Commemorative Year 2016

HG Bishop Timotei of Prahova: Priests must observe closely the luminous example of St Anthimos the Ivirite

His Grace Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, presided Thursday, 10 November 2016, over the pastoral and missionary conference organised in Vălenii de Munte. The works of the conference were preceded by the celebration of the Divine Liturgy, at which participated every member of the conference. Priests from the Deaneries of…

Nov 15, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Pastoral and Missionary Conference in Bucharest. Patriarch Daniel: The life of St Anthimos the Ivirite was a permanent sacrifice of labour and diligence in serving Christ’s Church

Priests from Bucharest and Ilfov County participated Monday, 7 November 2016, at the autumn session of the pastoral and missionary Conference entitled 2016 – Commemorative Year of Hieromartyr St Anthimos the Ivirite and of the Church typographers. The event took place in the Patriarch Teoctist Aula of the Patriarchal Palace. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of…

Nov 10, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

St Anthimos the Ivirite commemorated at his foundation in Bucharest. Bishop Varlaam: His life is an example for each of us to follow

St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest celebrated Tuesday, 27 September 2016, her founder and protector, Saint Anthimos the Ivirite. Hundreds of believers participated in the commemorative Divine Liturgy celebrated by His Grace Varlaam of Ploiești, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch. In his homily, Bishop Varlaam emphasised the personality of the great Hierarch of the Romanian Orthodox…

Oct 4, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

St Anthimos Monastery: His Eminence Metropolitan John of Rustavi celebrated the Divine Liturgy

His Eminence John, Metropolitan of Rustavi celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the 19th Sunday after Pentecost, 2 October 2016, at St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest. His Eminence Ephraim, Archbishop of Bolnisi, concelebrated. Metropolitan John addressed the faithful referring to the gospel reading. When our Saviour says the Beatitudes, He regards them as steps towards perfection,…

Oct 4, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch John X of Antioch: St Anthimos represents a loving icon, under which gather the faithful of the Churches in Romania, Georgia and Antioch

On the feast of Saint Anthimos the Ivirite (Iberian), 27 September 2016, His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch, presided over the Divine Liturgy officiated in an outdoor altar, next to the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and Metropolitan John of Rustavi, delegate of His Beatitude Ilia II,…

Oct 4, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Renewal and blessing of St Anthimos Monastery, 300 years after her founder’s martyrical death

Hundreds of believers, clerics and hierarchs participated Monday, 26 September 2016, in the consecration office of the church altar of St Anthimos Monastery in Bucharest. The service was officiated by His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, and His Eminence John, Metropolitan of Rustavi. Several Antiochian, Romanian and Georgian…

Oct 4, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Synodal Tomos on the canonization of Venerable Saints Neophyte and Meletios from Stânişoara Monastery and Daniel and Misael from Turnu Monastery

Synodal Tomos of Canonization no. 1/2016, approved by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church through its decision ref. no. 2212/25.02.2016, and made public today, 28 September 2016, in the church of Saint Anthimos – Troianu Monastery, dedicated to the Life-giving Spring: The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, To the most beloved…

Sep 30, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Religious manifestations in the Archdiocese of Râmnic. Three Orthodox Churches represented at the events

Religious manifestations dedicated to the protector saint of the year 2016 in the Romanian Patriarchate continued Wednesday, 28 September, at Râmnicu Vâlcea. In the morning, Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Patriarch John X of Antioch and Metropolitan John of Rustavi, representative of the Georgian Patriarch, consecrated the church of St Anthimos Monastery in Râmnicu Vâlcea. The…

Sep 29, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Saint Anthimos the Ivirite honoured in Bucharest

Sep 27, 2016Robert Nicolae

Antioch, Romania and Georgia united in liturgical prayers. Saint Anthimos the Ivirite honoured in Bucharest (Video)

Hundreds of faithful were present at the Divine Liturgy officiated Tuesday, 27 September 2016, in Bucharest, on the feast of Hieromartyr Saint Anthimos the Ivirite. His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all East, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, and Metropolitan John of Rustavi, representative of the Patriarch of Georgia, concelebrated. Several Antiochian,…

Sep 27, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Schedule of events dedicated to the Commemorative Year of Hieromartyr Saint Anthimos the Ivirite and of the Church Typographers (September 26 – October 1)

On the 300th anniversary of the martyrical death of St Anthimos the Ivirite, Metropolitan of Wallachia, founder of places of worship, a cultural personality, and typographer, the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archdiocese of Bucharest, with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, organize from September 26 to October 1, 2016, several manifestations within the Commemorative…

Sep 26, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu