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Beginning of Church Year; Ven. Dionysius Exiguus; St. Simeon Stylites (Service of Thanksgiving)

Beginning of Church Year (of the Indiction) The first day of the Church New Year is also called the beginning of the Indiction. The term Indiction comes from a Latin word meaning, “to impose.” It was originally applied to the imposition of taxes in Egypt. The first worldwide Indiction was in 312 when the Emperor…

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International Children’s Day

International Children’s Day is celebrated by more than 50 countries on June 1 and another 100 countries have similar celebrations on the same day. International Children’s Day was declared a holiday by the Romanian Parliament in 2016. International Children’s Day, which is not the same as Universal Children’s Day, is celebrated annually on June 1. Although…

Jun 1, 2023Alexandru Boboc

Madrid: Inter-religious statement on the dignity of human life

Representatives of three Orthodox jurisdictions and other religious figures came together to sign a declaration on protecting the dignity of human life in Madrid on Wednesday. Among the signatories was Romanian Orthodox Bishop Timotei of Spain and Portugal. The document states: “That, as representatives of the main religious denominations: Islamic Commission of Spain, Federation of…

Feb 17, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch of Romania sends condolences after repose of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania sent condolences to His Holiness Pope Francis on Saturday, over the repose of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI: Bucharest, 31 December 2022 His Holiness Pope FRANCIS, Vatican City Your Holiness, With deep sorrow, we learned about the passing away from this world, after a long suffering that he endured with much courage, of…

Dec 31, 2022Iulian Dumitraşcu

International Children’s Day

Children’s Day is a national holiday celebrated in Romania and it is held on June 1 every year. Children’s Day is not just an event in Romania, it is also celebrated in many different countries and is an official UN global observance. Children’s Day is an international celebration intended to bring nations together to promote child welfare,…

Jun 1, 2022Iulian Dumitraşcu

Canada’s Romanian Bishop: May the model of prayer and sacrifice of the Mother of God be a help and strength to all

Bishop Ioan Casian of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Canada congratulated women and mothers and said they should be examples in contemporary society. “On the festive moment of civil society, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, and with deep devotion to the Mother of God, a perfect model of the Christian woman and mother,…

Mar 10, 2022Iulian Dumitraşcu

Dostoevsky’s 200th birth anniversary: The Philokalic dimension of an Orthodox writer’s work

Great Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky’s work decisively marked the literature, philosophy, psychology and theology of the 20th century. He was born in Moscow two centuries ago, on November 11, 1821. Dostoevsky was born in a Lithuanian family. His grandfather was a priest, his father was a military doctor and his mother came from a…

Nov 11, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Petru blessed monument to victims of Stalinist regime in Chișinău

A monument to victims of the Stalinist regime in Moldova was reconstructed and blessed on Monday in Chișinău. Located in Mills’ Park, it is known as General Georgescu P. Ion’s Fountain. His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia blessed the monument dedicated to those who were killed in the basement of the Chişinău’s former Italian Consulate…

Oct 29, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian deanery builds house for family with seven children. Six more houses to follow

The first of the seven social houses built by Onești Deanery was inaugurated on Thursday in the Mănăstirea Cașin village, Bacău county. The house was blessed and formally offered to a needy family. Six more social houses will follow within the same social project. “Anastasia House is the first to have been finalized within the…

Oct 12, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of Fr Alexander Schmemann

Monday, September 13, 2021 marks the 100th birth anniversary of Protopresbyter Alexander Schmemann, Dean of Saint Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary and one of the 20th century’s leading Orthodox Christian theologians. Father Alexander was born in Estonia in 1921 to a family of Russian emigres. He spent his youth in France, where he completed his secondary and…

Sep 13, 2021Sorin Ioniţe

These are the winning pictures at OrthPhoto Awards

The winners of the first edition of the International Orthodox Photography Competition OrthPhoto Awards were announced on Tuesday, August, 10, during a ceremony held at the Center for Orthodox Culture in Bialystok, Poland. More than 650 photographers from almost 30 countries entered the competition. Four Romanians were nominated among the winners of the contest. We…

Aug 20, 2021Iulian Dumitraşcu