On many occasions His Beatitude Justinian was accused of being a follower of the communist regime. How long have you been a secretary at the Chancellery of the Holy Synod, what was the Beatitude’s attitude with the authorities? Always Patriarch Justinian has been with the Church. Let us remember that the regime closed the dioceses, …

On the side of the river Sihla, passing through the villages of Stauceni and Tocileni in Botosani County, there is a meadow, an islaz, where the farmers from the two villages carried the cattle to the grazing. At this place, every morning, Gheorghe and Marghioala Arapasu carried their cattle to the pastureland and left their …

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On January 6th we celebrate the Epiphany, popularly known as the Lord’s Baptism. Saviour’s baptism in the Jordan is also known as “epiphany” or “Theophany”, a term derived from Greek and means “creature”, “breakthrough”. Why creature or discovery? Because when Christ was baptized, the heavens were opened, the Spirit of God descended like a dove …

The Act of Sanctification of the Cathedral of Salvation of the Nation or the National Cathedral, read after the official service of November 25, 2018, by the Bishop Varlaam Ploiesteanu, signed by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, Patriarch Daniel and all other serving hierarchs: “In the Centenary 2018, the altar of the Cathedral of Salvation of the …