Saint Patrick, the Enlightener of Ireland was born around 385, the son of Calpurnius, a Roman decurion (an official responsible for collecting taxes). He lived in the village of Bannavem Taberniae, which may have been located at the mouth of the Severn River in Wales. The district was raided by pirates when Patrick was sixteen, …
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Statement 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 …
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The 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 …
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Topîrceanu 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 …
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On 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 …
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Lună 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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St. Stephen Church in Jerusalem is a Greek Orthodox Church immediately outside the ancient city walls, between Lions Gate and Temple Mount. Coming out of Jerusalem through “Lions Gate” and descending in Cedar Valley, immediately on the right, is the church dedicated to St. Stephen the Archdeacon and First Martyr. According to local tradition, this …
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All details watching the Virgin Mary, considered a “vessel chosen” for the incarnation of the Son of God, the Good News, birth, life, work messianic, crucifixion, resurrection, ascension and stay on the right hand of the Father, all we find precisely mentioned in the writings of the Old Testament prophets hundreds of years before their …
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