30 years

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

Cathedral in Iași opens without scaffolding for first time in 30 years

The Metropolitan Cathedral in Iași, Romania has entered a new era of its existence. After 30 years of extensive consolidation and restoration work, the church, dedicated to St. Parascheva, the Presentation of the Lord, and St. George, has finally opened without scaffolding, fully revealing its grandeur and beauty, and just in time for the annual…

Oct 4, 2019Sorin Ioniţe