New Testament

University of Birmingham wins €2.5 million grant to study patristic manuscripts for New Testament research

The University of Birmingham has secured €2.5 million in European funding for a research project that will examine manuscripts of the Holy Fathers and other ecclesiastical writers in search of previously unrecognised witnesses to the New Testament text. According to a university press release, the project will be led by Professor Hugh Houghton, a specialist…

Jun 26, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi, New Testament translators, receive patriarchal order of St John Chrysostom

The Patriarch of Romania participated on Monday evening at the launch of a bilingual Greek-Romanian New Testament edited at the Vatoped Monastery. His Beatitude awarded patriarchal distinctions to Abbot Ephraim of Vatopedi and the whole team of translators, coordinated by Professor Rev. Constantin Coman. The awards were given for “exceptional action in the defence and…

Oct 12, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Over 1,400 New Testaments to be sent to Romanian soldiers abroad by Christmas

The Romanian Patriarchate will give away 1,410 copies of the New Testament with Psalms to the Romanian soldiers abroad. The New Testaments will be distributed in the near future through the Religious Assistance Section of the Ministry of National Defence, Fr. Ciprian Ioniţă from the Social-Philanthropic Department of the Patriarchal Administration told the Basilica News…

Nov 25, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

For our spiritual life we need to read at least a Bible chapter a day – Metropolitan Andrei

In a message occasioned by the Bible Day observed by the Romanian Orthodox Church on Nov. 13, Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj, Maramureș and Sălaj urged the faithful to read at least a Bible chapter a day for a healthy spirituality. ‘We have at hand prayer, the participation in the Divine Liturgy and at church services,…

Nov 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Free New Testament distributed to over 3,000 elderly by the Romanian Patriarchate

The Romanian Orthodox Church cares constantly for the elderly. Over three thousand elderly persons are attended at the social centres of the Romanian Patriarchate. With the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, free copies of the New Testament printed in large letters will be distributed during the next period to all elderly persons in the…

Sep 22, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu