Dioceses

Bucharest Archdiocese gives $1,000+ to family of newly-reposed priest

The Archdiocese of Bucharest decided, at the initiative of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, to provide financial support to Fr. Marius’ grieving family. The Archdiocese is providing $1,184 (5,000 lei) to Fr. Marius’ wife and children. Fr. Marius Gabriel Bărăscu of Parava, Bacău County, 160 miles northeast of Bucharest, tragically died in a car accident last week,…

Aug 12, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Bishop Visarion’s message at the beginning of the Dormition Fast: ‘The Theotokos becomes our Mother’

On the beginning of the Dormition Fast, Bishop Visarion of Tulcea addressed a message to the believers offering spiritual advice about how the Theotokos can become our Mother during this fasting season. In a video message posted on the Diocese’s Facebook page, the Bishop of Tulcea recalled that Orthodox Christians ‘prepare themselves as they know…

Aug 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Relics of St Nephon the Patriarch of Constantinople moved to new silver reliquary

The Honourable Head and the right hand of Saint Nephon II the Patriarch of Constantinople, which are kept at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Craiova, were moved to a new silver reliquary last Sunday. The new reliquary was blessed by His Eminence Metropolitan Irineu of Craiova on July 14 following the Divine Liturgy. St Nephon’s holy…

Jul 17, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Huși Bishop Ignatie: Simona Halep means faith in God, perseverance, love of family and country

Romanian tennis star Simona Halep won the Wimbledon 2019 final and gained her second Grand Slam title, after the Roland Garros 2018. In the final, on July 13, Halep defeated former world number one and multiple Grand Slam title winner Serena Williams in two sets: 6-2, 6-2. His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Huși, the only Romanian…

Jul 17, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Neurosurgeon Ștefan Mindea receives distinction from Huși Diocese

The renowned neurosurgeon and former Professor at Stanford University Medical Center, California, Rev. Deacon Ștefan Mindea, received the Diocesan Cross from the Huși Diocese ‘for the very intense activity carried out for the recovery of fellow people.’ The award was bestowed during a ceremony held on Sunday, July 7, 2019, on the feast of St…

Jul 11, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Monastery founded by Patriarch Daniel celebrates patronal feast

The monastery founded by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel in his home village celebrated its patronal feast on Tuesday, July 2, 2019 when the Church commemorated Ruler Prince Saint Stephen the Great. The Divine Liturgy was presided over by His Grace Bishop Emilian of Crisana, auxiliary bishop to the Arad Archdiocese. In his homily, Bishop Emilian…

Jul 9, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Meet Fr. Marin Trandafir Roz, the first Roma Orthodox priest in Cluj County

The 27-year-old Marin Trandafir Roz is the first Roma Orthodox priest ever ordained in Cluj County. He was ordained to the priesthood at the beginning of this year by the local Metropolitan Andrei Andreicuț. During a bilingual Divine Liturgy marking this year’s International Romani Day, Father Marin concelebrated with the Orthodox Metropolitan of Cluj offering…

Jul 8, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Cluj Metropolitan Andrei celebrates Romanian-Romani bilingual Divine Liturgy for Roma community in Turda

Marking this year’s International Romani Day, His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj presided over a Romanian-Romani bilingual Divine Liturgy at an Orthodox parish led by a Roma priest in Turda. The Orthodox Archdiocese of Cluj includes two missionary parishes dedicated to Roma people, one in Pata Rât and the other in Turda. The 27-year old…

Jul 8, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

St Stephen transfigured the world through prayer, faith, love of nation: Metropolitan Iosif at Putna

Metropolitan Iosif ow Western and Southern Europe on Tuesday said that ‘Saint Stephen transfigured this world through prayer, faith, humility, love of his family and nation, which became his family’. ‘In everything he did, he searched for Christ the Lord,’ the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of Western and Southern Europe said during the patronal feast of…

Jul 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Monastic life revived in romanian village after 200 years

After 200 years, the monastic life has been revived in Redea, a village in the southcentral Romania commune of Buzoieşti, 70 miles west of Bucharest, where previously a monastery had functioned since the time of Prince Michael the Brave (1558-1601). After many years of construction, the Church of the Holy Trinity was consecrated on Monday…

Jun 19, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Lower Danube Archdiocese helps 100+ flood victim families

A broad missionary and philanthropic activity was organized by and with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop Casian of the Lower Danube Archdiocese of the Romanian Orthodox Church on Tuesday to aid more than 100 families that have suffered from the recent flooding that has struck many localities in Romania. On that day, 132 families…

Jun 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu