ştiri religioase

First services at Romanian Parish in Dubai to be celebrated in September

The first services at the newly established Romanian parish in Dubai will be officiated in September, parish priest Alexandru Truşcan told the Basilica News Agency. The services will be occasioned by the main patronal feast of the parish, the Nativity of the Mother of God. For the beginning, he will serve in the Orthodox church…

Aug 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The new Greek Metropolitan of France has been ordained

The elected Metropolitan of France, Archim. Demetrios Ploumis was ordained bishop on Sunday in St. George’s Cathedral in Phanar, Orthodox Times informs. The divine liturgy was presided over by His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. Elder Metropolitans Emmanuel of Chalcedon, Meliton of Philadelphia, Barnabas of Neapolis and Stavroupolis, and Joachim of Prousa attended the service. Prior…

Jul 27, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

The fasting season involves a spiritual struggle, Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam says

In his sermon delivered last Friday at the Patriarchal Cathedral, the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploieşti stressed that “the fasting season involves a spiritual struggle with ourselves, against the temptations that come from around us and, especially, against the spirits of evil.” His Grace said that the Mother of God comes to the aid…

Apr 20, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel sends condolences after repose of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel expressed his sorrow and offered his condolences following the repose of Prince Philip at the age of 99: Bucharest, 9 April 2021 His Royal Highness Charles, The Prince of Wales Your Royal Highness, With deep sadness, we have received the news of the passing away, on the 9 of April 2021,…

Apr 9, 2021Gheorghe Anghel

Bishop Visarion prays with inmates at Tulcea Prison

Bishop Visarion prayed with the inmates from Tulcea Maximum Security Prison and offered them gifts last Saturday. At the prison’s “Holy Apostles Peter and şi Paul” Chapel, the prisoners attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated by the bishop on the feast of the Veneration of the Precious Chains of the Holy Apostle Peter. The hierarch spoke…

Jan 21, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian monasteries to hold 100-Mile procession with relics in the Archdiocese of Bucharest

Căldărușani and Sitaru Monasteries, together with the Deanery of Ilfov Nord outside of Bucharest, are organizing a procession on Saturday with the relics of St. Gregory The Teacher, Metropolitan of Wallachia, and St. Artemius, and with the Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God from Căldărușani Monastery. The “Traveling with the Saints to Christ” pilgrimage…

Jun 18, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Celebration of services inside places of worship is fully justified – Patriarchate’s Spokesperson

The spokesman of the Romanian Patriarchate said Thursday that ‘the rapid return to the celebration of religious services inside the places of worship (with the implicit observance of the rules of physical distancing and sanitation of the liturgical spaces as established by the competent authorities) is already fully justified and adequate to the current Romanian…

Jun 12, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Churches across Romania will ring their bells at noon on Thursday to commemorate Heroes’ Day

Memorial services will be held Thursday, May 28, 2020, in all cathedrals, churches, monasteries, cemeteries and at all heroes’ monuments across Romania and abroad to mark the feast of the Ascension of the Lord and National Heroes’ Day. The services will be officiated after the Divine Liturgy in compliance with current regulations in the national…

May 27, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox Church top 9 pastoral care programmes for Roma people

It is estimated that approximately 621 thousand people of Roma origin live in Romania, most of whom are Orthodox Christians. The Romanian Orthodox Church has always paid attention to the mission among Roma people by intensifying its catechetical work, supporting education, and developing social assistance. Here is a list of the top nine pastoral care…

Apr 8, 2020Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Teofan: It is time to seek refuge in the privacy of our homes, until the wrath of this plague is past

While Romania instated state of emergency on Monday to contain the coronavirus epidemic, Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina sent a video encouraging message urging for prayer and calm which gathered more than 600,000 views on Facebook. The metropolitan quotes God’s words given to prophet Isaiah 26:20: “Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut…

Mar 19, 2020Ștefana Totorcea

Antiochian Patriarchate responds to reports about kidnapped bishops

The Antiochian Orthodox Church has issued an official statement on the recent reports concerning the fate of the two missing Syrian bishops, Boulos Yazigi, Antiochian Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo and Alexandretta and brother of Orthodox Patriarch John X, and Gregorios Youhanna Ibrahim, Syriac Orthodox Metropolitan of Aleppo, who were kidnapped by Muslim rebels in the…

Jan 20, 2020Gheorghe Anghel