Religion

Romania religious leaders urge Education Ministry to include Religion among Baccalaureate subjects

In an address initiated by the Romanian Patriarchate, thirteen representatives of religious denominations in Romania requested the inclusion of Religion in the list of subjects for which the Baccalaureate exam can be taken. The signatories also demand the removal from the new draft Law on pre-university education of some provisions related to the new ideologies.…

Mar 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel meets with Religion Teachers in Bucharest: Young people seek models in Family, Church, and School

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Wednesday told the Religion teachers within the Bucharest Archdiocese that ‘young people seek models in the Family, the Church, and the School, to help them discern between the current challenges and the future perspectives.’ The National Conference of the Teachers of Religion Courses was held Wednesday, October 17, 2018, at…

Oct 18, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

20th anniversary of the uncovering of the relics of St Matrona. Patriarch Kirill: ‘Let us transform sorrow into spiritual power and inner joy’

Twenty years have passed since the uncovering of the relics of Saint Matrona of Moscow, one of the most popular contemporary Russian Saints whose feast day was recently added to the calendar of the Romanian Orthodox Church. To mark this important event for Moscow’s Intercession (Pokrovsky) Monastery where the holy relics of St Matrona are…

Mar 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz meets with Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. ‘The Orthodox faith community makes a valuable contribution to Austria’s communal life.’

During his visit to Austria, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew met Tuesday with Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. During the meeting that took place at the Federal Chancellery in Vienna, the two parties had the opportunity to discuss issues of common interest such as respect for religious freedom and human rights, the Ecumenical Patriarchate’s role and…

Mar 1, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Hierarchs, faithful prayerfully celebrate St Gregory the Decapolite at Bistrița Monastery

On Monday, hundreds of believers from all across Romania attended the celebrations of Saint Gregory the Decapolite at Bistrița Monastery, where his holy relics are kept. On this occasion, eleven Romanian hierarchs concelebrated at the Divine Liturgy, the diocesan website reports. This year we celebrate the 520th anniversary of the placing of the holy relics…

Nov 21, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarch Daniel sends message of sympathy over Greece flash floods

As a sign of sympathy to those seriously affected by the torrential rainfall in Attica region, near Athens, Greece, and by the flash flooding, which killed at least 16 people, and injured more than 20 persons, causing great material damage, the Romanian Patriarchate addresses the Greek people with a message of solidarity on behalf of…

Nov 17, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Feast of St John Chrysostom: Bishop Timotei of Prahova celebrates Divine Liturgy at the National Cathedral Chapel (VIDEO)

On the feast day of St John Chrysostom, November 13, His Grace Bishop Timotei of Prahova celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the outdoor altar of the National Cathedral Chapel. Numerous believers attended the patronal feast of the Chapel and venerated the holy relics of St John Chrysostom and St Andrew the First Called, whose relics…

Nov 16, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

First Divine Liturgy in sign language to be performed in Nicosia church

A Divine Liturgy is to be performed next week in sign language for the first time ever in Cyprus, aiming to include the deaf in the Holy Mysteries of the Greek Orthodox Church, Cyprus Mail reports. A theologian will travel from Greece at the invitation of the Metropolis of Tamasos and Orinis to simultaneously interpret…

Nov 11, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

AFP: How churches were lifted to safety in communist Bucharest

BUCHAREST (AFP) – A bit bruised but still standing, old Orthodox churches can be found around Bucharest, having escaped the frenzied demolition of the Romanian capital in the 1980s ordered by ex-communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. At least 10 jewels of Romania’s religious heritage from the 16th to 19th centuries survived due to an engineering tour de force:…

Nov 11, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Feast of St Demetrius the New 2017: Russian Patriarch arrives in Bucharest

Photos by Robert Nicolae/Basilica.ro

Nov 7, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate expresses compassion, offers prayers for the Texas terror attack victims

The Romanian Patriarchate has learned with sorrow that 26 Christians including several children were killed and 20 others were wounded in a fire attack inside a church in Southerland Spring, Texas, on Sunday, only a few days after eight persons were killed and eleven injured in a previous terror attack in New York. Let us…

Nov 7, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu