In some parts of emerging Europe, the date of Easter is becoming increasingly political. The Holy Fire Ceremony which takes place each Orthodox Easter Saturday in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, is perhaps the holiest of all Orthodox...
Tag - Romanian Orthodox Church
A referendum in October 2018 that, if successful, would have redefined the understanding of the word ‘family’ in the Romanian constitution as “a man and a woman” was...
Pope Francis has paid tribute to the Romanian diaspora on the first day of a landmark three-day visit to the overwhelmingly Orthodox country. “Through their...
A huge new cathedral, the largest Orthodox church in the world, has been consecrated in the Romanian capital Bucharest. Tens of thousands of people attended, many having...
