The Week in Pictures: April 26 – May 2, 2021
Please find below our Week in Pictures selection with photos from the Holy Week and the Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram …
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Patriarch Daniel at Agape Vespers: We rejoice when we meet the risen Christ
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated the Agape Vespers at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest on Resurrection Sunday, May 2, 2021. Based on the biblical text (John 20: 19-25), read at this service in several languages,…
Christ’s Resurrection heals us from sorrow, Patriarch Daniel says at Easter Vigil
Celebrating the 13th Easter of his patriarchal ministry, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel delivered a homily at the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday, reflecting on the joy and peace that the Resurrection of Christ offers us,…
Easter 2021: How many countries sent planes to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire?
There were 11 countries sending planes to Jerusalem for the Holy Fire, most of them with a Christian Orthodox majority population. They flew back home with the Holy Fire on Holy Saturday. Although Ben Gurion…
The Patriarch received the Holy Fire: Christ is the Joyful light, Who shows His love to those who look for Him
The Holy Fire reached the Patriarchate Hill on Saturday, at 19:30 and it was handed to Patriarch Daniel. His Beatitude said the Holy Fire is the Joyful light from one of the oldest hymns of…
Through the Holy Baptism we are chosen to witness and proclaim the Resurrection: Metropolitan Nicolae
“Only those chosen by Christ to be the witnesses of His Resurrection can also be the preachers of this miracle. Christ appeared to the myrrh-bearers, the apostles, the disciples and lastly to St. Paul,” writes…
Jerusalem: Holy Fire has descended in Church of Holy Sepulchre (VIDEO)
The Holy Fire has descended Saturday, May 1, 2021, in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. His Beatitude Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem entered the church a little after 1:50 PM. The Holy…
The effective vaccination to overcome hatred was revealed to us by Christ, Archbishop Anastasios says. It is the voluntary offering of forgiveness
In his Easter message, His Beatitude Archbishop Anastasios of Albania refers to the vaccine brought by Christ to the world to overcome hatred, namely the voluntary offering of forgiveness. “Forgiveness, hence after, has become an…
Patriarch Daniel: Pascha is Christ Himself, prefigured in the Passover lamb. Partaking of Him is the provision for eternal life
The Passover of the new Law materializes in the Person of the Saviour Himself, who passes us on to eternal life, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said on Holy and Great Thursday. He also explained how…
Easter Message: The Church of Jerusalem prays from the empty and Life-giving Tomb for the healing of all people
The Easter message signed by Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem conveys the encouragement that “the rising from the dead of our Lord and God and Saviour Jesus Christ filled the universe with the unwaning and…
“Freedom is a journey upward and toward our neighbour”: Ecumenical Patriarch in Easter Encyclical
In his encyclical for Holy Pascha, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew notes that “all that we believe, all that we love, and all that we hope as Orthodox Christians is associated with Pascha, from which everything derives…
Patriarch Daniel’s Easter Message: “Man’s final destination is not the grave but the Kingdom of Heaven”
In a video message for Holy Pascha 2021, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel points to the final destination of man, namely the Kingdom of Heaven. His Beatitude also conveys best regards to Romanians everywhere, urging them…
Patriarch of Romania on Palm Sunday: “A foretelling of Easter”
“Our Saviour Jesus Christ triumphally enters into Jerusalem. That is why today’s feast is a foretelling of Christ’s victory over sin and death, it is a foretelling of Easter,” said Patriarch Daniel on Palm Sunday,…
Nun who served as abbess of Romanian Tismana Monastery for more than 50 years reposes in the Lord
The stavrophore nun Mother Jerusalema (Gligor), who labored in monasticism for 75 years, including more than 50 years as abbess of Tismana Monastery, was solemnly laid to rest on Saturday at the monastery she led…
Report: Epicenter of persecutions against Christians has moved from the Middle East to Africa
A report made by the Russian Orthodox Church concludes that African Christians are the most exposed to persections at present. The epicenter of persecutions against Christians has moved from the Middle East to Africa. “Situation…
Bogota: The first ever divine liturgy celebrated in Romanian during the first visit of a Romanian priest in Colombia
Father Daniel Ene, Diocesan Secretary and Dean of New York, New England and US East Coast, visited Colombia at the beginning of the month. It was the first visit of a Romanian Orthodox priest in…
The Week in Pictures: April 19 – 25, 2021
The last week of the Great Lent and the feast of the Entrace of the Lord to Jerusalem are reflected in our selection of photos captured between April 19 and 25, 2021. Last week’s most-liked…
The Good to Know no. 1/2021
On this issue: ‘A pandemic of good’, ‘3 questions on how much good is the Church doing’, ‘2020 analysis’, ‘A year of philanthropy in a pandemic, ten years since I have nourished my soul by…