Sunday of Romanian Migrants

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

Patriarch Daniel urges support for Romanian families abroad on Migrants’ Sunday

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church has called for stronger spiritual and family ties with Romanians living abroad, saying Orthodox parishes in the diaspora have become places where migrants can preserve their faith, language and cultural identity. In a message for the Sunday of Romanian Migrants, observed this year on 16 August,…

Aug 12, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian initiative launches 40 diaspora events to strengthen ties with expatriates

Romanian entrepreneurs’ network RePatriot will organise more than 40 events for Romanians living abroad this August as part of its annual “Diaspora Days” initiative. According to a press release issued by RePatriot, the campaign, launched ten years ago, is based on the conviction that “Romanians living abroad should not be sought only when they return…

Aug 7, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel on Romanian Migrants’ Sunday: Prayer and love for parents and homeland ‘have no borders’

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church noted that “prayer, love for parents, homeland, and God know no borders,” in a message marking Romanian Migrants’ Sunday, observed on the first Sunday after the Dormition of the Theotokos. The patriarch expressed gratitude to the clergy and faithful in the diaspora, praising their steadfast love for Romania…

Aug 14, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Serafim of Germany highlights spiritual and cultural struggles of Romanian migrants

His Eminence Metropolitan Serafim of Germany, Central, and Northern Europe spoke on Sunday about the sufferings of Romanian migrants, constantly living with the longing for what they left behind at home: “abroad, they live with a profound, bitter longing for their nation, their country, and their families; a longing that often consumes them, making them…

Aug 21, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel’s Message for Romanian Migrants: Health is God’s gift, and it must be guarded, cared for, and sanctified

On the occasion of Romanian Migrants’ Sunday (August 18), His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church delivered a heartfelt message emphasizing the sacred responsibility of caring for one’s health. The Patriarch’s message, titled “Health is God’s Gift, and this gift must be guarded, cared for, and sanctified,” calls attention to the spiritual and…

Aug 20, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Petru reminds Romanians abroad that faith transcends earthly boundaries and addresses hearts

“The Orthodox Church, in all its greatness and millennial wisdom, is, above all, a spiritual community, a Eucharistic gathering of the faithful, regardless of their geographical location,” His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia recalled in a message occasioned by Romanian Migrants’ Sunday. “Our Christian faith transcends earthly borders and addresses the hearts and souls of…

Aug 23, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel urges Romanians abroad to take care of the elderly

In a message for the Sunday of Romanian Migrants observed by the Romanian Patriarchate on the first Sunday after the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that the Church is called “to intensify its pastoral program for elderly people, to think of new forms and modern pastoral methods, getting…

Aug 16, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel urges Romanians worldwide to value and cultivate prayer

Patriarch Daniel has sent a message to the Romanian diaspora marking the Romanian Migrants’ Sunday on August 21, 2022. His Beatitude urges those who left Romania to remain united through continuous prayer with God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and, simultaneously, with their loved ones who remained in Romania. At the same time, the…

Aug 19, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian migrants are apostles in a secularised Europe, Bishop Justin says

Bishop Justin of Maramureş and Sătmar highlighted the positive aspects of the migration phenomenon. “Romanians,” he noted, “are the apostles of Christianity and the faith in a secularised Europe, which has abandoned Christian values and God.” The hierarch gladly emphasizes that “Romanians manifest and profess their faith wherever they are in the world.” “Romanians cannot…

Aug 20, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel asks Romanians abroad to stay in constant contact with their loved ones

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel has urged Romanians living far from the country to stay in constant contact with their loved ones at home, cherish their family, and give a Christian education to the young generation. Please find below the message of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel for the Sunday of the Romanian Migrants (August 22, 2021).…

Aug 19, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu