Orthodox monks

Romanian archbishop urges monks and nuns to use smartphones and technology with discernment

His Eminence Archbishop Ioachim of Roman and Bacău urged abbots and abbesses in his archdiocese to use mobile phones and new technologies in monasteries with discernment. His Eminence addressed the monks and nuns responsible for the archdiocese’s monastic communities during a synaxis held on Tuesday at the Diocesan Centre in Roman. “Use these modern and…

Nov 5, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

Monk Nicolae Steinhardt, author of The Journal of Joy, could be canonised

Monk Nicolae Steinhardt of Rohia Monastery, the author of the well-known spiritual memoir The Journal of Joy, could be proposed for canonisation, after a meeting of the metropolitan synod held on Tuesday in Cluj-Napoca. The working session was chaired by Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj and attended by bishops from the dioceses of Cluj, Maramureș, Sătmar,…

Feb 11, 2026Aurelian Iftimiu

VIDEO: 5 monks play semantron simultaneously at St Amphilochios the New canonization ceremony

In a video posted on Facebook by Mattheos Melianos, five Orthodox monks were playing the semantron simultaneously during the Divine Liturgy celebrated last week at St John the Theologian Monastery of Patmos on the occasion of the canonization ceremony of Saint Amphilochios the New. The semantron or semandron (Greek: σήμαντρον), or semanterion (σημαντήριον), is a…

Sep 25, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu