Great Lent 2025

Bishop Ignatie calls for a “media fast” as part of Lenten discipline: Internet addiction steals our peace

On Sunday, His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Huși officiated the Forgiveness Vespers at the diocesan Cathedral in Huși, once again urging the faithful to observe a media fast during Lent. “Fasting is more than just abstaining from food—it is a healing process from our pathological dependencies, particularly our addiction to digital media,” said the bishop.…

Mar 4, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop-elect Atanasie begins ministry in the UK with Oxford visit and diaconal ordination

His Grace Atanasie, the Archbishop-elect of the Archdiocese of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, officially commenced his episcopal ministry with a visit to the Romanian Orthodox Parish of Saint John Cassian in Oxford, where he presided over a diaconal ordination and the investment of a spiritual director. The parish celebrated its patronal feast on Sunday,…

Mar 3, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Serafim: Great Lent is a journey with Christ through His Passion

“With a kind and forgiving heart that does not hold on to resentment, we can begin Great Lent—a journey alongside our Savior Jesus Christ on the path of His Passion,” explains Metropolitan Serafim of Germany, Central, and Northern Europe in his pastoral letter at the start of Great Lent 2025. In his Lenten pastoral letter,…

Mar 3, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew about the Great Lent: Blessed period of spiritual vigilance and journey with the Lord

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sent a catechetical homily for the beginning of the Great Lent, which His Sanctity said was a “blessed period of fasting and repentance, of spiritual vigilance and journey with the Lord, as He comes to His voluntary passion, in order to reach the veneration of His splendid Resurrection”. The Ecumenical Patriarch reminded…

Mar 3, 2025Ștefana Totorcea

When does Great Lent begin in 2025?

In less than a month, Orthodox Christians will begin Great Lent, the most significant and strictest fasting period of the year, leading up to Holy Pascha. Sunday, February 9, marks the start of the Triodion period, which includes a three-week liturgical preparation ahead of Lent. The first day of Great Lent 2025 falls on Monday,…

Feb 6, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu