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Tomb of Bethlehem’s midwife Salome to be open to the public

Israeli cultural authorities have recently presented one of the most impressive burial caves discovered in the country, more than two millennia old. The site was identified as the tomb of midwife Salome from Bethlehem and it will be open to the public. According to Tradition, midwife Salome of Bethlehem visited Infant Jesus and His mother,…

Dec 27, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian language lessons for children are in high demand among the Romanian diaspora

The Romanian and German ministries of education signed last month a protocol permitting the participation of Romanian children in free optional lessons of Romanian. Romanian language lessons for children are in high demand among the Romanian diaspora, according to Digi 24. Germany thus joins the other six EU countries where this protocol functions. These are…

Sep 7, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences after Metropolitan Kallistos Ware reposes in the Lord

Patriarch Daniel sent condolences to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I on Wednesday, after His Eminence Kallistos, Metropolitan of Diokleia, reposed in the Lord. The Patriarch of Romania called the recently-departed hierarch “an old friend of our Church and of ours, personally”. Full text: Bucharest, 24 August 2022 His Holiness BARTHOLOMEW, Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome,…

Aug 24, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

2022: When does the Fast of the Holy Apostles begin?

This year, the Fast of the Holy Apostles begins on Monday, June 20, and lasts for nine days. The commemoration day of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul is celebrated every year on June 29. This year, they are celebrated on a Wednesday. As a result, the Church has ordained to permit fish, although the…

Jun 18, 2022Andrei Ursulean

When there’s a will, God shows a way: After expressing their wish to form a parish, Romanians in Cancun found a chapel

While Romanians in Cancun, Mexico, have decided to form an Orthodox parish, the local Catholic Archdiocese offered them a chappel to use for religious service. “God has made the first step toward us,” said Father Daniel Ene, Orthodox Romanian Dean of New York, who travelled to Cancun between May 27 and June 2 to evaluate…

Jun 3, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Belgrade: Serbian, North-Macedonian Orthodox Bishops liturgically mark restoration of communion

The Serbian and North-Macedonian Orthodox Primates and hierarchs concelebrated on Thursday at “St. Sava” Cathedral in Belgrade to mark the end of a 55-year liturgical and canonical separation. Patriarch Porfirije concelebrated the Divine Liturgy with Archbishop Stephen of Ochrid, the Primate of the Orthodox Church from Northern Macedonia. “The Lord, who created everything, reminded us…

May 20, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Archbishop Casian: “The Church’s young people are the apostles of our deliverance from loneliness”

Last week, Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube opened the meeting of the National Council of the Romanian Orthodox Christian Students Association (ASCOR) at Lacu Sărat, Brăila county. After meeting with young people, the archbishop posted a message on Facebook noting that “the young people of the Church are the apostles of our deliverance from loneliness.”…

May 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

2022 International Day of Families coincides with the Sunday of Christian Family in the Romanian Orthodox Church

The International Day of Families is marked annually on May 15, while the Romanian Orthodox Church has dedicated to Christian families a national day, marked on the Sunday which is closest to the same date: the Day of Christian Family. This year, the two are marked on the same day. In a message referring to…

May 15, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel: This year’s Census is a proper time to confess our religious identity

In a message on Monday, May 9, 2022, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel urged believers to participate in Romania’s Census of Population and Housing and to declare their religious affiliation. This year’s Census is a proper time to confess our religious identity: full text The organisation of the Romanian Population and Housing Census in the first…

May 10, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel blesses all women who cultivate and confess the faith in the crucified and risen Christ

In a message for the Sunday of Myrrh-bearing Women Sunday, May 8, 2022, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel conveyed congratulations and blessings “to all women who cultivate and confess, through prayer, in word and deed, the faith in the crucified and risen Christ.” His Beatitude highlighted that the Holy Myrrh-bearing Women have become “role models for…

May 6, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Fire has descended in Church of Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem (VIDEO)

The Holy Fire has descended in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, as seen on the Trinitas TV livestream. The Holy Light descended at about 2:31 PM (7:31 AM Eastern Standard time). It appeared in the edicule (the small chapel built over the burial place of Christ) after the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem,…

Apr 23, 2022Sorin Ioniţe