Dioceses

Banat Metropolitan urges fervent prayers for peaceful times during Dormition Fast

Metropolitan Ioan of Banat addressed a message to the clergy and faithful for the Dormition Fast, urging more prayer, reflection and acts of charity. “During these two weeks of fasting, we fatherly urge all our brothers and sisters in the monastic order, the priests and the faithful of our archdiocese, to get closer to God,…

Aug 9, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox priest coordinating addiction treatment centre: Tens of thousands have passed through our hands. 80% success rate

Father Liviu Burlacu, the coordinator of a centre for addiction therapy, explained in an interview how the lives of people affected by addiction could change for the better. The residential centre “The Life-Giving Spring”, dedicated to treating alcohol and other drug addictions, has been operating in Bogdan Voda, Bacau, Romania, since 2019. The centre was…

Aug 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bessarabia Metropolitan meets new US Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova

His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia welcomed His Excellency Kent D. Logsdon, the new Ambassador of the United States of America to the Republic of Moldova, at the metropolitan residence in Chisinau on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. The main topic of the discussions was religious freedom in the context of the war on the country’s…

Aug 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Good is transmissible. Praying for others can change destinies, Bishop of Slatina and Romanați says

“Good is transmissible,” Bishop Sebastian of Slatina and Romanați stressed on Sunday, offering his reflections on the healing of the paralytic at Capernaum. “For the faith of the four, Christ forgave the sick man’s sins! What does this mean? This means that good is transmissible,” bishop Sebastian noted, “that the energy, the good spirit, and…

Jul 27, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop-elect of Dacia Felix arrives at Vršac

His Grace Bishop-elect Ieronim of Dacia Felix arrived on Tuesday in Vršac, Serbia, where the diocese is headquartered. The hierarch was received at the Romanian Orthodox Cathedral “Ascension of the Lord” by Priests Emanuel Tăpălagă, Vicar of Vojvodina, and Boian Alexandrovici, Vicar of Timok, together with several Romanian clergymen and faithful from the city and…

Jul 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Tomis Archbishop, clergy and believers offer prayers for rain to break the drought

Starting last Friday, the archbishop, clergy, monastics and lay believers of the Archdiocese of Tomis are going into the fields to pray for rain to break the drought. Kneeling on the ground, His Eminence Archbishop Teodosie of Tomis fervently asked God to stop the drought. Priests went out into the fields or near wells, officiating…

Jul 19, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Diaconia Social Mission opens integrated assistance centre for refugees and vulnerable people in Chișinău

The Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia on Thursday opened a multifunctional centre for children and families in Chișinău, which will provide support to families facing crises – both among refugees and socially vulnerable families in the Republic of Moldova. The Metropolitan of Bessarabia, the representative of the Social-Philanthropic Sector of the Romanian…

Jul 14, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești addresses theology students at graduation: True apostolic calling only begins here

Graduates of the Faculty of Orthodox Theology in Bucharest took the oath of allegiance on Monday, June 27. The ceremony was held at St Catherine University Chapel after the Divine Liturgy celebrated by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești. The Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop addressed those present, stressing the significance of the ceremony. “God, who…

Jun 28, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bălți Diocese opens educational centre for Ukrainian refugee children

On June 15, His Grace Bishop Antonie of Bălți officiated a blessing service at the opening of the Anastasis Educational Centre, where Ukrainian children displaced to Bălți can continue their online studies and keep in touch with their teachers and colleagues in different parts of Europe. The “Anastasis” Centre has been integrated into the cultural-educational…

Jun 27, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel: Even offered in solitude, a Christian’s prayer is solidary, not solitary

Opening the works of the Spring Pastoral-Missionary Conference of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel stressed that prayer is an act of communion: “A Christian’s prayer, even offered in solitude, in one’s home or cell, is not a solitary prayer, but a solidary prayer, in communion with the…

Jun 9, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

The year 2022 is an opportunity to reflect on the Romanian Hesychasts, Patriarch Daniel says at Bucharest clergy conference

Chairing the Pastoral-Missionary Conference of the Clergy of the Archdiocese of Bucharest on Monday, the Patriarch of Romania urged priests to use the Solemn and Commemorative Year 2022 as an opportunity to reflect on the activity of Hesychast Saints in our country. His Beatitude emphasized that the state of Wallachia emerged during the Hesychast movement,…

Jun 8, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu