Ukrainians in Romania

Ukrainian Ambassador visits Orthodox Vicariate in Sighetu Marmației to discuss community needs and collaborative projects

Last Friday, His Excellency Ihor Prokopchuk, Ukraine’s Ambassador to Romania, visited the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate of the Romanian Patriarchate in Sighetu Marmației, Maramureș County. During the visit, the two institutions identified potential collaborative projects. Ambassador Prokopchuk also discussed with Vicar Nicolae Lauruc the needs of the Ukrainian community in Romania, the status of ethnic minorities…

Jan 14, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanians still await official recognition of Romanian Language Day in Ukraine

The Romanian community in Ukraine is still awaiting the establishment of a Romanian Language Day in Ukraine, which would be comparable to the acknowledgement of Ukrainian Language Day in Romania on November 9, as enshrined by Romania’s Law 213/2018. The initiative for a Romanian Language Day in Ukraine came from the “Bessarabia” National-Cultural Association of…

Oct 30, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Ambassador Ihor Prokopchuk visits Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Sighetu Marmației

His Excellency Ihor Prokopchuk, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Romania, made another visit to the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania on Friday, October 4. Vicar Nicolae Lauruc welcomed the Ambassador at the Vicariate headquarters in Sighetu Marmației. The Vicariate reported that the discussions focused on protecting the rights and freedoms of the Ukrainian…

Oct 9, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania: We are together in prayer with all the citizens of Ukraine

“We call on reason and wisdom. We are constantly praying for an end to the conflict,” the representatives of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania wrote on Thursday regarding the situation in Ukraine. “The citizens of Ukraine, regardless of their ethnic origin, have the right to a free life. The misunderstandings between the states must…

Feb 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

St Paisius Velichkovsky to be declared patron of Ukrainian vicariate in Romania

This year, Saint Paisius Velichkovsky of Neamț will be proclaimed a spiritual protector of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania, an administrative-territorial unit canonically dependent on the Romanian Patriarchate. The initiative belongs to the new vicar, Priest Nicolae Lauruc, who said he was encouraged in this endeavour by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. “We have asked…

Feb 25, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Fr Nicolae Lauruc officially becomes new vicar of Romania’s Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate

On August 1, 2021, Father Nicolae Lauruc has officially begun his new role as the vicar of the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania. Vicar Nicolae Lauruc celebrated the first Divine Liturgy in his new dignity at the Orthodox Church in Ruscova, Maramures County, for the feast of the Glorious Prophet Elijah, according to the unrevised…

Aug 4, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

New priest ordained for Ukrainian Orthodox Parish in Bucharest

The patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti on Sunday performed an ordination to the priesthood for the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate in Romania. Deacon Vladimir-Clement Malcovici was ordained to the priesthood for the Saint Peter Mogila Ukrainian Parish in Bucharest. Bishop Varlaam congratulated the new priest and asked God to help him in his priestly ministry.…

Jun 3, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu