Dioceses

His Grace Bishop Vincenţiu concelebrated with the Patriarch of Jerusalem on the Sunday of the Veneration of the Cross

His Grace Vincenţiu, Bishop of Slobozia and Călăraşi, is currently undertaking a pilgrimage in the Holy Land, together with a group of 15 priests and several faithful, the official website of the diocese informs. On the third Sunday of Great Lent, 3 April 2016, the pilgrims participated in the Hierarchal Divine Liturgy officiated at the…

Apr 7, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul: „Let Us Take our Cross and Go together with Christ towards Resurrection”

On the 3rd Sunday of Lent, His Grace Timotei Prahoveanul, Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at Radu-Vodă Monastery in Bucharest – protosyncelos Sava Hasuc from the monastic community informs. During the Divine Liturgy, His Grace has ordained a deacon for the chapel of Metropolitan Nifon Theological Seminary in Bucharest.…

Apr 3, 2016Iulian Dumitraşcu

The commemoration of the Fântâna Albă massacre

The victims of Fântâna Alba massacre which took place in 1941 were commemorated on Friday, 1 April 2016. A memorial service was officiated at the monument situated in the Ukrainian village of Bila Krynytsya by V. Rev. Archim. Melchisedec Velnic, abbot of Putna Monastery, together with an assembly of Romanian and Ukrainian priests. This year…

Apr 1, 2016Gheorghe Anghel

Colouring book about the Holy Week, published in Arad

A new colouring book for children was published on Friday, 18 March 2016, in Arad. The cultural, artistic, social and educational project was carried out by the Archdiocese of Arad, in collaboration with the Cultural Centre of Arad County, and the County Council of Arad, eparchial vicar, Archimandrite Teofan Mada, said. As support for the…

Mar 28, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

10 years since the reestablishment of the Metropolis of Cluj

  The 10th anniversary since the re-establishment of the Metropolis of Cluj was celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Cluj Napoca on Friday, 25 March 2016, on the feast of the Annunciation, Radio Renaşterea informs. On this occasion, His Eminence Andrei, Metropolitan of Cluj, Maramureş and Sălaj, concelebrated the Divine Liturgy with an assembly of…

Mar 25, 2016Gheorghe Anghel

The belt of the Mother of God will be brought in the Archdiocese of Sibiu

The belt of the Mother of God will be brought from the Metropolis of Volos, Greece, to the Archdiocese of Sibiu, during 21 to 25 March 2016, with the blessing of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and His Eminence Laurenţiu, Metropolitan of Transylvania. The faithful of the Archdioceseof Sibiuwill have the…

Mar 8, 2016basilica.ro

Bishop Mihail of Australia and New Zeeland visits the Diocese of Maramureş and Sătmar

His Grace Mihail, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Australia and New Zeeland, has paid a four-day visit (4-7 March 2016) in the Diocese of Maramureş and Sătmar, on the invitation of His Grace Iustin of Sighet, Assistant Hierarch to the Diocese. During his stay, Bishop Mihail met His Eminence Hon Archbishop Justinian at the headquarters of…

Mar 8, 2016basilica.ro

The patronal feast of the Metropolitan Cathedral from Timişoara

On the feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs: St. Basil the Great, St Gregory the Theologian and John Hrisostom, on 30 January 2016, the Metropolitan Cathedral from Timişoara celebrated its historical patron feast. On this occasion, the Divine Liturgy was officiated by His Eminence John, Metropolitan of Banat, together with His Grace Vasilije, Orthodox Bishop…

Feb 1, 2016basilica.ro