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ITO 2023 Conferences: Dr Radu Tincu combats 5 false claims about drug use

Dr. Radu Tincu, a primary physician in Intensive Care and Toxicology, spoke at the 2023 International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) Conferences held in Timișoara, Romania, about the growing scourge of drug use among young people. On this occasion, he challenged five false claims about drug use. “I’ve wondered if drug addiction is just a…

Sep 6, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

HE Joachim of Bursa, message for the young ITO 2023 participants: „You are the torchbearers of our faith”

Metropolitan Joachim of Bursa transmitted a message for the closing of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) 2023, held in Timișoara, Romania, between August 31 and September 3. His Eminence participated in the event personally, as the representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and in the end left a message for the young participants, saying:…

Sep 6, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: August 28 – September 3, 2023

The week before, the most awaited event for young Orthodox people took place; the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) 2023, held in Timișoara, where more than 3,500 young people from Romania and other countries gathered. Please see below our “Week in Pictures” feature for the week of August 28 – September 3, 2023. Last…

Sep 4, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

“God exists!” Int’l Meeting of Orthodox Youth 2023 pays tribute to the 1989 heroes who prayed under bullets in Timișoara

Participants in the 2023 International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) held in Timișoara, Romania, walked the Friendship Procession on Saturday. The procession ended in the city’s Opera Square with a tribute to the heroes of December 1989, who drove out atheist communism by praying under bullets in the very same place. The Friendship Procession was…

Sep 4, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Ioan asks Orthodox youth to form a human chain around those who risk being trafficked or using drugs

“Dear young people, please form a human chain around the ones you see at risk of being trafficked or at risk of drug use. Please, surround them like birds protect their young when kidnappers come to their nest!” said Metropolitan Ioan of Banat on Saturday, at the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) 2023 Conferences,…

Sep 4, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Metr. Joachim of Bursa: International Meeting of Orthodox Youth proves the unifying power of Orthodoxy

At the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO), “we are being given an excellent opportunity to realize the ecumenical dimension of Orthodoxy and its unifying power, but, on the other, for each of us to evaluate the richness of his/her own tradition,” said Metropolitan Joachim of Bursa on Friday in front of the 3,500 participants…

Sep 1, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel at the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth 2023: The Church is called to convey to young people Christ’s love

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church was present on Thursday at the inaugural session of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO), held in Timișoara, Romania, between August 31 and September 3, 2023. His Beatitude spoke of the theme of the event, which is man’s friendship with God, and of the mission of the…

Sep 1, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: August 21 – 27, 2023

We invite you to a new weekly photographic journey through the Orthodox world this week. Sunsets, summer camps or moments from pilgrimages are some themes photographed between August 21 and 27, 2023. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be…

Aug 29, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Orthodox Parish in Quito to be registered: The community has welcomed Jordanians and Ecuadorians

Fr Daniel Ene, Romanian Orthodox Dean of New York and the US East Coast, travelled again to Ecuador last month, as a delegate of Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas. He was accompanied by his wife, Flavia, and by two members of his parish – “Holy Trinity” in Victor, New York. With the help of Maria Fernanda…

Aug 24, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Southern-Romania archdiocese inaugurates social centre for the elderly: We bring comfort, says Metropolitan Irineu

“In our Archdiocese we strive as much as we can to bring help and comfort to the elderly,” said Metropolitan Irineu at the inauguration of the “Holy Wonderworkers and Unmercenary Physicians Cosmas and Damian” Social Day Centre for the Elderly. The social institution was inaugurated by the Craiova Archdiocese in southern Romania. “By the grace…

Aug 24, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Romania: 75,000 pilgrims honour the Mother of God at Nicula Monastery

75,000 pilgrims participated in the Nicula Monastery patronal feast last week, according to the police forces. Many of the faithful came a few days before the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God, to honour the Nicula Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God and to participate in the services officiated at the…

Aug 22, 2023Ștefana Totorcea