Duminica a treia din post, a Sfintei Cruci La vremea Sfintei Liturghii, rostim rugăciunile începătoare:Pentru rugăciunile sfinților părinților noștri, Doamne Iisuse Hristoase, Fiul lui Dumnezeu, miluiește-ne și ne mântuiește pe noi. Amin. Slava Tie, Dumnezeul nostru, Slava Tie! Slava Tie, Dumnezeul nostru, Slava Tie! Slava Tie, Dumnezeul nostru, Slava Tie! Imparate ceresc, Mangaietorule, Duhul adevarului, …
Continue reading Prayer schedule for Sunday, March 22, 2020Stefan Morariu
Our dear ones, The world, the faithful and the servants of the Church are living in times of trouble. But nothing should be allowed to sow fear and despair in our souls. The Mother of God protects us all under her holy shroud. God, with His Saints and Angels, are walking with us in this …
Continue reading The message of the church of St. John to the faithful of the parishDearly Beloved, Clergy, Faithful and Monastics: These words cried out by King Saint David, the writer of the Psalms, are the words on our lips today as we reflect on the terrible pandemic which overshadows the entire world and our own Nation. We must do more than reflect on the situation; we are called on …
Continue reading The declaration of Archbishop Nathaniel concerning the coronavirus among usStatement of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America on the Corona Virus – March 13, 2020 Since January of this year, the world has witnessed the rapid spread of a virus named SARS-CoV-2, and the disease it causes that has been named Coronavirus Disease 2019, or Corona Virus, often abbreviated …
Continue reading Statement of the Holy Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America on the Corona VirusThe Romanian Orthodox Episcopate of America was blessed by God with the gift of a bishop. Archimandrite Andrei Hoarște was ordained by the hierarchs of the Synod of the Orthodox Church of America to be the vicar bishop of the Orthodox Romanians in Canada and the U.S. On Saturday, February 1, 2020, Metropolit Tikhon, Archbishop …
Continue reading The ordination into bishop of the archimandrite Andrei Hoarște – February 1, 2020Topîrceanu se naște în 1886 la București din niște părinți care se trag de prin părțile Sibiului. Tatăl lui era cojocar. De emoție că are un fiu, tatăl își propune, pe loc, să-i facă un cojocel. Paraschiva, nevasta exasperată, țipă la el: „Cum să-i faci cojoc, omule, că e ăsta e prunc, încă nu …
Continue reading War memories of George TopirceanuOn January 24, 1859 occurred Small Union – Union of the Romanian Principalities under the leadership of Alexandru Ioan Cuza. Small Union in 1859 was the first step towards accomplishment Romanian national state. The union of the two principalities was a process that began in 1848, based on strong economic and cultural proximity between the …
Continue reading The Small Union in 1859Lună tu, stăpâna mării, pe a lumii boltă luneci Şi gândirilor dând viaţă, suferinţele întuneci; Mii pustiuri scânteiază sub lumina ta fecioară, Şi câţi codri-ascund în umbră strălucire de izvoară!De câte ori ascult versurile acestea, mă trece un fior. Eminescu parcă îmi ştia cele mai adânci gânduri şi vise. Să fi fost el alături de …
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