40th anniversary

WCC Executive Committee member, Hon Metropolitan Nifon marks 40 years as bishop

His Eminence Archbishop Nifon of Târgoviște, Honorary Metropolitan, Patriarchal Exarch, and a member of the Executive Committee of the World Council of Churches, marks on Monday the 40th anniversary of his episcopal ordination. His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon was born on 5 January 1944 in the village of Crețești-Vidra, Giurgiu County, to Anghel and Maria Mihăiță,…

Nov 24, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

A bishop’s inheritance is not the throne, but the Cross: 40 years since the repose of a holy healer – Saint Callinicus of Edessa

Thursday marks 40 years since the blessed repose of a contemporary saint: St. Callinicus, the Metropolitan of Edessa, Pella, and Almopia. The Ecumenical Patriarchate canonized him in 2020, and his feast day is August 8. Saint Callinicus was born in 1919 in Sitaralona of Thermo, in central Greece, and spent the first part of his…

Aug 8, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu