traditional family

Ecumenical Patriarch: Priests’ families serve as healthy models amid unprecedented attacks on marriage and family

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople emphasized the role of priests’ families as “healthy models” during an era when “the God-given institution of Christian marriage and the traditional family is being attacked like never before.” His remarks were made on October 9 during a meeting with priests and their wives in Sydney and Canberra, Australia.…

Oct 17, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

When promoting family based on man/woman marriage, the Church ascribes glory to God – Patriarch Daniel

‘When affirming, defending, and promoting the blessed family based on marriage between a man and a woman, who are able to give birth to children, the Church actually ascribes thanksgiving, confession and glory to God the Creator,’ Patriarch Daniel said on Sunday at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Romania set an Oct. 6-7 date for…

Sep 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Video: Athonite monks celebrate Divine Liturgy for the first time in Eastern Antarctica

Athonite monks celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the eastern side of the continent of Antarctica for the first time ever on January 30, reports the Union of Orthodox Journalists. Footage of the monks’ visit was shot, and a video has been posted on the YouTube channel of the Information Portal of Holy Mt. Athos. The monks celebrated the Divine…

Feb 12, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel of Romania urges support for the traditional family

Family as the foundation of human society is ever at the centre of the Church’s pastoral and social mission. Patriarch Daniel of Romania has supported consistently and vocally those traditional families struggling to cope with the multiple challenges and crises of modern society. The family is in a fragile and difficult situation, the Patriarch stresses,…

Feb 15, 2017Aurelian Iftimiu