Dioceses

St Sava of Serbia honoured by Serbian community in Western Romania

Serbian clerics and faithful from Arad, Romania, honoured St Sava of Serbia on Friday. The saint was the first Archbishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church and the founder of Serbian school, state and diplomacy. On this occasion, His Eminence Timothy, Archbishop of Arad, celebrated the Divine Liturgy together with His Eminence Lukian Pantelich, Serbian Orthodox…

Jan 30, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Suceava Archbishop offers a decalogue for journalists to mark national poet Mihai Eminescu’s anniversary

A decalogue addressed to journalists, authored by Archbishop Calinic of Suceva and Rădăuți, exhorts them to embrace an apostolate of communication while upholding principles of professional deontology. The ten rules were compiled in the context of the 174th anniversary of the birth of Romania’s national poet and journalist, Mihai Eminescu. A decalogue for journalists Like…

Jan 18, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat celebrates his name day among homeless people, pledges to find jobs for them

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat celebrated his name day among homeless people from Timișoara, on January 7, St John the Baptist day in the Romanian Orthodox Church calendar. “These are some of my friends from Timișoara. There was nowhere I could have felt better after church than among these people whose only hope is God,” said…

Jan 11, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Târgoviște Archbishop, Hon Metropolitan Nifon prayerfully celebrates his 80th birthday

On Friday, January 5, the Chapel of the Kretzulescu Diocesan Residence in Targoviște hosted a Te Deum service to mark the 80th birthday of His Eminence Hon Metropolitan Nifon, who is also the vice moderator of the central committee of the World Council of Churches and the archbishop of Targoviste. The event was attended by…

Jan 9, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Bessarabia Metropolitan’s Christmas message: Priests contributed to the consolidation of communities

A few days before the old calendar Christmas celebration, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru sent a pastoral letter expressing his appreciation for the efforts of parish priests within the Metropolis of Bessarabia. “Another essential aspect of this year is the commendable efforts of the parish priests, who sacrificed themselves in every parish to serve the faithful,”…

Jan 6, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Dacia Felix Bishop visits elderly persons at Vršac retirement home

His Grace Bishop Ieronim of Dacia Felix visited a retirement home in Vršac, Serbia, to give his blessing and gifts to the residents as part of the observance of the Solemn Year of the pastoral care of the elderly. The visit took place on December 22. During the pastoral visit, the residents were presented with…

Dec 30, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Two theologians become monks on St Nicholas’ feast

Two theologians were tonsured monks on the eve and the feast day of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker. The postulants were known to the public for their work: Mihai Grigoriu, now Monk Macarie, is sexton of the Patriarchal Cathedral, while patriarchal advisor Aurelian Iftimiu, who became Monk Nicolae, is the director of the Basilica News Agency.…

Dec 20, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Saint Nicholas declared patron saint of Transylvanian city of Huedin

Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker was proclaimed the patron saint of Huedin, a city in Transylvania, at a ceremony held last week at the local cathedral. Following the solemn Divine Liturgy for Saint Nicholas’ feast on December 6, the dean of Huedin, Rev. Dan Luputan, read out the decree by which Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj approved…

Dec 12, 2023basilica.ro

Bălți Bishop meets with World Vision representatives for Ukraine refugee crisis support

His Grace Bishop Antonie of Bălți met with the World Vision Ukraine Response director for Romania and the Republic of Moldova, Eka Zhvania, on November 22. The meeting at the headquarters of the Diocese of Bălți was also attended by Fr. Constantin Naclad from St Nicholas Metropolitan Chapel in Iasi, the manager of the “Ukraine…

Nov 29, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

“Mount Athos Nightingale” Nectarios Protopsaltes is considered for sainthood, Patriarch Daniel announces at Bucharest Archdiocese Monastic Synaxis

During his speech at the Monastic Synaxis of the Bucharest Archdiocese on Thursday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel referred to the desire to canonize Nectarios Protopsaltes, an Athonite monk of Romanian origin who was the disciple of the newly-glorified Saint Macarios Protopsaltes. Regarding the Commemorative Year of hymnographers and church chanters (psaltai), His Beatitude recalled that…

Nov 24, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolitan welcomes “Friends of Together for Europe” at Timisoara Cathedral

On November 16-18, the ‘Friends of Together for Europe‘ convened its annual meeting in Timisoara, one of the localities designated ‘European Cultural Capital 2023’. More than two hundred delegates from 29 European countries, including the Czech Republic, France, Italy, Romania, Norway, Germany, Portugal, Greece, and Austria, witnessed the event. The programme encompassed attendance at the Vespers…

Nov 23, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu