Bishop Gurie

Deva’s first Bishop Gurie prayerfully remembered one year after his blessed repose

A year after the blessed repose of the first diocesan bishop of Deva, Gurie Georgiu, hierarchs, clergy, monastics and believers gathered in St Nicholas diocesan cathedral to remember him in prayer. Bishop Gurie Georgiu presided over the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara from 2009 until his death on October 21, 2021. His Eminence Metropolitan Laurentiu…

Oct 27, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Transylvania Metropolitan inaugurates kindergarten to honour Deva’s late Bishop Gurie Georgiu

Last Saturday, the Metropolitan of Transylvania inaugurated a new kindergarten in Deva, honouring the late bishop Gurie Georgiu. The project initiated by Bishop Gurie was entrusted three years ago to the now Bishop of Deva and Hunedoara, Nestor. The kindergarten was blessed during a service on August 27 attended by Bishop Andrei of Covasna and…

Aug 30, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Gurie Georgiu named honorary citizen of Deva

Three months after his repose, Bishop Gurie Georgiu was awarded posthumous citizenship of Deva. The ceremony was held after the clergy-laity assembly of the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara on January 27. The new shepherd of Deva and Hunedoara, His Grace Bishop Nestor officiated a memorial service for his predecessor at the Diocesan Centre in…

Feb 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

90,000 Orthodox Catechisms distributed in Hunedoara. Bishop Gurie’s soul project to continue in 2020

Each Orthodox family from Hunedoara County has received a Catechism on the Orthodox Faith free of charge from the local Bishop Gurie as part of his ‘soul project’ titled ‘Let us know our faith.’ More than 90% of the 90,000 copies of the Catechism were distributed, said Fr. Gabriel Miricescu, spokesperson of the Diocese of…

Sep 20, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox Church in support of Romanian gymnasts. Deva Diocese donates sports equipment worth €16,000

Wednesday, the Orthodox Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara, represented by Bishop Gurie, donated sports equipment worth €16,000 to the Olympic gymnastics team. The event took place on 9 August 2017 in the gym of the Deva Municipal Sports Club, in the presence of gymnasts and their coaches. The Deva Diocese purchased an Acrotramp Long Trampoline…

Aug 10, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu