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Romanian Church marks World Cleanup Day with litter-pick by youth from Orthodox high schools and other institutions

The Church has joined the ‘Let’s do it, Romania!’ campaign and summoned teams of young students from the theological seminaries across Romania to help out with the clean-up day. Over 180,000 Romanians, most of them students but also volunteers of all ages, have said yes to this year’s national environmental action. On Saturday, Sept. 21,…

Sep 25, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel re-consecrates Bucharest church where ‘village and city gather in joy of communion’

The Patriarch of Romania on Sunday officiated the re-consecration of a church in the Aparatorii Patriei neighbourhood in Bucharest, saying that in that place ‘the village and the city gather in the joy of communion.’ Romanian village, a blessed place In his sermon, Patriarch Daniel referred to the Romanian village as a ‘blessed place’ that…

Sep 22, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Hollywood star Jonathan Jackson joins fundraising campaign for Romanian Orthodox monastery in Ireland

Jonathan Jackson calls for funds to be raised for the Romanian Orthodox Monastery in Shannonbridge, Ireland. In a video message on Facebook, the Holywood star expressed his appreciation for the initiative of establishing a monastic settlement in the “heart of Ireland” calling its founders ‘wonderful people’. “Hey everybody! I know there are a thousand things…

Sep 21, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Firefighter-turned-priest Dorin Giurgiu: I have never felt my life endangered

He was a volunteer firefighter before being ordained to the priesthood and sees a very close connection between the two missions. He says he never feared the flames, being always protected and strengthened by God, and the hardest situation he went through was hearing that his grandmother’s house was on fire. In the context of…

Sep 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Five nuns tonsured at Căşiel Monastery

On the day that the Orthodox Church commemorates the Elevation of the Precious and Life-giving Cross, five nuns of Căşiel Monastery in Valea Cășeielului in northern Romania bravely took up their own crosses, offering their monastic vows. The rite of tonsuring was celebrated by His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj following the Vigil on the…

Sep 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria addresses sorcery on its agenda

The Alexandrian Church’s position on modern forms of slavery and on the struggle of refugees -migrants for a better life, dealing with the issue of sorcery in the African countries, applications of modern technology on the African continent today, the clergy fund, as well as ecological issues and the use of the media in the…

Sep 17, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

God helps us to transform the cross of suffering into victory, Patriarch Daniel says

‘If we think of God when we are in trouble, suffering, illness and ask for His help, then He helps us to transform the cross of suffering into victory through hope,’ underscored the Patriarch of Romania on Sunday. Bearing one’s cross The Patriarch explained in the sermon delivered at the Church of the Holy Cross…

Sep 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: The Cross is the sign of a life-giving work

‘The cross is the sign of a life-giving work,’ His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Saturday on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Holy Cross, he added, ‘is stronger than sin, hell and death and that is why it is considered the protector of Christians and a sign of victory over…

Sep 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

JWG explore common efforts on migration, peace building

The Joint Working Group (JWG) between the Roman Catholic Church and the World Council of Churches (WCC) met in Lyon, France for its annual plenary session from 2-5 September. The group released a communique focusing on migration and peacebuilding, outlining areas for theological reflection and cooperation. “The participants highlighted the political contexts in India, China,…

Sep 13, 2019Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Daniel at ITO 2019: Young people are a blessing and joy to the society

Young people are a blessing and joy to the society With great spiritual joy, we address a word of blessing to you, young participants in Craiova, at the International Meeting of Young Orthodox (ITO), organised this year by the Archdiocese of Craiova. Because youth is, in this transient world, a symbol of the beauty of…

Sep 5, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

Ecumenical Patriarch’s message for Indiction: Care for environment is an essential expression of church life

Sunday, September 1 marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the first day of the ecclesiastical year as the Day of the Protection of the Environment. This day of prayer was instituted in the Orthodox Church by Patriarch Demetrios I of Constantinople to raise public awareness in order to solve ecological problems. On this…

Aug 30, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu