Aurelian Iftimiu

A church will honour the memory of victims of Pitești Phenomenon: “the most terrible act of barbarism of the contemporary world”

Piteşti Prison of communist Romania was home to unspeakable horrors, where thousands suffered for their faith in Christ and political dissension. Now, the former penal facility is set to become the site of a future Orthodox church in honour of all who suffered there. The foundation stone for the future church was placed and consecrated…

Mar 11, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The Face of God: It is the responsibility of all of us to preserve God’s creation

“The Face of God,” a recently released film, features Orthodox Christian perspectives from North America on climate change. The film presents reflections based on the experience and responses from Orthodox communities on the ecological crisis. Voices of clergy and lay leaders, scientists and theologians, as well as parish communities, focus on ecology, theology, and our…

Mar 11, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest public transport company introduces one-hour ticket

Users of the Bucharest overground public transport can purchase a ticket valid for one hour starting March 8, the City Hall announced. The ticket, which costs RON 1.3, is valid for one hour, regardless of the distance travelled or the number of public transport means used, mayor Nicușor Dan explained. The one-hour ticket can be…

Mar 11, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Watch: Trailer for Man of God film on St. Nektarios released (video)

The official trailer for the long-awaited film Man of God, about St. Nektarios of Aegina, was released March 9. Watch the trailer below: Production company Simeon Entertainment describes the film: “Exiled unjustly, convicted without a trial, slandered without cause, yet his love for God and his fellow men conquered all. Man of God depicts the…

Mar 11, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: People will be judged for inhumanity

“People will be judged for inhumanity,” Patriarch Daniel stressed during his homily on the Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgement. The Patriarch quoted a homily by St. John Chrysostom, where the great hierarch imagines a continuation of the dialogue in the Gospel passage about the Last Judgment: “For I was hungry and you gave me…

Mar 10, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Canonization 2025: Bishop Varlaam reveals first three names

On Anti-Communist Political Prisoners Day, His Grace Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești, general secretary of the Holy Synod, revealed some of the names proposed for canonization in 2025. They are priests and monks persecuted or martyred by the communist regime. In its February 25 meeting, the Holy Synod decided to prepare the canonization of twelve priests…

Mar 10, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Monastery reestablished more than 230 years after being abolished by Habsburg Monarchy

Solca Monastery in the heart of Bukovina was abolished by the Habsburg Monarchy 236 years ago. It then functioned as a parish until this past Sunday, when it was festively reestablished as a monastery. The monastery was re-established at the initiative of His Eminence Archbishop Calinic, who announced his desire just a few days after…

Mar 9, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Assistant Bishop Nichifor of Botosani wants to renew monastic vows through his ordination to the episcopate

Archimandrite Nichifor Horia was ordained to the episcopate and installed as assistant bishop to the Archdiocese of Iasi during the Divine Liturgy celebrated Sunday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iasi. The last episcopal ordination hosted by the Iasi cathedral took place thirty years ago. On March 25, 1991, the current Archbishop of Suceava and Radauti…

Mar 8, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Newly-ordained bishop Nestor of Hunedoara asks God for wisdom, humility and obedience in new ministry

Archimandrite Nestor Dinculeana was ordained to the episcopate and installed as assistant bishop to the Diocese of Deva and Hunedoara during a Divine Liturgy held Sunday at Deva. Bishop Nestor of Hunedoara is the Diocese’s first assistant bishop. The new assistant bishop’s ordination was officiated by Metropolitan Laurențiu of Transylvania together with seven other hierarchs…

Mar 8, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop Irineu: We thank the Most Holy Trinity for the “woman’s mystery”

In a message occasioned by the International Women’s Day 2021, His Eminence Archbishop Irineu of Alba Iulia stressed the major role women have in society and thanked the Most Holy Trinity for God’s work through them. The woman, Archbishop Irineu said, “carries in the nucleus of the family and then in the complex of social…

Mar 8, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

Georgian PM condemns “unprecedented attack” against Patriarch Ilia and the Orthodox Church

Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili expressed his admiration for the Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II and disapproved of the slanders brought in the public space against the Georgian Orthodox Church. The Prime Minister of Georgia met on Tuesday, March 2, with His Beatitude Patriarch Ilia at the Patriarchate’s headquarters in Tbilisi a week after being appointed to…

Mar 5, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu