Metropolitan Iosif

Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe points to the Day of Romanians Everywhere as a time of reflection on identity and vocation

Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe published a message for the Day of Romanians Everywhere, marked on the last Sunday of May every year, saying the celebration is “a good opportunity for every Romanian to reflect on and better understand their identity and vocation.” The Metropolitan noted that the Romanian Orthodox Church, together with…

May 31, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Western Europe Metropolitan Iosif meets with Romanian Ambassador to London

During his pastoral visit to Great Britain, His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe had a meeting with the Ambassador of Romania in London, Her Excellency Laura Popescu, on Friday, March 4, 2022. The meeting took place at the headquarters of the Romanian diplomatic mission. “I was happy to meet with His Eminence…

Mar 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

La Courneuve – Paris: Romanian church consecrated on eve of the Three Holy Hierarchs feast

The church of the “Three Holy Hierarchs” Romanian Parish in La Courneuve – Paris was consecrated last Saturday, on the eve of its patronal feast. The consecration service was officiated in Romanian and French by Romanian Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe, who was joined by Archbishop Job of Telmessos (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople),…

Feb 1, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Job, driver’s license and an understanding wife, these are the criteria for clergy in the diaspora, Metropolitan Iosif says

The challenges faced by Romanian clerics abroad and the specifics of the diaspora’s mission were highlighted by Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe in an interview with Radio Trinitas. “To have a driver’s license, to be very mobile, to have an understanding wife,” are some of the criteria that a priest in the diaspora…

Mar 24, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Nativity Fast: Let Christ show us how He sees the world, Metropolitan Iosif urges

‘Let Christ show us how He sees the world, how He sees our neighbour and each of us, and let Him look through our eyes,’ urged Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe in a message at the beginning of the Nativity Fast 2020. The Romanian Metropolitan stressed that the effort during the fasting period…

Nov 20, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Iosif expresses solidarity with French people and Catholic Church following Notre Dame Fire

His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe expressed his solidarity with the French people, the Roman-Catholic Church, and the Archdiocese of Paris after a fire broke out at the iconic Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday. ‘We are deeply saddened by the catastrophe hitting the capital of France,’ His Eminence Metropolitan…

Apr 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Iosif prays for Romanian victims following Genoa bridge collapse

His Eminence Metropolitan Iosif of Western and Southern Europe prayed Sunday, August 19, at the Holy Archangels Romanian Orthodox Cathedral in Paris for the rest of the souls of the young Romanians who died following the Genoa bridge collapse. At least 43 people were killed when a section of the 1,102-metre-long (3,615 ft) Ponte Morandi…

Aug 21, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Video: Fr Makarios of Simonopetra launches new book on ‘Mystagogy of Great Lent’ in Paris

Hieromonk Makarios of Simonopetra launched Saturday his latest volume entitled Mystagogie du Grand Carême. Essai de théologie du temps liturgique (Mystagogy of Great Lent. A theological essay on liturgical time). Attending the event was His Eminence Iosif, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe. The book launch was held at the Holy Archangels Cathedral…

Feb 13, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

V European Orthodox-Catholic Forum concludes works in Paris

The V European Orthodox-Catholic Forum held its works in Paris from 9 January to 12 January 2017. His Eminence Iosif, Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe, represented the Romanian Orthodox Church. The venue of the meeting was Missions Étrangères de Paris. The meeting was co-presided by Cardinal Péter Erdő, Archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest, and…

Jan 13, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

The works of the small Synaxis of the Primates have begun. The Message of the Holy and Great Council will be addressed today

This morning, at 09.00 a.m., the Heads of Orthodox Churches arrived at the Monastery of Our Lady of Gonia, in Kolymbari, Crete, where they said a prayer in the opening of the small Synaxis, the last Sinaxis of the Primates previous to the Holy and Great Council. In this Synaxis participate the Primates and two…

Jun 17, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu