Saint Anthimos the Iberian

Georgian Ambassador to Bucharest visits Library of Holy Synod

Her Excellency Tamar Beruchashvili, Georgia’s Ambassador to Bucharest, visited the Library of the Holy Synod at St Anthimos Monastery on Thursday, April 18. Consul David Chachava accompanied the Georgian Ambassador. The Very Rev. Archimandrite Policarp Chitulescu, the Library of the Holy Synod director, welcomed the Georgian officials. The purpose of the visit was to coordinate…

Apr 22, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Speaker of Georgian Parliament visits St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest

As part of his official visit to Romania, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, visited St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest on Wednesday, when the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of St Anthimos the Iberian. Patriarchal auxiliary Bishop Varlaam Ploieșteanul and Abbot Vicentiu Oboroceanu welcomed the delegation, including the Ambassador of Georgia…

Sep 27, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Outgoing Georgian Ambassador Nikoloz Nikolozishvili presented with patriarchal order of Saint Anthimos the Iberian

The Order of Saint Anthimos the Iberian was handed to His Excellency Nikoloz Nikolozishvili, the outgoing ambassador of Georgia to Bucharest, by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti. As a sign of recognition for fostering solid ties between the Romanian and Georgian peoples, the order was given on behalf of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel.…

Nov 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania’s National Bank releases coin featuring famous Romanian, Georgian Monasteries

The National Bank of Romania has announced the release of an anniversary coin depicting Bucharest’s Saint Anthimos Monastery and a sixth-century Georgian Orthodox monastery near Mtskheta. The coin is 60 mm in diameter and composed of patinated copper alloy. The church of St Anthimos Monastery, founded by the Hieromartyr Anthimos the Iberian, a native Georgian,…

Oct 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Georgian President visits St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest

On Tuesday, the Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili paid a visit to St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest, a monastic settlement founded by Saint Anthimos the Iberian over 300 years ago. President Zourabichvili was welcomed by His Grace Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești. Bishop Varlaam emphasized that the President of Georgia and her delegation visited St…

Oct 12, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Georgians gather to Râmnicu Vâlcea to celebrate the city’s patronal feast of Saint Anthimos the Iberian

The feast of Hieromartyr Saint Anthimos the Iberian was celebrated on Tuesday in Râmnicu Vâlcea, in the presence of a hierarch from the Saint’s country of origin, Metropolitan Theodor of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti. The celebrations were attended by other guests from Georgia, including a children’s choir. His Eminence Archbishop Varsanufie of Râmnic presided over the…

Sep 29, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

This is how a rugby competition was named after an Orthodox Saint

Each of us knows, in our daily interactions, different locations or institutions that bear the names of Saints. In Bucharest there are St Catherine Street, St Andrew Park, St Panteleimon Hospital (etc.), and across Romania there are various places named after great people who were included in the synaxaria because of their righteous life or…

Sep 30, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomes Georgian Ambassador at his patriarchal residence

Thursday, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, welcomed His Excellency the Ambassador of Georgia in Romania Mr Nikoloz Nikolozishvili at his patriarchal residence. On this occasion, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel pointed to the traditionally friendly ties between the two countries, as well as the fraternal relations between the Romanian and the Georgian…

Nov 16, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Georgian Parliament Chairman visits St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest

On Wednesday, the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, visited Saint Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest. His Grace Varlaam of Ploiesti, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, welcomed the Georgian delegation at the monastery. The Georgian official laid a Georgian flag floral wreath at the statue of Saint Anthimos the Iberian (or Georgian) built in…

Nov 16, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu