Darvari Skete

Bucharest abbot invites faithful to all-night vigil for Virgin Mary to redeem wasted sleepless nights

The abbot of Darvari Monastery, Protosyncellus Arsenie Irimiea, is calling on Bucharest residents to attend, on the evening of August 14, an all-night vigil followed by the Sacrament of Holy Unction, on the occasion of the Dormition of the Mother of God — a spiritual remedy for wasted sleepless nights. Father Arsenie of Darvari Skete…

Aug 13, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Escape the idolatry of performance! We sanctify by presenting ourselves to God as we are, Bucharest abbot says

“Holiness, indeed, is the impossible. It is the impossible that God demands of man,” Protosyncellus Arsenie Irimiea, the abbot of Darvari Skete Monastery in Bucharest, told the faithful on the Sunday of All Saints. Yet, most often, we “offer God mere theatre,” he cautioned. In this regard, the abbot recalled that God tells the Israelites…

Jun 18, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest skete receives relics of Saint Matrona

The Darvari Skete in Bucharest has received a relic of Saint Matrona of Moscow, which was brought out for public veneration on Tuesday evening following the Bridegroom Matins. The relic was offered by a Russian metropolitan impressed by the Romanian community’s devotion to the saint, especially after seeing an image of her icon displayed prominently…

Apr 18, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu