At least fifteen people have died and 600 people have been injured after a powerful earthquake hit Albania in the early hours of Tuesday, causing damage along the country’s Adriatic coastline and in the capital,…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew expressed his solidarity with the Sri Lankan people and voiced his horror at a series of explosions at churches and hotels that killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds during Easter…
The Patriarch of Romania denounced the ‘cruelest expression of dehumanizing violence and alienation from God’ of the Sunday slaughter of Christians and foreigners in Sri Lanka as Catholics celebrate Easter by lamenting the bloodshed and…
His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe expressed his solidarity with the French people, the Roman-Catholic Church, and the Archdiocese of Paris after a fire broke out at the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral…
A day after a highway bridge collapsed in Genoa, Italy, killing at least 39 people, the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Italy released a message expressing compassion and solidarity with the victims’ families. Full text: The…
Romanian Patriarch Daniel has sent a message to Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece expressing his solidarity with Greek people following deadliest wildfire in years. Full text of the statement: His Beatitude Hieronymos II,…
Addressing Coptic Patriarch Tawadros II, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania prayed that peace may prevail over violence and that religion may be a sign of life and mutual understanding among humans. At least two…
Following the Oct. 1 mass shooting in Las Vegas, when 64-year-old Stephen Paddock opened fire at an open-air music festival from his room in a nearby hotel, His Eminence Nicolae, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the…
The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Spain and Portugal expressed his compassion and solidarity with the Spanish people following the 17 August terror attack, asking God to protect this nation so hospitable to strangers. In his…
The Romanian Patriarchate has learned with much sorrow that 26 Christians, among whom children, were killed and dozens were wounded in the Egyptian province of Minya, after several gunmen opened fire on a bus carrying…