His Eminence Metropolitan Andrei of Cluj, Maramures and Salaj blessed the foundation stone for a new church that will replicate the architectural style of the Greek Monastery of Kato Xenia where a part of the Holy Cincture (Holy Belt) of the Mother of God is kept. The Metropolitan of Cluj officiated the blessing service on…

During its working session on Tuesday, the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church elected a new patriarchal auxiliary bishop. The Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop elected by secret ballot was Archimandrite Paisie Teodorescu, who served as patriarchal vicar and servant at the Chapel of the National Cathedral. Patriarch Daniel’s assistant bishop will bear the title of…

The Biblical and Orthodox Mission Institute recently published a bilingual Romanian-English version of the office for receiving heterodox individuals into the Orthodox Church. The publication aids parishes in the Romanian diaspora, where the number of people converting to the Orthodox faith is increasing. The new volume contains the English translation of the 2014 Romanian edition….

The Holy Metropolis of Spain and Portugal announced that His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will visit Madrid from 14 to 18 October 2023, on the occasion of the completion of 20 years since the founding of the Metropolis (2003-2023) and 50 years since the consecration of the Cathedral of Saints Andrew and Dimitrios (1973-2023). It…

The Embassy of Australia in Athens was visited by a delegation of students from the Department of Greek Studies of the Charles Darwin University, based in the city of Darwin in The Northern Territory. The delegation, led by Professor Dr. Georgios Frazis, was welcomed by Deputy Ambassador Mr. Andrea Biggi. The Australian Embassy emphasises, in…

On June 26, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew received the four graduates of the Patriarchal Great School of the Nation, of the 2022-23 school year, and gave them the traditional Crosses which are a gift of graduation from the School. The Primate of the Orthodox Church received Arsenios, Maria, Yasmin and Maria, together with the…

On June 30, the Russian-Chinese Friendship Society (RCFS) together with the Russian Academy of Sciences Institute of China and Contemporary Asia held a grand meeting devoted to the 22th anniversary of the Russia-China Treaty of Good-Neighbourliness. It was held in the RCFS assembly hall. With a blessing of the chairman of the Moscow Patriarchate Department…

Twelve hierarchs and thousands of believers gathered last week at the Synaxis of the 12 Apostles Monastery in Bârsana in northern Romania to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the ancient monastery’s revival. His Grace Bishop Justin of Maramureș and Sătmar described the re-establishment of the monastery as “a love story between God and His people.”…

Romanian Orthodox Archbishop Varsanufie of Râmnic officiated the Divine Liturgy in Ude, Georgia – Hieromartyr Anthimus the Georgian’s native town. The saint was one of the Romanian hierarch’s predecessors on the throne of Râmnic. St Anthimus, who is honoured by both Romanians and Georgians, is celebrated in Georgia on June 26. On this day this…