Dioceses

Cluj Archdiocese building palliative care centre for children

The Orthodox Archdiocese of Cluj is developing a brand-new palliative care facility for children with chronic illnesses. On Thursday, October 13, His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj and His Grace Assistant Bishop Benedict of Bistriţa laid the cornerstone for the future St. Christopher Centre in Sânnicoară, Cluj County. A number of Orthodox believers, clergy, city…

Oct 18, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Suceava Archdiocese establishes Orthodox Women’s Society in honour of Princess Maria of Mangup

A new Orthodox Women’s Society carrying the name of Maria of Mangup, the second wife of Moldavia’s ruler Saint Stephen the Great, has been established, according to the Archdiocese of Suceava and Radauti. The new Society is an organisation that works to improve the community by volunteering in the three intervention areas of education, family,…

Oct 18, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest Archdiocese offers clothing items, school supplies to over 14,000 students

At the start of the 2022–2023 school year, 14,138 students were sponsored by the Archdiocese of Bucharest. The aid consisted of backpacks with school supplies, textbooks, clothes and shoes worth 276,247 EUR (1,364,023 lei). The clergy and employees in charge of social aid in the diocese carried out charitable deeds. Priest Ionuţ Tutea, who coordinates…

Oct 11, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest Archdiocese builds home for family of priest who died at 34

Fr. Costin Silviu Dinică, who was only 34 years old, passed away in 2019 after a protracted struggle with illness, leaving behind his wife and two small children. Last week, the family received a new home from the Bucharest Archdiocese. Clinceni city hall gave the property on which the house was erected. In his six…

Oct 11, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Fr Dumitru Stăniloae remembered at his tomb: He said you can meet God in the reality of your life

At Cernica Monastery, a memorial service for Father Dumitru Stăniloae was held on Wednesday, marking 29 years after his blessed repose. Fr. Gheorghe Holbea, a professor at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest, presided over the memorial service with a number of hieromonks at the Monastery’s Church of St. Nicholas. Additionally, attendees prayed at…

Oct 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bp Varlaam to theology students: Society needs well-prepared priests

His Grace Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești celebrated the Divine Liturgy at St Catherine University Chapel to inaugurate the new academic year at the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest on Monday, October 3, 2022. The patriarchal auxiliary bishop also officiated a Doxology, during which he prayed to God to bless theology students and…

Oct 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bucharest parish discovers 19th-century icon of Theotokos during renovation works

The Protection of the Theotokos was celebrated for the first time as a patronal feast by St. John-Moși Parish in Bucharest this year. After a representation of the Virgin Mary as the Gorgoepikoos, or Quick to Hear, was found during restoration works at the church’s iconostasis, the church was placed under the Mother of God’s…

Oct 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Orthodox students association helps large family rebuild home destroyed by fire

A family of five from the county of Bacău, Romania, is helped by the local branch of the Romanian Christian Orthodox Students’ Association (ASCOR) to rebuild their home destroyed by fire. The Orthodox students teamed with the Social-philanthropic Sector of the Archdiocese of Roman and Bacău to launch a fundraising and support campaign for the…

Oct 3, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Georgians gather to Râmnicu Vâlcea to celebrate the city’s patronal feast of Saint Anthimos the Iberian

The feast of Hieromartyr Saint Anthimos the Iberian was celebrated on Tuesday in Râmnicu Vâlcea, in the presence of a hierarch from the Saint’s country of origin, Metropolitan Theodor of Akhaltsikhe and Tao-Klarjeti. The celebrations were attended by other guests from Georgia, including a children’s choir. His Eminence Archbishop Varsanufie of Râmnic presided over the…

Sep 29, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Metropolis of Bessarabia marks 30 years since reactivation

The Metropolis of Bessarabia has marked thirty years since its reactivation. The event was celebrated on September 14 with thanksgiving services at the diocesan headquarters and in various places of worship. The Metropolis of Bessarabia marks three decades of spiritual, cultural, philanthropic and social activities of the Church in Bessarabia, witnessing and synthesising, to the…

Sep 23, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

“The models par excellence are the great hesychast saints,” says Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Oradea

“Let us humbly accept all trials and follow the example of the hesychast saints, making God’s will our will, and this is only possible through prayer,” said on Monday His Grace Bishop Sophronie of Oradea. The meeting was part of the diocesan events dedicated to the “Commemorate Year of the Hesychast Saints Symeon the New…

Sep 22, 2022Ștefana Totorcea