Metropolis of the Americas

Through the Holy Baptism we are chosen to witness and proclaim the Resurrection: Metropolitan Nicolae

“Only those chosen by Christ to be the witnesses of His Resurrection can also be the preachers of this miracle. Christ appeared to the myrrh-bearers, the apostles, the disciples and lastly to St. Paul,” writes the Romanian Metropolitan of the two Americas in his Easter Pastoral Letter. “We too are following in the footsteps of…

May 1, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Nicolae: It is fitting that we spiritually follow the Lord’s steps toward crucifixion

Metropolitan Nicolae’s Meditation for the Holy Week. In conditions completely different from other years, we have journeyed spiritually through the 40 days of Great Lent. The signs of fear of the new disease were evident already at the beginning of Lent. But we journeyed together in the Church on the Sunday of Orthodoxy and that of St.…

Apr 14, 2020Iulian Dumitraşcu

Statement by the Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America Concerning Holy Week and Easter

The Assembly of Canonical Orthodox Bishops of the United States of America (ACOB-USA) recommends further compliance with the sanitary norms for Covid-19 prevention during the following period, when Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday, the Holy Week and Easter. A recent declaration lists strong recommendations regarding religious services: they should be officiated only with a maximum…

Apr 7, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

New decisions of the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church regarding Romanians living in America

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church held its first autumn session Friday, 28 October 2016, in the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest, under the chairmanship of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The Holy Synod made the following important decisions for the church life of Orthodox Romanians living in the Americas: The…

Oct 29, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu