Romanians in New Zealand

Romanian Migrants Sunday brings Orthodox Christians of different backgrounds together in New Zealand

Romanian Migrants Sunday was celebrated at the Dormition of the Mother of God Parish in Christchurch, New Zealand, where Orthodox faithful of different backgrounds prayed together at the Divine Liturgy. During the service, the message of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was read. Romanians, Serbs, Russians, Bulgarians, English people and faithful from other communities prayed together…

Aug 19, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Only after you believe God can help you can you begin the journey of renewal, Bishop Iachint says

“Only after you believe that God can help you can you take the first step on the path of renewal and salvation,” His Grace Iachint of the Pacific, Assistant Bishop of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand, said on Sunday at St Mary Romanian Orthodox Parish in Wellington, New Zealand. Reflecting on…

Aug 11, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

At first New Zealand liturgy, Bishop Iachint calls Transfiguration a path to spiritual renewal

“To see Christ in the light of His divinity, we too must ascend a Mount Tabor,” Assistant Bishop Iachint of the Pacific of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand said on Thursday at his first Divine Liturgy celebrated in New Zealand. Addressing the faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Parish of the Dormition…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox Diocese in Australia and New Zealand reviews 2025 activity at Melbourne assembly

Clergy and lay representatives of the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Australia and New Zealand met on Saturday at the diocesan centre in Melbourne—at the Life-giving Spring Monastery—to review the diocese’s activity. The meeting was preceded by a Te Deum service marking the anniversary of the Union of the Romanian Principalities. The Diocesan Assembly was chaired…

Jan 27, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian parish in New Zealand secures Government grant to expand community cultural centre

The Romanian Orthodox Parish in Auckland, New Zealand, has received a non-refundable grant of 300,000 lei (approx. AUD 100,000) to continue the construction of the parish’s Social and Cultural Hall. This construction project is part of a broader initiative that envisions the future building of a parish church and the establishment of an open-air ethnographic…

Jul 9, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

First Romanian to vote in Presidential Elections: Orthodox priest from New Zealand casts his vote

Voting will be accessible throughout the weekend at the initial polling stations established in the diaspora, as announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The initial station in Auckland, New Zealand, was able to operate at 01:00 EET due to the time zone difference. Father Mihai Mircea Corpodean, the parish priest of the Romanians in…

Nov 22, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Farthest church from Romania consecrated for Orthodox Romanians in Christchurch

During a special ceremony last Sunday, His Grace Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zealand consecrated the altar of a new church dedicated to the Dormition of the Theotokos that hosts the Romanian Orthodox community in Christchurch. The events also marked the patronal feast of the parish church. In the diaspora, the patronal feasts of…

Aug 23, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu