Archdiocese of Lower Danube

Romanian Orthodox archdiocese offers Braille New Testaments to visually impaired faithful

Thirty visually impaired people from Galați received parcels containing essential food items and copies of the New Testament in Braille on Sunday from the Archdiocese of Lower Danube. The initiative followed the Divine Liturgy celebrated by Archbishop Casian at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Galați. Spiritual enrichment The Archbishop of Lower Danube highlighted the day’s spiritual…

May 19, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop Casian prays with people with disabilities in Galați, calls for compassion and solidarity

His Eminence Archbishop Casian of the Lower Danube joined people with disabilities in prayer on Sunday at the Archdiocesan Cathedral in Galați. The Archbishop emphasised the importance of solidarity, inspired by the Gospel of the Healing of the Paralysed Man at Bethesda: “Being constantly people among people, so that no one today may complain of…

May 5, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archbishop commemorates victims of communist labour camp at Salcia

Archbishop Casian Crăciun of Lower Danube on Monday commemorated the martyrs of the Salcia labour camp in the Great Brăila Island, where hundreds of anti-communist political prisoners died in suffering. The memorial service was held in connection with the feast of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste and Romania’s National Day of Remembrance for anti-communist political…

Mar 13, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archdiocese to build rehabilitation centre for youth affected by addiction

A rehabilitation and social reintegration centre for young people affected by addictions will be built in Galați County, an initiative of the Archdiocese of the Lower Danube in partnership with local medical and educational institutions, according to the Agerpres news agency. The project was presented by Archbishop Casian of the Lower Danube during the feast…

Oct 6, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archdiocese provides school supplies to 4,000 children

Ahead of the new school year, Orthodox dioceses throughout Romania have been providing children with necessary school supplies. A week before school started, priests of the Archdiocese of Lower Danube distributed backpacks filled with school supplies to 4,000 children. On September 16, the Brăila Deanery distributed 650 backpacks with supplies to its parishes, who in…

Sep 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archdiocese donates school supplies for more than 4,000 needy children

At the initiative of and with the blessing of its hierarch, His Eminence Archbishop Casian, the Archdiocese of the Lower Danube again undertook the tradition of donating backpacks and important school supplies to needy children at the beginning of the school year. According to the diocesan website, in the week before school started, 4,000 backpacks…

Sep 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Lower Danube Archdiocese helps 100+ flood victim families

A broad missionary and philanthropic activity was organized by and with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Casian of the Lower Danube Archdiocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church on Tuesday to aid more than 100 families that have suffered from the recent flooding that has struck many localities in Romania. On that day, 132 families…

Jun 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu