His Grace Bishop Justin of Maramures and Satmar offered pastoral advice at the beginning of the Dormition Fast on August 1. The Bishop of Maramures recalled that the two weeks of fasting established by the Orthodox Church before the feast of the Dormition of the Theotokos are an excellent occasion to thank God “with devotion,…

In a message at the beginning of the Dormition Fast, His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat has urged priests and believers to visit older persons in hospitals, retirement homes or private homes because “they are often alone and marginalised.” The metropolitan reminded that the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church dedicated 2023 to the…

A summer pilgrimage was held on July 22-24, 2023, at the Romanian Orthodox Monastery of Mono in Ontario, Canada. The wonder-working Hawaiian Iveron Icon of the Mother of God („Gerontissa”) was brought on the occasion. Orthodox pilgrims from across Canada attended the event: from Montreal, Ottawa, Gatineau, Toronto, Mississauga, Hamilton, Kichener, London, Windsor, and Manitoba….

On Sunday, the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Paisie of Sinaia officiated a memorial service at the tombs of Romania’s former patriarchs Teoctist Arăpașu (†July 30, 2007) and Iustin Moisescu (†July 31, 1986) to mark the anniversaries of their blessed repose. Preaching by their tombs inside the Patriarchal Cathedral, His Grace Bishop Paisie of Sinaia said that…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy at Pasărea Monastery in Ilfov County on Sunday and addressed the faithful, stressing the need to prioritise spiritual things over material ones. Referring to the Sunday’s Gospel reading about the multiplication of the loaves and two fish, His Beatitude emphasised that the Saviour preached to the crowds,…

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel congratulated the Romanian Orthodox community in Boian, Canada, on its 125th anniversary. In addition to congratulations, in his message on Sunday, July 30, the Romanian Patriarch recalled with sadness the fire that burned down the historic church in June and encouraged the faithful to rebuild it. Romanian Bukovina’s Boian: full text…

The Cenobitic Skete of Prophet Elijah of the Holy Pantokratoros monastery on Mount Athos, is celebrating according to the Julian Calendar, the Feast Day of Prophet Elijah, which will be presided over by His Eminence Metropolitan Meliton of Philadelphia, Hierarch of the Ecumenical Throne, who has old spiritual ties with the Skete of the Prophet…

His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew officiated at the first Supplicatory Canon to the Most Holy Theotokos which took place in the afternoon on Tuesday, 1 August 2023. On the morning of the same day, the feast of Saint Solomone, whose holy relics are kept in the Venerable Patriarchal Church, His All-Holiness was present in prayer…

With tremendous gratitude to God, the fledgling parish of Saint Sophrony of Essex, South Australia, was overjoyed to celebrate its inaugural feast day on 11 July 2023, suitably followed by a festive function the ensuing Sunday 16 July, in which parishioners enjoyed coffee and a wide range of food provided by our generous volunteers. These…