The Week in Pictures: March 8-14, 2021
Last week’s snow was a source of inspiration for photography lovers. Please find our selection of photos taken between March 8 and 14. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram …
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“Fasting is a struggle for each Christian. But this struggle will bring spiritual joy,” Metropolitan Nicolae says
In his meditation at the beginning of Great Lent, the Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan of the Americas highlighted that the fasting season is a struggle for each Christian. “Today’s world and our responsibilities in it don’t encourage our…
Patriarch Daniel officiates Great Canon at patriarchal residence: Strict fast supports humble prayer
On Monday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel read the first portion of the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete at the Patriarchal Residence’s historic chapel. On this occasion, His Beatitude emphasized that a strict fast…
Patriarch Daniel: Forgiveness is the first condition to enter Lent
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel said that forgiving the mistakes of others is “the first condition to enter this inner ascent towards Resurrection, which is Great Lent.” The Gospel on the Sunday of Adam’s Expulsion from…
Bishop Ignatie recommends digital fasting: We will realize how “drugged” we are using technology
Bishop Ignatie spoke on Sunday evening, at the Diocesan Cathedral in Huși, about the need to practice giving up addictive habits, such as addiction to digital media: “The purpose of fasting is not exclusively to…
Benelux Orthodox Bishops postpone inter-Orthodox concelebration on Sunday of Orthodoxy
During an extraordinary coordination meeting held March 11, the Orthodox Episcopal Assembly of Benelux (CEOB-OBB) announced that the inter-Orthodox concelebration on the Sunday of Orthodoxy will not take place this year due to the coronavirus…
Elder Cleopa’s coming canonization brings joy to hearts of orthodox faithful, says Abbot of Sihăstria
News of the coming canonization of Elder Cleopa (Ilie) has brought great joy to the hearts of the Romanian Orthodox faithful, and especially those who are parishioners of Sihăstria Monastery, where the great 20th-century confessor…
How to fast from our own selfishness: Bishop Ioan Casian
The Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Canada explains, at the beginning of Great Lent, how we can drive away personal selfishness through the act of fasting. Bishop Ioan Casian says that the main remedy lies in…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: Great Lent is also a quarantine
‘Some of you may wonder why the Church, in the midst of the current pandemic, would add to the already existing health restrictions yet another “quarantine,” namely Great Lent.’ “Indeed, Great Lent is also a…
We begin the Great Lent with hope and courage: #FearNot
#FearNot is the meditation-exhortation we propose to you for the Lenten season. Why? Because these are the first words that resounded after the Resurrection: the angel said these words to the myrrh-bearing women at the…
The Week in Pictures: March 1-7, 2021
The arrival of Spring brings renewal in the soul of Orthodox Christians. Please find below our selection of Orthodox photos taken between March 1 and 7, 2021. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this…
Archbishop Irineu at Aiud: The blood of those unjustly imprisoned cries out to us to stop looking for a comfortable life
“The sufferings and the blood of those unjustly imprisoned call upon us, today, to stop looking for a comfortable life and to begin to seek first the Kingdom of God, as Christ urges us. They…
Warsaw Metropolitan at beginning of Lent: Union with Christ through repentance is the path of the modern Orthodox in the fight against evil
“For Orthodox Christians in our complex, difficult times, full of spiritual disappointments, temptations and limitations of all kinds, Lent is of great spiritual importance,” His Beatitude Metropolitan Sawa of Poland begins his Lenten epistle. Lent is…
A church will honour the memory of victims of Pitești Phenomenon: “the most terrible act of barbarism of the contemporary world”
Piteşti Prison of communist Romania was home to unspeakable horrors, where thousands suffered for their faith in Christ and political dissension. Now, the former penal facility is set to become the site of a future…
The Face of God: It is the responsibility of all of us to preserve God’s creation
“The Face of God,” a recently released film, features Orthodox Christian perspectives from North America on climate change. The film presents reflections based on the experience and responses from Orthodox communities on the ecological crisis.…
Bucharest public transport company introduces one-hour ticket
Users of the Bucharest overground public transport can purchase a ticket valid for one hour starting March 8, the City Hall announced. The ticket, which costs RON 1.3, is valid for one hour, regardless of…
Watch: Trailer for Man of God film on St. Nektarios released (video)
The official trailer for the long-awaited film Man of God, about St. Nektarios of Aegina, was released March 9. Watch the trailer below: Production company Simeon Entertainment describes the film: “Exiled unjustly, convicted without a…
Patriarch Daniel: People will be judged for inhumanity
“People will be judged for inhumanity,” Patriarch Daniel stressed during his homily on the Meatfare Sunday of the Last Judgement. The Patriarch quoted a homily by St. John Chrysostom, where the great hierarch imagines a…