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1st anniversary of Bishop Ioan Casian of Canada’s enthronement

His Grace Ioan Casian celebrates on 07 May his 1st anniversary as Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada. His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian was born on February 20, 1969, in the city of Comăneşti, Bacău country. His parents were Priest Ioan and Preoteasa Mariana. He attended elementary school in his native city from 1975-1983, then went…

May 7, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates his 66th Birthday

His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, celebrates on 4 April 2018 his 66th Birthday. His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952.  He arrived in Jerusalem in July 1964…

Apr 4, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Kirill celebrates 42nd Anniversary of Ordination to Episcopate

His Beatitude Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia celebrates Wednesday, 14 March 2018, the 42nd Anniversary of his Ordination to the Episcopate. His Beatitude Kirill (secular name Vladimir M. Gundyaev) was born on 20 November 1946, in Leningrad. After graduation from school, he entered the Leningrad Seminary and later the Leningrad Theological Academy, from…

Mar 14, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

Patriarch Theophilos III celebrates his name day

His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine, celebrates Friday his name day: Martyr Theophilus of the Holy 40 Martyrs of Sebaste. The Patriarchate of Jerusalem keeps the Unrevised Julian calendar (by old style). Therefore, 40 Holy Martyrs of Sebaste will be celebrated on Thursday, March 22, 2018. His Beatitude…

Mar 9, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

28 Years since the Episcopal consecration of HB Romanian Patriarch Daniel

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates on 4 March 2018 his 28th anniversary of episcopal consecration. HB Romanian Patriarch Daniel was born on 22 July 1951, to parents Alexe and Stela Ciobotea, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, county of Timiş. He was baptised Dan-Ilie. EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1958 – 1962 – he attends the primary school…

Mar 4, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew celebrates his 78th Birthday

His Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople-New Rome and Ecumenical Patriarch, celebrates Wednesday his 78th Birthday. The Patriarch was born on February 29, 1940, and in the non-leap years, he is used to celebrating his birthday on February 28. At the invitation of HB Romanian Patriarch Daniel, His Holiness will attend the consecration of the Romanian Orthodox Church’s National…

Feb 28, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

159th anniversary of Romanian Principalities’ Union

Romanians celebrate on Wednesday the 159th anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities, Moldavia and Wallachia, a highly important event in the country’s history, which opened the way to the modernization of the Romanian state and society. On January 24, 1859, as a result of the wish of the Romanian people, and in a…

Jan 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

12th enthronement anniversary of His Beatitude Theophilos III

His Beatitude Theophilos III celebrates on 22 November 2017 his 12th enthronement anniversary. His Beatitude Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and All Palestine (known in the world as Elias Giannopoulos, his parents, Panagiotes-Triseugenia) was born in Gargalianes of the County of Triphylia-Messinia, in 1952.  He arrived in Jerusalem in July 1964 and…

Nov 22, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Anastasios celebrates his 45th episcopal consecration anniversary

The current primate of the Albanian Orthodox Church celebrates on 19 November 2017 his 45th episcopal consecration anniversary. His Beatitude Anastasios Archbishop of Tirana, Durres and All Albania, was born on November 4, 1929, in Piraeus, Greece. Archbishop Anastasios (Yannoulatos) Professor of History of Religions (1972-92) and Dean of the Theological Faculty of the National and…

Nov 19, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

His Beatitude Chrysostomos II celebrates his name day

On 13 November 2017 His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates his name day. 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. He also attended…

Nov 13, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu

11th enthronement anniversary of His Beatitude Chrysostomos II

On 12 November 2017 His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates the 11th enthronement 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. He…

Nov 12, 2017Iulian Dumitraşcu