Bishop Ignatie

‘Christians are the most persecuted. Either their rights are restricted or they are even killed,’ Bishop Ignatie warns

The persecution of Christians worldwide and the lack of the public’s reaction on this topic were two aspects that the Bishop of Huși highlighted in his sermon at Stroieşti Parish on Sunday. “It has been found that Christians are the most persecuted in this world. Official statistics say that in 2018-2019, more than 260 million…

Aug 20, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Three disadvantaged families receive new housing from Huși Diocese

International Children’s Day, June 1, was celebrated in a special way this year by the Huși Diocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church. On this day, the first three hours of a series of six were gifted to disadvantaged families as part of the “Joy is Home” project that helps needy families with many children receive…

Jun 10, 2020Sorin Ioniţe

Husi Bishop declares Apostle Thomas the Patron Saint of people who want to inform themselves from the source

The Holy Apostle Thomas can be considered the patron saint of those who want to inform themselves directly from the source, the bishop of Husi said on Sunday during his sermon which focused on the personality of Christ’s doubting apostle. St Thomas wanted to dispel any doubt through direct interaction with Christ himself. He tried…

Apr 27, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop of Huși: We live in an age of technology and another type of fasting is required, a media quarantine

His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Huși cautioned that in an age of technology we should extend our fasting rules to technology in order to gain spiritual peace during Lent. ‘We live in an age of technology and another type of fasting is required, a media quarantine,’ the Bishop of Huși stressed during Forgiveness Vespers marking…

Mar 5, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Husi Bishop spends Christmas night with homeless people

His Grace Bishop Ignatie spent his Christmas night with 23 homeless people at a social night centre in Barlad. The bishop brought warm food and dined with the homeless. He listened to their life story and sufferings and shared with them encouragements. “He served them delicious and still steaming food, and they urged the hierarch…

Dec 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie offers antidote to lack of self-control, a sin that grinds and divides society

During the Vespers for the feast of Saint Nicholas held at Simila Parish, His Grace Bishop Ignatie spoke about the lack of self-control as one of the sins that grind and divide society today. Bishop Ignatie said that Saint Nicholas is called a man of God and a teacher of self-control. “People no longer manage…

Dec 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Husi Bishop says we should be addicted to the Bible like we are to our smartphones

‘It would be wonderful if the dependence on the word of God were at least directly proportional to the addiction to our smartphone,’ wrote Wednesday His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Husi on his Instagram account marking the Bible Day. He stressed that we are in ‘the age of word inflation,’ an inflation which lacks the…

Nov 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The presbytera is the guardian angel of the priest, bishop Ignatie says

During the first ever conference on the mission of presbyteras in the Diocese of Huși, His Grace Bishop Ignatie noted that a presbytera is the guardian angel of the priest and of their home. The conference titled “What does it mean to give yourself as offering? Reflections on the mission of a presbytera” was held…

Sep 24, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

ITO 2019: Bishop Ignatie presses need for inner beauty in ‘a world of photomaniacs’

The International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2019) moved on Sunday to Maglavit Monastery. There, the over 4,000 young people attended the consecration service of the monastery’s church and the Divine Liturgy. In his sermon, Bishop Ignatie of Husi told the Orthodox youth that inner beauty becomes increasingly deficient ‘in a world of photomaniacs.’ His…

Sep 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie warns against spiritual pirates and ideological boats

His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Husi warned against people who act as ‘spiritual pirates’ to Christ’s church ship generating fear through all kinds of ‘ideological boats’. Addressing the congregation at Delesti, Vaslui County, on Sunday, August 18, the Bishop of Husi stressed that Christians must show courage and trust in Christ, the Helmsman of the…

Aug 23, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Huși Bishop Ignatie: Simona Halep means faith in God, perseverance, love of family and country

Romanian tennis star Simona Halep won the Wimbledon 2019 final and gained her second Grand Slam title, after the Roland Garros 2018. In the final, on July 13, Halep defeated former world number one and multiple Grand Slam title winner Serena Williams in two sets: 6-2, 6-2. His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Huși, the only Romanian…

Jul 17, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu