Dioceses

“Arian heresy is not dead. We live in a Christophobic society,” Huși Bishop warns

During his sermon on Sunday, Bishop Ignatie of Huși said that Arianism has not disappeared but is hidden in secular atheist humanism. Speaking at the diocesan cathedral in Husi, His Grace Bishop Ignatie explained that the heresy of Arius set out to snatch God from Jesus Christ by denying His divinity, just as atheistic humanism…

Jun 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Bessarabia Metropolitan Petru urges Romanians to live united in faith

In a message on Sunday marking the Day of Romanians Everywhere, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia stressed that the Romanian Orthodox Church stands by the Romanians from all over the world, inviting them to live united in faith. “We are witnessing all the trials that our sons and daughters are going through, and we…

May 30, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania: Church of Martyrs and Confessors of Communist Prisons consecrated in Târgu Ocna

The Church of Martyrs and Confessors of Communist Prisons built within the National School for Prison Officers in Târgu Ocna, Romania, was consecrated on Saturday, May 14, 2022. The ceremony was part of a series of events marking 25 years since the establishment of this institution, which chose Martyr Prince Constantine Brâncoveanu as its spiritual patron.…

May 25, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Oradea Bishop chairs monastic synaxis: Man’s real war is against his own egoism and inner shortcomings

His Grace Bishop Sofronie chaired the synaxis of the superiors of monastic settlements in the Diocese of Oradea on Saturday, May 14. The spring session of the synaxis took place at Izbuc Monastery, the oldest monastic hermitage hearth in the Diocese. In his opening speech, the Bishop of Oradea referred to the solemn and commemorative…

May 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

“A chanter’s work does not end when the church service is over,” Bp Nichifor says at Romanian Chanters’ Days

The Byzantine chant is a unique adornment of the service to the Lord. Still, the work of the chanter does not end after the service officiated in the church, Assistant Bishop Nichifor of Botoșani said at the opening ceremony of the second edition of the Days of Romanian Chanters. On Friday, May 13, the assistant…

May 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Archbishop Casian: “The Church’s young people are the apostles of our deliverance from loneliness”

Last week, Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube opened the meeting of the National Council of the Romanian Orthodox Christian Students Association (ASCOR) at Lacu Sărat, Brăila county. After meeting with young people, the archbishop posted a message on Facebook noting that “the young people of the Church are the apostles of our deliverance from loneliness.”…

May 20, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Church of Martyrs and Confessors of Communist Prisons to be consecrated in Târgu Ocna

The National School for Prison Officers in Târgu Ocna, Romania, hosts two days of celebrations dedicated to the consecration of the Church of Martyrs and Confessors of Communist Prisons. Five hierarchs will officiate on Saturday the consecration of the church built near the prison where Valeriu Gafencu, surnamed “the saint of the prisons”, reposed. The…

May 13, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Bucharest church celebrates 70th anniversary of Saint Matrona’s repose

On Monday morning, believers gathered at St. Nicholas – Tabacu Church in Bucharest to honour Saint Matrona on the 70th anniversary of her blessed repose. “It was a special atmosphere because the service took place in the early morning hours, by candlelight, during this Easter period, immediately after we saw that the Apostle Thomas believed…

May 5, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Priest-martyr Aurel Munteanu remembered in Huedin on his 140th birth anniversary

On Tuesday, Huedin Orthodox Deanery organised a memorial symposium honouring the priest-martyr Aurel Munteanu, on his 140th birth anniversary. The event was preceded by a memorial service for the Romanian priest killed by Horthy’s troops on September 10, 1940. The symposium entitled “140 years since the birth of the priest-martyr Aurel Munteanu” took place at…

May 5, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Romania’s national bodybuilding and fitness team receive archbishop’s blessing ahead of European Championship

Before leaving for the European Championship in Spain, Romania’s National Bodybuilding and Fitness Team received the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Irineu at Christ Pantocrator Monastery in Alba Iulia on Tuesday. The athletes were accompanied by Gabriel Toncean, President of the Romanian Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (FRCF). They venerated the relics of St. Basil…

May 5, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Ukrainian woman who fled to Romanian Monastery receives Baptism on Holy Saturday

A 42-year-old atheist Ukrainian woman, who took refuge in Varatec Monastery in eastern Romania, converted to Orthodoxy and was baptised on Holy Saturday. Stavrophore Iosefina Giosanu, the abbess of Varatec Monastery, told Doxologia about the event that took place a day before Easter in the Church of the Archangels Michael and Gabriel in Humuleștii Noi,…

Apr 27, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu