Colectiv club fire

Bucharest clergy hold memorial services for victims of 2015 Colectiv nightclub fire

The Archdiocese of Bucharest held commemorative religious services on Friday in memory of the victims of the Colectiv nightclub fire. Priests from Bucharest’s Sector 4 and those serving in the capital’s public cemeteries prayed both for those who died and for those whose lives were irreversibly changed by the fire on 30 October 2015. The…

Nov 2, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian priests hold memorial 10 years on for Colectiv victims “who never had the chance to grow old”

A memorial service for the victims of the Colectiv nightclub fire was held last week at the roadside cross erected in front of the former club, marking ten years since the tragedy. The service was held on Thursday, October 30, at 10:30 a.m. at the Fabrica Pionerul – Parcul Bucur access area in Bucharest’s Sector…

Nov 4, 2025Aurelian Iftimiu

Memorial service held for Colectiv fire victims on ninth anniversary: “A shared sorrow”

A memorial service for the victims of the Colectiv nightclub fire took place on Wednesday at the cross erected in front of the former club, marking nine years since the tragedy. The service was led by Father Vlad Mândru, Human Resources Inspector within the Sector 4 Deanery, joined by other local clergy. Father Mândru shared…

Oct 30, 2024Aurelian Iftimiu

Colectiv club fire victims commemorated 7 years after the tragedy

Priests gathered last Sunday at St Nicholas – Brosteni Church in Bucharest to pray for the survivors and the victims of a deadly fire that broke out at a nightclub in Romania’s capital seven years ago. The assembly of priests was led by the dean of Bucharest’s Sector 4, Fr. Ionuț Bărbulescu. The prayers gathered…

Nov 1, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Sixth anniversary of Colectiv club fire marked with prayers for the victims

The over sixty victims of the deadly fire at Colectiv club in Bucharest were remembered on Saturday in Bucharest. The prayers on the sixth anniversary of the tragedy were offered on Soul Saturday, October 30, 2021. In the presence of relatives and other believers, the victims were remembered at St Nicholas-Broşteni Church during the Divine…

Nov 2, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu