Holy Land

Holy Sepulchre: Up to 4,200 people permitted for Holy Fire ceremony

Representatives of the Common Technical Bureau of the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem announced the utmost number of pilgrims permitted to attend the Holy Fire Ceremony on Holy Saturday. Theodosios Mitropoulos, the architect of the Church of the Resurrection, and Nagib Naser, the architect of the Franciscan Brotherhood, confirmed to the Tourist Police station that…

Apr 25, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Message: The Patriarch of Romania is praying for a just and lasting peace in the Holy Land

Patriarch Daniel of Romania sent a message on Sunday to Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem, expressing His Beatitude’s concern on the escalation of the military conflict in the Holy Land and praying for the restoration of a just and lasting peace. Full text: Bucharest, 14 April 2024 His Beatitude THEOPHILOS III, Patriarch of Jerusalem Your…

Apr 14, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem unite in a call for peace and justice

The leaders of the Christian communities of Jerusalem, among whom the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem, have issued a statement calling for peace and justice amidst unfolding violence in the Holy Land. The Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem reiterate the importance of respecting the historic and legal Status Quo of the holy shrines and express…

Oct 10, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Press release regarding the situation of Romanian pilgrims in Israel after outbreak of war

In the dramatic context generated by the beginning of the war in Israel a few days ago, in which nearly 800 Romanian citizens were on pilgrimage to the Holy Places, the Romanian Patriarchate provides the following clarifications regarding the evolution of their situation: Since the outbreak of the conflict through the terrorist attacks on Israel,…

Oct 9, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate expresses deep concern over recrudescence of war in Israel

The Romanian Patriarchate expresses its deep concern over the recrudescence of war in Israel following the terrorist attack launched at dawn on Saturday, October 7, which resulted in hundreds of deaths and thousands of people injured. War always represents a social catastrophe with incalculable consequences in terms of human suffering and the loss of life…

Oct 9, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Brought by Virgin Mary to the Romanian Settlement in Jericho: “My home is here,” Sister Elena says

The national news agency AGERPRES published an article about Romanian women living in the Holy Land. Along with those who got there after marriage, the journalists also included Sister Elena, a former educator who aspires to become a nun. She said that the love of the Mother of God called her to the Romanian Settlement…

Aug 21, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Land: 6th-century mosaic discovered intact near Jericho

A 6th-century Byzantine church with elaborate mosaic floors was uncovered near Jericho, the oldest known city in history. The Civil Administration of the West Bank intends to move the building and put it on display in the mosaic museum at the Good Samaritan site. Experts said the church was still being used during the Early…

Feb 3, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel meets with Mahmoud Al Habbash, Palestinian President’s Advisor for Religious Affairs

On Tuesday, September 13, 2022, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed at the patriarchal residence the Advisor for Religious Affairs to the President of the State of Palestine, Mr Mahmoud Al Habbash. Mr Mahmoud Al Habbash thanked the Patriarch for the audience. On behalf of President Mahmoud Abbas, he conveyed warm wishes of health and success…

Sep 21, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch of Jerusalem: The Church built by the Lord continues His sanctifying and redeeming mission

“The body of the Church that has been built by the Lord, for which He said “the gates of hell shall not overcome it” (Matthew 16,18), continues throughout the centuries His sanctifying and redeeming mission through His Disciples and their heirs, the Bishops and Priests,” transmits Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem in his Pastoral Letter…

Apr 20, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Holy Land welcomes first Romanian pilgrims after two-year hiatus

After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Israel welcomed its first Romanian pilgrims on March 1. The first pilgrimage to the holy sites in Jerusalem was organized by the Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica Travel Agency. Romanian pilgrims visited the Monastery of Saint George of Choziba, where the relics of St. John Jacob of Neamţ…

Mar 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

The Patriarch of Jerusalem: The relics of Saint John the Hozevite are indisputable testimony of the Resurrection

The incorrupt and fragrant body of Saint John Jacob the new Hozevite are “indisputable and irrefutable testimony of the resurrection of our Saviour Jesus Christ”, said the Patriarch of Jerusalem last week, as he officiated the All-Night Vigil at the whole relics of St. John Jacob of Neamț, whose entire incorrupt body reposes at the Hozeva…

Aug 20, 2021Ștefana Totorcea