Ioana Ciurlea: “My father was the coolest priest”

In an interview for life.ro, Journalist and Digi24 reporter Ioana Ciurlea spoke about her father, a priest for thirty years in Conop, Arad, and who passed away in September 2018. Ioana Ciurlea confessed that as a child, she was determined to do journalism and that she looks like her father, “an expansive guy, who liked…

May 19, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

A Resurrection service for the deaf: They accept their condition and sip with their eyes the priest’s signs

Reporters from Libertatea attended the Resurrection service at the old church Park 1 Rahova in Bucharest, where services are held simultaneously in two types of language: sign language for those with hearing impairments and the usual one for “those who hear.” “People with hearing impairments and the frequent parishioners of the community did not take…

May 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

To preserve our identity, we must translate our values into the language of the country in which we live: Romanian priest in Italy

In an interview offered for the Communication Department of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy, father Gheorghe Verzea, a parish priest in Padua since 2000, talked about the risk of losing the Romanian identity in the Italian communities. Be smart The priest believes that “we should have the intelligence to learn from older emigrations.” “For…

Apr 6, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian priest offers bicycles to children: “I come from a family of priests, and I saw my family giving all the time”

In two years, 25 children from Râpa de Jos and surroundings received a bicycle as a gift by Fr Dacian Oprea’s help. He thinks he’s not doing anything special. “That is the purpose of a priest and a man, to help.” He saw the example of generosity in his family. “I am very compassionate, and…

Apr 6, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Priest, doctor join hands to provide free health care services to women

Father Florin Danu, a priest at Lada Parish, Teleorman County, announced on March 1 a new program of free ultrasounds for women. The health prevention project is possible through the parish’s partner, Dr Negoiță Clinic in Bucharest. “How much love and strength a woman’s heart can sustain; only a few eyes can truly see. To…

Mar 23, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Priest who owns mini-zoo: I wanted to give young people an incentive to return to the countryside

Father George Ouatu from Văleni, a parish within the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacau, set up in the parish house’s courtyard a mini-zoo that can be visited. The priest discovered his passion for raising animals, including exotic animals, in 2008 when he was transferred to the parish where he currently serves from the Archdiocesan Centre,…

Mar 23, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

In the UK, priests work in IT, construction, engineering, deliveries, warehouses. Father Andrei works in deliveries

Father Andrei Dosoftei, who is a priest in Scotland for Romanians in Aberdeen, Dundee, Inverness and surrounding areas, spoke about the clergy’s situation in British society at Romania’s National Television. “The first experience with the Scots was interesting. I remember going to a supermarket with my wife, people looking at me quite reserved; they did…

Mar 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Physicist and Priest Iosif Bena: Conspiracies make us lazy and proud. Christians take responsibility

A Romanian priest from Paris, who is also an elite physicist, spoke in an interview with Press One about conspiracy, because, “when I see someone say something stupid, I can’t resist showing them that they’re wrong” but also for the fact that this hurts his congregation. “Conspiracy self-justifies laziness and lack of initiative. This way…

Feb 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Fr. Ioan Pădurariu: As a hospital chaplain you are like a firefighter on duty

Celebrating his first anniversary as chaplain at St Spyridon’s Hospital in Iasi, Father Ioan Pădurariu spoke about his mission during the time of a pandemic, stressing that a hospital chaplain is “a kind of a firefighter on duty.” “In the sense that he must be present at any time in the hospital, in the morning,…

Feb 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian priest donates blood plasma after recovering from COVID-19

After recovering from coronavirus almost one month ago, Father Ștefăniță Potra from Ilva Mică went to the Blood Transfusion Centre in Bistriţa to donate plasma to help critical Covid-19 patients. The priest who had officiated the funeral service for a coronavirus victim later tested positive for COVID-19 in April, reports Adevarul. The representatives of the…

May 19, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian priest to sing at International Concert of Byzantine Music in Lebanon

A member of the Byzantion choir and priest within the Archdiocese of Bacau and Roman, Father Alexandru Grigoraş will perform during an International Concert of Byzantine Music that will take place on Friday, April 19, 2019, in Beirut, Lebanon. Church chanters from seven different countries will sing Lenten hymns in the capital of Lebanon during…

Apr 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu