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Let us pray fervently for an end to the fratricidal war in the vicinity of our country, Bishop Justin urges in 2022 Easter message

His Grace Bishop Justin of Maramureș and Sătmar used his Easter pastoral letter to call for continual prayer and support for the Ukrainian neighbours suffering from war. “Let us pray fervently for an end to the fratricidal war waged in the vicinity of our country. May God give the leaders thoughts of peace, understanding, dialogue…

Apr 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Fire to arrive from Jerusalem to Romania on Holy Saturday

The tradition inaugurated by Patriarch Daniel in 2009 to bring the Holy Fire to Romania will also continue this year. The Holy Fire will be brought from Jerusalem on Saturday evening, April 23, 2022, by Archimandrite Teofil Anăstăsoaie, the superior of the Romanian Patriarchate’s Settlements at the Holy Places. As before, the Holy Fire will…

Apr 18, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas, Nicolae Condrea, turns 55

His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae of the two Americas celebrates his 55th birthday on Friday, April 15, 2022. His Eminence Metropolitan Nicolae was born in the city of Constanţa on April 15, 1967, to his parents Nicolae and Victoria, both now asleep in the Lord. In 1988 he was admitted to the Andrei Şaguna Orthodox Faculty…

Apr 15, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate partners with National Agency for countrywide campaign to prevent human trafficking

Romania’s National Agency Against Human Trafficking and the Romanian Orthodox Church are currently implementing a national campaign entitled “United, we offer freedom! Exploitation oppresses souls and destroys destinies.” The main message of the campaign is a warning about the phenomenon of human trafficking, addressed both to the believers in the parishes of the Romanian Orthodox…

Apr 12, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest to host traditional Palm Sunday procession after two-year hiatus

On Saturday, April 16, 2022, on the eve of the great feast of the Lord’s Entry into Jerusalem, the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archdiocese of Bucharest will organise the Palm Sunday procession in Bucharest, with the participation of hierarchs, priests, monks, nuns and lay believers from the capital and Ilfov county. This religious and missionary…

Apr 12, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Veneration of holy shrines is attributed to Christ, the Mother of God and the Saints: Patriarch Theophilos

“Veneration of the holy shrines is attributed to Christ, the Theotokos and the Saints,” explained Patriarch Theophilos on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. The Patriarch of Jerusalem officiated the Great Vespers and celebrated the Divine Liturgy for the Sunday of Orthodoxy at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He was joined in the divine services by…

Mar 14, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Humanitarian aid for Ukraine war victims provided by the Romanian Orthodox Church

Against the dramatic background of the outbreak of war in Ukraine and the humanitarian catastrophe it has caused, the Romanian Orthodox Church has been mobilized since the early days of this conflict unleashed by Russia against an independent and sovereign country, providing considerable aid to Ukrainian refugees who arrived on the territory of Romania, in…

Mar 14, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Holy Land welcomes first Romanian pilgrims after two-year hiatus

After a two-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, Israel welcomed its first Romanian pilgrims on March 1. The first pilgrimage to the holy sites in Jerusalem was organized by the Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica Travel Agency. Romanian pilgrims visited the Monastery of Saint George of Choziba, where the relics of St. John Jacob of Neamţ…

Mar 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel of Romania marks 32nd anniversary of episcopal ordination

Thirty-two years ago, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel was ordinated to the episcopate at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timisoara. Patriarch Daniel, the sixth leader of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was born on 22 July 1951, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune, Timiş County, as the third child of teacher Alexie and his wife Stela Ciobotea. Between 1974…

Mar 4, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate sends truck-load of food, essential products for Ukrainian refugees in Chisinau

At the request of “Diaconia” Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia, the Romanian Patriarchate sent a truck-load of food and products of primary necessity for Ukrainian refugees in the Republic of Moldova on Tuesday morning. “It is the first humanitarian transport to the Diaconia Social Mission carried out by the Romanian Patriarchate together with…

Mar 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Suceava Archdiocese offers help to Ukrainian refugees

The Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti announced on Friday night the measures taken to support refugees from Ukraine. The archdiocese’s photographer, Irina Ursachi, accompanied priests and volunteers from the Archdiocesan Administration and captured emotional pictures. An intervention committee for the situation of refugees was set up in the archdiocese, consisting of clergy of the Diocesan…

Feb 26, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu