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Reconstruction begins for Romanian Church in Boian, Alberta after devastating fire

The Romanian church in the town of Boian, Alberta, Canada, is being rebuilt after it was completely destroyed by fire in mid-2022. A year and two months after the tragic loss, Bishop Ioan Casian of Canada visited the community to bless the foundation stone of the future church. The ceremony took place on the first…

Aug 20, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Văratec Monastery is rebuilding two houses destroyed by a devastating fire

Văratec Monastery in Neamț County, Romania, will rebuild two monastic houses destroyed by a devastating fire late last month. The fire is believed to have started after an electrical short circuit in a sewing machine, said the Neamț County Emergency Response Unit officials. In a short time, most likely due to the wind, the flames…

May 22, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch of Romania expresses sympathy and solidarity with Greece over forest fires: EN/GR

On Sunday, August 8, 2021, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania sent a message to Archbishop Hieronymos II of Athens and All Greece expressing the sympathy and solidarity of the entire Romanian Orthodox Church with the Greek people deeply affected by the vegetation fires: Your Beatitude, For several days we have been following with great…

Aug 8, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

Orthodox Priest rescues two people from fire in Constanța

An Orthodox priest rescued two people from a building engulfed in flames in Constanţa. Assisted by two off-duty firefighters, father Gică Silitră took a 60-year-old woman in his arms and evacuated a 65-year-old man. The two people are parishioners of the church pastored by Fr Silitră, which is in the vicinity of the buildings on…

Apr 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Satu Mare Deanery buying house for 7-children family that lost home in fire

A Romanian family with 7 children that lost its home to a fire in early February will be able to buy a new home thanks to the generosity and Christian love of the clergy and faithful of the Satu Mare Deanery of the Maramureş and Sătmar Diocese in northwest Romania. Through collections organized in the…

Mar 5, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

The Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, declaration on the destructive fires in the Attica and other areas of Greece

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew’s Statement on the Destructive Wildfires in Attica and Other Regions of Greece: “We are overwhelmed by the dramatic developments in the region of Attica, which we have followed from the very first moment, and are a result of the large wildfires that have destroyed human lives, the properties of residents and incinerated the…

Jul 30, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

HB Patriarch Daniel expresses solidarity with Greek people following deadliest wildfire in years

Romanian Patriarch Daniel has sent a message to Archbishop Hieronymos of Athens and All Greece expressing his solidarity with Greek people following deadliest wildfire in years.  Full text of the statement: His Beatitude Hieronymos II, Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Your Beatitude, We have learned with great sorrow about the dramatic consequences of the…

Jul 24, 2018Sorin Ioniţe