Dioceses

Nera Monastery buys 3D printer for Natural Products Labs

Nera Monastery in Caras-Severin County has bought a 3D printer for its Natural Products Labs. The monastery’s labs were founded in 2009 ‘by the desire of the nuns to bring people closer to the healing gifts sowed by God in plants.’ The first Natural Plants Lab is spiritually protected by the Holy Unmercenaries. The second…

Apr 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

1,000 faithful rally in honour of Holy Cross and for life in Romanian village

A mass of Romanian Orthodox faithful took to the streets, or rather, the dirt roads of the eastern Romanian village of Ion Creangă on Sunday, March 31, processing in honour of the Holy Cross of our Lord and in defense of the right to life. The crowd, about 1,000 strong, made its way up Muncelu…

Apr 4, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Ignatie: Pay more attention to online youth ministry!

‘Let us pay more attention to online youth ministry,’ His Grace Bishop Ignatie of Husi urged the representatives of the Diocesan Youth Departments gathered in Cluj for consultation. ‘Stop being captives to regular strategies for youth mission,’ the bishop said. ‘We need a more relevant online presence on social platforms. Let’s try to be present…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop of Maramures commemorates Fr Nicolae Steinhardt on 30th anniversary of repose: ‘He was a crucified one’

Marking the 30th anniversary of the repose of Father Nicolae Steinhardt, Bishop Justin of Maramures and Satmar noted that the monk from Rohia Monastery whom he knew personally was ‘a crucified one’. ‘Not only did he accept to crucify himself receiving the Christian baptism and then becoming a monk, but he was a crucified one,…

Apr 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Bessarabia ‘Diaconia’ Social Mission launches Meal of Joy Eastern Campaign

The Diaconia Social Mission of the Metropolis of Bessarabia has launched the Eastern Campaign ‘Meal of Joy’ aiming to provide food for people in need. This campaign is aimed at raising awareness and mobilizing society to support elderly people, but also other people in need in the Republic of Moldova. Thanks to this project, over…

Mar 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Icon of Panagia Jordanitissa, relics of St Ephraim of Nea Makri, brought to Icoanei Church in Bucharest

The Jordanitissa Wonderworking Icon of the Mother of God was brought on Thursday from the Romanian Settlement in Jerusalem to Icoanei Church, a church in Bucharest named after the an old icon of Our Lady sitting on throne offered by Ruler Prince Saint Constantine Brancoveanu, marking the beginning of this year’s festivities dedicated to the…

Mar 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Victims of Romanian communist regime commemorated at Memorial Monastery

On Saturday, as the Church celebrated the feast day of the Holy 40 Martyrs at Sebaste, just on the threshold of Lent, the Romanian Orthodox Church also prayed for all those who lost their lives at the hands of the communist regime in the 20th century. A memorial service was officiated by His Eminence Metropolitan…

Mar 12, 2019Gheorghe Anghel

Romanian King Carol II to be reburied at Argeș royal necropolis

The remains of King Carol II, who was the first of the Hohenzollern kings of Romania to be born in the country, will be reburied inside the new royal necropolis at Curtea de Argeș, where his son King Michael I is buried. The reburial service will take place on Saturday, March 9, at 12.00. ‘It…

Feb 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Orthodox Youth to meet in Craiova for ‘faith, hope, and love’ this autumn

The Archdiocese of Craiova is preparing for the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO2019) that will take place this autumn and will gather young people from all across the world urging for ‘faith, hope, and love.’ The organizing committee said that Craiova will become ‘the capital city of Orthodox Youth’ on September 5-8, 2019. The…

Feb 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Banat Metropolitan invites poor mother of four children to eat lunch together

Following the Divine Liturgy celebrated Sunday at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Timisoara, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat invited a poor mother of four children to eat lunch at his residence. The Metropolitan was impressed by the woman’s story and offered to help her. ‘When I entered the church,’ Metr. Ioan said, ‘I met this…

Feb 15, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Patriarch Daniel presents 2018 annual report of Bucharest Archdiocese

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Saturday chaired the Diocesan Assembly of the Archdiocese of Bucharest at the Synodal Hall of the patriarchal residence, where His Beatitude presented the 2018 annual report. Attending the meeting were all the members of the Diocesan Assembly, including the patriarchal auxiliary Bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia, as…

Feb 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu