Roma ministry

Roma who died in camps, deportations, and slavery commemorated at Pasărea Monastery

The Romani people who died in camps, deportations, and slavery were commemorated during a memorial service at Pasărea Monastery near Bucharest on Sunday. The service was officiated after the Divine Liturgy, as February 20 marked the 166th anniversary of the Liberation of the Roma in the Romanian Principalities by the Prince Barbu Știrbei (1856). The…

Feb 21, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Cluj Metropolitan brings school-supply kits to 400 Roma children

Four hundred Roma children from Turda-Fabrici Parish received backpacks, school supplies, sweets and prayer books. The gifts were personally offered by Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj, who visited the parish in Turda on Thursday, Sept. 9. The supplies were purchased by the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac, and Cluj, with the support of the “Orthodox Philanthropy” Association…

Sep 16, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Assistant Bishop Benedict celebrates Int’l Roma Day with Romanian-Romani bilingual liturgy

“We are delighted that you are many and you are young. It’s a big deal in a world where there are fewer and fewer children. It is a great thing that you give birth, that you are concerned with doing this order of being God’s helpers and of bringing healthy babies to life. And we,…

Apr 9, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

New social centre for improving living conditions for Roma children opened in Bacau

A new socio-catechetical centre was opened in Bacău County last Saturday for the benefit of Roma children. The centre, protected by Saint Parascheva, is located in the local school in Poiana Negustorului village, Blăgești commune. The project was proposed and supported by Fr. Lucian Dima from Poiana Negustorului and was implemented thanks to the support…

Mar 17, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Roma Liberation Day at Târgu Frumos: “Discrimination hurts, and children should not know this pain”

“Roma Liberation Day” (February 20) was marked last Friday at “Ion Creanga” school in Târgu Frumos with a series of cultural activities, Doxologia reports. Ana Maria Doleanu, inspector for minorities – Iaşi County Inspectorate, explained to those present that “discrimination hurts, and children should not know this pain.” “It is necessary to know the history…

Feb 25, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop Varsanufie: The Church has actively contributed to Roma liberation, social inclusion

The Church has actively contributed to Romani people’s liberation, and supports their social inclusion, the Archbishop of Râmnic said on Saturday, during a memorial service for the Roma who died in deportation and slavery. The event marked 165 years since the liberation of Roma in Romanian Principalities. Representatives of the Roma community at the national…

Feb 22, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu