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Metropolitan Teofan: It is time to seek refuge in the privacy of our homes, until the wrath of this plague is past

While Romania instated state of emergency on Monday to contain the coronavirus epidemic, Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina sent a video encouraging message urging for prayer and calm which gathered more than 600,000 views on Facebook. The metropolitan quotes God’s words given to prophet Isaiah 26:20: “Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut…

Mar 19, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Professor appointed at SVOTS for Patristics

Father Bogdan Bucur, from  St. Anthony Orthodox parish in Butler, Pennsylvania (the Antiochian Archdiocese), was appointed professor of Patristics at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) in New York. He graduated the Faculty of Orthodox Theology “Justinian the Patriarch” of the University of Bucharest and in 2000 he moved with his wife in the United…

Mar 13, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel on Sunday of Orthodoxy: The profession of true faith opens Heavens

‘The profession of the true faith opens the Heavens. Without confessing Christ’s divinity, no one can enter the Kingdom of Heaven, no one can see the Kingdom of Heaven,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed during his sermon on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The Patriarch of Romania explained that true faith ‘is laid as a foundation…

Mar 9, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

St Eanswythe: Relics of Anglo-Saxon saint found in church wall

Relics discovered more than a century ago in a Kent church are almost certainly the remains of an early English saint who was the granddaughter of Ethelbert, the first English king to convert to Christianity, experts have concluded. Saint Eanswythe, the patron saint of the coastal town of Folkestone, is thought to have founded one…

Mar 7, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

Metropolis of Bessarabia urges calm and discernment over coronavirus fears

The Metropolis of Bessarabia urged believers to remain calm and to strictly follow the recommendations transmitted by the health authorities to avoid infections with the new coronavirus (Covid-19). In a press release, the Orthodox Metropolis of Bessarabia listed the main recommendations of authorities to prevent the spread of coronavirus: wash hands and face vigorously with…

Mar 4, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

30 years since the Episcopal consecration of HB Romanian Patriarch Daniel

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates on 4 March 2020 his 30th anniversary of episcopal consecration. Patriarch Daniel, the sixth leader of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was born on 22 July 1951, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, Timiş County, as the third child of teacher Alexie and his wife Stela Ciobotea. Between 1974 and 1976 he attended…

Mar 4, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Daniel congratulates Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew on his 80th Birthday

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, addressed a message of congratulation to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at his 80th Birthday. His Holiness Bartholomew Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch Your Holiness, We warmly congratulate you on the occasion of your 80th birthday anniversary, conveying to you our fraternal love in Christ…

Feb 29, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

42nd episcopal consecration anniversary of His Beatitude Chrysostomos II

His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates on 26 February 2020 his 42nd episcopal consecration anniversary. He was born in Tala village, Paphos. At the age of 10 he lost his father and two years later, after finishing his elementary education, he joined the monastery of Ayios Neophytos in Paphos.…

Feb 26, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Jerusalem Patriarch: Concrete understandings with Antioch over Qatar. ‘Our orthodox unity is most precious’

In the Holy Synod convened on Friday, February 21 2020, by His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III various matters relating to the Patriarchate’s ministry were discussed, including the pending matter with the Patriarchate of Antioch relating to Qatar. It was asserted by Patriarch Theophilos that since the two Primates met together mid last year in Cyprus…

Feb 22, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Romania Gazettes updated statute for organization of Romanian Orthodox Church

The Romanian Official Journal February 10 published the updated Statute for the Organization and Functioning of the Romanian Orthodox Church that include all the amendments made by the Holy Synod between 2011 and 2019. Here are highlights from the most noteworthy modifications in the updated statute. Election of the Patriarch The changes brought to the…

Feb 20, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Alexandria celebrates his name day

His Beatitude Theodoros II, Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa, on the feast of Great Martyr Theodore the Tyro, celebrates his name day.  His Beatitude (born Nicholas Horeftakis), was born in Crete in 25 November 1954, where he completed his schooling. He is a graduate of the Rizarios Ecclesiastical School of Athens and holds a degree…

Feb 17, 2020Sorin Ioniţe