ştiri religioase

Ecumenical Patriarch arrives in Romania for historic consecration of National Cathedral

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople has arrived in Bucharest to lead the historic consecration ceremony of Romania’s National Cathedral, a memorial church built in honor of all the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country’s independence. Born Demetrios Archondonis in 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew…

Nov 23, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Orthodoxy has become second biggest religion in Austria

Orthodoxy has become the second biggest religion in majority-Catholic Austria, reports Der Standard. While intense debate is underway in Austria on the growing Muslim population, Orthodoxy has quietly and discreetly grown into the second largest religious community in the country. Islam has held the first place in terms of migrants to Austria in recent years. According…

Sep 18, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Patriarch of Romania blesses St Stephen the Great’s crown replica

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania blessed Monday, August 13, a replica of the crown of Ruler Prince Saint Stephen the Great, whom His Beatitude called ‘a symbol of the faith, unity, and dignity of the Romanian people’. In his speech, the Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church pointed to the extraordinary contribution Saint Stephen…

Aug 15, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

The Romanian Summer Festival took place in Chicago

The seventh edition of the Romanian Summer Festival took place this year again between faith and tradition, that is, between the New Gracanica Monastery, the site of Orthodoxy and the willow lake, which reminds of the Romanian lands and the waters where the women washed hemp, from which then they were weaving of our Romanian port. Faith…

Aug 3, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Ukrainian Orthodox Church of USA celebrates its 100th anniversary

The Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the United States of America has celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding. “Over 1,000 parishioners and about 100 priests marked the 100th anniversary of foundation of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the USA and the 1030th anniversary of Christianization of Kyivan Rus-Ukraine,” the Voice of America reports, cited by…

Aug 2, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Thousands of people venerate Saint Paisios of mount Athos at his tomb

Thousands of people queued from early in the morning on Wednesday to pray at the tomb of Saint Paisios in northern Greece, Greek Reporter reports. On Thursday, July 12, the Orthodox Church celebrated the memory of Elder Paisios, whose canonization was made on January 13, 2015 with a decision by the Ecumenical Patriarchate. In the Sanctuary where the…

Jul 13, 2018Florin Nicolaie

The 500th anniversary since St. Maxim the Greek of Vatopedi monastery arrived in Russia marked on Mount Athos

On July 3-4, 2018, the festivities marking the 500th anniversary since St. Maxim the Greek of Vatopedi Monastery arrived in Russia took place on Holy Mount Athos, mospat.ru reports. In 1518, monk Maxim came to Moscow at a request of Grand Prince Vasili III to translate and edit religious books.   With a blessing of His Holiness Patriarch…

Jul 7, 2018Gheorghe Anghel

Metropolitan Teofan leads St George the Pilgrim’s canonization ceremony: He was a man of pure prayer

During the canonization ceremony of Saint George the Pilgrim that took place Saturday, June 22, at Targu Neamt, His Eminence Metropolitan Teofan said that the Romanian lay-ascetic was ‘a man of pure prayer, a shining diamond, and a mane of pure essence.’ The ascetic George Lazar reached dispassion, a state that every Christian should achieve,…

Jun 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Ziua europeană a limbilor | 7 Sfinți români poligloți

La inițiativa Consiliului Europei, în fiecare an începând din 2001, în data de 26 septembrie este sărbătorită Ziua europeană a limbilor. Acest eveniment reprezintă o ocazie pentru a evidenția avantajele învățării limbilor străine: descoperirea unor culturi noi, posibilitatea de a căpăta o perspectivă diferită asupra lumii și de a-i înțelege mai bine pe cei din…

Sep 26, 2017Sorin Ioniţe