Metropolitan Ioan

Banat Metropolitan sends ‘vital message to divided society’: Adoration of the Magi is a call to unity and cooperation

In a message considered vital to a divided society, the Metropolitan of Banat referred to the adoration of Baby Jesus by the Magi as an impetus for unity, communion, and cooperation. “The Nativity of the Lord is an event that has blessed the history of the human race. The coming and the adoration of the…

Nov 16, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

‘Let us not forget our brothers and sisters on the bed of suffering,’ Banat Metropolitan urges at beginning of Dormition Fast

In his pastoral message at the beginning of the Dormition Fast, Metropolitan Ioan of Banat urged much prayer, almsgiving and care for the sick and lonely. “Let us not forget, my dear spiritual sons and daughters, our brothers and sisters on the bed of suffering, in hospitals and at home, as well as the medical…

Aug 3, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Metropolitan invites doctor to tell believers how to avoid coronavirus

As people across Romania are gripped by anxiety, hoping that the coronavirus doesn’t affect them, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat invited a doctor to address believers following the Sunday Divine Liturgy on how to avoid the spread of the new virus. “Dear brothers and sisters, seeing the anxiety and the disorder, because such a…

Mar 5, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat unclogs Timisoara crowded city roads

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat last Friday surprised passers-by on a street in Timisoara when he got out of his car and began directing a bus driver who was stuck in traffic. His Eminence was travelling with a team of journalists to film a report when he noticed the traffic jam. After giving instructions to the…

Dec 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan of Banat donates winter clothing to patients in psychiatric facilities

Approximately 1,000 winter clothing items were offered by Metropolitan Ioan of Banat for patients with psychiatric disorders at the Psychiatric and Safety Measures Hospital in Jebel and the Psychiatric Hospital in Gătaia. According to the website of the Metropolis, His Eminence visited the patients last week. On Nov. 13, Metropolitan Ioan also visited the Pentru…

Nov 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolitan invites poor mother of four children to eat lunch together

Following the Divine Liturgy celebrated Sunday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timisoara, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat invited a poor mother of four children to eat lunch at his residence. The Metropolitan was impressed by the woman’s story and offered to help her. ‘When I entered the church,’ Metr. Ioan said, ‘I met this…

Feb 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolitan celebrates his name day with homeless people

His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat honoured his spiritual protector, Saint John the Forerunner, by joining several homeless people at one of Timișoara’s housing charity shelter on Monday. ‘There is nothing exceptional. This is normality for me and we should do such actions as often as possible, because, you see, these people are abandoned, they…

Jan 8, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat urges faithful at the beginning of Dormition Fast not to forget the sick, suffering, and lonely

His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat has sent a message at the beginning of the Dormition Fast, urging everyone “not to forget those in tribulations and infirmities, those in sickness, suffering, sadness, and solitude, those in hospitals and at their homes, whom no one remembers or visit”. The Metropolitan of Banat noted that “the fasting…

Aug 2, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat buys house for mother of four

His Eminence Ioan, Metropolitan of Banat, is renowned for his charity. Once again, he succeeded in solving the desperate situation of a mother of four children in less than 24h, pressalert.ro reports. The family was living in a barn near the village of Comloşu Mare, Timiş County. The family has already moved to their new…

Jan 12, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu