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Ecumenical Patriarch: There is a ‘virtual priesthood’ that wants more showing-off than self-sacrifice

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew cautioned Tuesday the clergy of the Archdiocese of Constantinople that there is a ‘virtual priesthood’ that wants to show off rather than to sacrifice themselves. On Tuesday, April 17, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew convened for the first time the Synaxis (Conference) of priests and deacons in Turkey at the Balukli Monastery…

Apr 19, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel addresses clergy from Bucharest and Ilfov: ‘Icons are a permanent calling to prayer’

Icons are a permanent calling to prayer and a liturgical form of confessing the truth that the invisible Son of God has become visible, that the Eternal One was made a mortal Man so that passing through death and resurrection to give us afresh the eternal life, Patriarch Daniel said May 29 addressing the clergy present…

May 29, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Palm Sunday Procession – 2017

Apr 11, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Thousands take part in Palm Sunday Procession. Palms symbolize the virtues acquired through fasting, Patriarch says

  Thousands of believers took part in the traditional procession and services held on the eve of Palm Sunday all across Romania. In Bucharest, dozens of priests led a procession Saturday, 8 April 2017, from Radu Voda Monastery towards the Patriarchal Cathedral to mark the triumphal Entry of our Lord Jesus Christ into Jerusalem. Blessed…

Apr 10, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Iași: Concelebration and exchange of experience with priests from Bessarabia

Priests, deans and diocesan advisers from the Metropolis of Bessarabia met Thursday with representatives of the Archdiocese of Iaşi. The meeting held on Jan. 26 aimed at strengthening the collaboration between the ministrants and faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the two banks of Prut River, doxologia.ro reported. Before the meeting, His Eminence Teofan,…

Jan 31, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Pastoral and Missionary Conference in Bucharest. Patriarch Daniel: The life of St Anthimos the Ivirite was a permanent sacrifice of labour and diligence in serving Christ’s Church

Priests from Bucharest and Ilfov County participated Monday, 7 November 2016, at the autumn session of the pastoral and missionary Conference entitled 2016 – Commemorative Year of Hieromartyr St Anthimos the Ivirite and of the Church typographers. The event took place in the Patriarch Teoctist Aula of the Patriarchal Palace. His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of…

Nov 10, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu