The Week in Pictures: September 26 – October 2, 2022
The end of September was full of Orthodox events. Please see below the images in our weekly photo feature. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
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Holy Vestment of Venerable Paraskeva of Iași to arrive at Mono Monastery, in Canada, for the saint’s feast
The “Holy Cross” and “St Ephraim the New” Monastery in Mono (Ontario), Canada, will receive a Holy Vestment of St Paraskeva of Iași for the saint’s feast, which is held from Friday, October 14, through…
Romanian Orthodox students association helps large family rebuild home destroyed by fire
A family of five from the county of Bacău, Romania, is helped by the local branch of the Romanian Christian Orthodox Students’ Association (ASCOR) to rebuild their home destroyed by fire. The Orthodox students teamed…
Peony, symbol of the heroes’ blood, declared national flower of Romania
A bill supported by horticulture experts from Bucharest’s University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine was voted by the Parliament of Romania, declaring the peony the national flower of Romania. “Peony, from the Paeoniaceae family,…
The Week in Pictures: September 19 – 25, 2022
Please find below the latest edition of our “Week in Pictures” Orthodox photo feature. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want…
The work of the Church in society is quiet, but full of hope and love, says the Director of Lumina Publications
Father Nicolae Dascălu, Director of the Lumina publications of the Romanian Patriarchate, granted an online interview to the Romanian version of the Radio Free Europe website. The discussion approached sensitive issues such as war, lack…
Bucharest: Children of Romanian military personnel killed in action planted the Tree of Peace
Children of Romanian military personnel killed in action planted the Tree of Peace in Bucharest’s “Carol I” Park to mark the International Day of Peace. The event was organized by the Slovak association Servare et…
“The models par excellence are the great hesychast saints,” says Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Oradea
“Let us humbly accept all trials and follow the example of the hesychast saints, making God’s will our will, and this is only possible through prayer,” said on Monday His Grace Bishop Sophronie of Oradea.…
The Week in Pictures: September 12 – 18, 2022
The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Day of the Firefighters and other Christian Orthodox events were captured through the photo lens between September 12 and 18, 2022: please see our latest…
Canada: Romanians from Quebec celebrated the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at the Diocesan Cathedral in Saint-Hubert
Orthodox Romanians from the Canadian province of Quebec celebrated the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at the Diocesan Cathedral in Saint-Hubert. The liturgical event started on the eve of the feast with the service of…