Europe

Most migrants in Europe are Christian, recent study shows

According to the latest study published by Pew Research Center, most migrants in European countries originate from within the European continent and are predominantly Christian. In 2020, 53% of the non-native population living in Europe was born in another European country. The rest were born in South Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa. Due…

Aug 26, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Nifon: Europe and the world are founded on the values of the Gospel, centred on the Resurrection

“Christian civilization, Europe, and the entire world are founded on the values of the Gospel of Christ, centred on the Resurrection. We could say that the entire grandeur of the Christian world, everything we admire in the culture of our faith-infused world, is due to the Paschal culture,” His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, Archbishop of…

May 14, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Two saints already represented on Bulgarian currency to be featured on the country’s euro coins

Bulgaria aims to join the euro in 2025 and has created the design for the new money to be issued. The country’s euro coins will feature saints that are already depicted on the national currency leva. It is unique in the EU for saints to be represented on widely circulated coins. The Bulgarian 2-euro coin…

Feb 20, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

EU Commission: 2022 to be the European Year of Youth

The European Commission adopted on Sunday the proposal to make 2022 the European Year of Youth. This proposal will be discussed by the EU Parliament and Council. Europe needs the vision, engagement and participation of all young people to build a better future, that is greener, more inclusive and digital, transmitted the European Commission in…

Nov 16, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

El País | Sulina boasts the first church on Continental Europe seen by the rising sun

The Spanish daily El País has recently published a story about the Romanian port of Sulina, at the mouth of River Danube. The article names the city “The Kilometre Zero of a river which tells the story of Europe” and quotes the priest from the local Orthodox cathedral, the easternmost church in Romania. The story…

Aug 21, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Accessible holidays: Bucharest is the most wheelchair-friendly city in Europe – report

Bucharest it the most wheelchair-friendly city in Europe and is far more wheelchair-accessible than cities like London or Paris, according to a study by accommodation search engine HomeToGo. The report, called “Most Wheelchair-Friendly Cities in Europe,” reveals which destinations have the best suited accommodations for people with disabilities, and which cities are lagging behind. For…

Mar 8, 2020Gheorghe Anghel

CROCEU Members on the Istanbul Convention: The sanctity of the institution of the family must be promoted for the future of Europe

The representatives of the Orthodox Churches to the European Union have expressed their opinion regarding the Istanbul Convention on the prevention and combating of violence against women and domestic violence condemning all kinds of domestic violence. In a statement sent to the Basilica News Agency, CROCEU members expressed “serious concerns about the introduction of a…

Jul 10, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

German state orders crosses mounted in government buildings

Bavaria’s state premier, Markus Söder, has ordered that crosses be hung up in all state buildings in the southern German state. Söder called the move an “avowal of Bavarian identity.” Bavaria’s freshly-sworn-in state premier has stamped a Christian identity on the state’s public buildings as one of his first acts in office, reports Deutsche Welle.…

Apr 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Representatives of the Orthodox Churches hold CEC Pre-Assembly consultation in Paris

At the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s initiative, the representatives of several local Orthodox Churches gathered in Paris for consultation regarding their participation at the Conference of European Churches General Assembly that will take place in Novi Sad, Serbia, on May 31 – June 7, 2018. Attendees at the April 19 meeting included Metropolitan Emmanuel of France (Ecumenical…

Apr 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu