International Meeting of Orthodox Youth

In pictures: Orthodox Youth from Africa on pilgrimage to St Anne Monastery at Orsova

The Orthodox young people representing the Patriarchate of Alexandria at this year’s International Meeting of Orthodox Youth at Sibiu continued their stay in Romania with a visit to St Anne Monastery at Orsova. Monday, September 17, the African young people attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated by the Assistant Bishop to the Timisoara Archdiocese, His Grace…

Sep 19, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Thousands march in Sibiu for unity of faith and nation

Thousands of Orthodox young people took to the streets of Sibiu Friday evening, Sept. 7, as part of an International Orthodox Youth Meeting to show popular support for Romania’s need for unity of faith and nation. They carried with them the flags of the dioceses and countries they represented. Sibiu city streets were filled with…

Sep 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox Youth, local Churches representatives united in prayer at Astra Museum on Nativity of Theotokos

The Orthodox youth attending the ITO 2018 Meeting in Sibiu were united in prayer with the representatives of the local Orthodox Churches at the Divine Liturgy celebrated Saturday, Sept. 8, at Astra Museum, commemorating the feast of the Nativity of the Theotokos. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Laurentiu of Transylvania.…

Sep 11, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Laurentiu welcomes ITO 2018 participants to ‘the capital city of Transylvanian Orthodoxy’

‘Welcome to the capital city of Transylvanian Orthodoxy,’ metropolitan Laurentiu of Transylvania said Thursday addressing the over 3,000 participants at the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2018) in Sibiu. By organizing in Sibiu the fifth edition of the International Orthodox Youth Meeting, an emblematic event of the Romanian Orthodox Church, we experience an occasion…

Sep 10, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Photo Gallery: International Orthodox Youth Meeting ITO 2018 opening ceremony

Over 3,000 young people from all over the world attended Thursday the opening ceremony of this year’s International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2018) taking place in Sibiu. Patriarch Daniel was present at the event. Photos: Mircea Florescu / Basilica.ro

Sep 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

3,000 Orthodox young people from all over the world attend ITO 2018 opening ceremony in Sibiu

Over 3,000 young people from all over the world attended Thursday the opening ceremony of this year’s International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2018) taking place in Sibiu. The ceremony included the presentation of each delegation under the name of ‘Flags’ parade’ in the presence of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania, Metropolitan Laurentiu of…

Sep 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Faith in God and love of nation have supported the struggle for national unity (Full text)

Address by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, to the participants in the International Orthodox Youth Meeting in Sibiu, 6-9 September 2018: Beloved young people, With deep spiritual joy we address you, the young people attending the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) in Sibiu, in the centre of Romania, with a…

Sep 6, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Patriarch Daniel arrives at Sibiu to open 2018 Orthodox Youth Meeting

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel arrived Wednesday morning at Sibiu, where he will lead the opening ceremony of this year’s International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO 2018). His Beatitude was welcomed at the International Airport in Sibiu by the local Metropolitan Laurentiu of Transylvania and the ITO volunteers who intoned the patriarchal polychronion (pheme). The same…

Sep 6, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

The Orthodox Youth event of the year: International Meeting for ‘Unity. Faith. Nation’ at Sibiu

‘Unity. Faith. Nation’ is the motto under which 2,500 young people from Romania and abroad will meet in Sibiu during the fifth edition of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) on 6-9 September 2018. The ITO 2018 event was launched officially at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Sibiu, on the International Day of Orthodox Youth,…

Feb 7, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu