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Alexandru Baltaga – Martyr priest from Bessarabia

Alexandru Baltagă (born April 14, 1861, Lozova, Lăpuşna County, Bessarabia (when Russian Empire) – d. August 7, 1941, Kazan, USSR) was a Bessarabian Romanian Orthodox priest, a founder of the Bessarabian religious press in the Romanian language, a member of Sfatul Ţării (1917–1918), a Soviet political prisoner, and, according to the Orthodox Church, a martyr More…


11:56, Friday, 19 September, 2014 | Continuarea


The name of Saint Stephan the Great was included into the Sinaxarion of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church

This decision was made by the Holy Synod of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Journal No. 49). The commemoration day of St. Stephan is set on 2/15 July (new style/old style). Saint Stephan III the Great, Prince of medieval Moldova, was glorified by the Romanian Orthodox Church in 1992. Currently, Orthodox Christians from certain regions of the Ukrainian Orthodox More…


3:14, Wednesday, 17 September, 2014 | Continuarea


St. Varlaam, Metropolitan of Moldova

Saint Metropolitan Varlaam of Moldova served in the highest ecclesiastical position of the Principate of Moldova in the period between 1632-1653 and is recognized, because of his written works, as one of the founders of the modern Romanian language. He was born in 1590 as Vasile Moţoc, in family of free men from the Village More…


3:04, Friday, 12 September, 2014 | Continuarea


Venerable Alexander the Abbot of Svir

Saint Alexander of Svir was born on July 15, 1448, on the feastday of the Prophet Amos, and was named for him in Baptism. St Alexander was a beacon of monasticism in the deep forests of the Russian North, living in asceticism, and he was granted the extraordinary gifts of the Holy Spirit. His parents, More…


2:54, Friday, 12 September, 2014 | Continuarea


Saints Epictetus and Astion from Halmyris

 Saint Epictetus, priest, and Saint Astion, (improperly said) monk, originals from Asia Minor, were martyrs for Christ in the 3rd century in Scytia Minor (the today Romanian region Dobrogea, situated between Danube and the Black Sea). They were originary from Little Asia. Information about their lives is known only from a copy of a 15th More…


2:16, Thursday, 11 September, 2014 | Continuarea


The Monastery of Holy Myrrh-bearers Martha and Maria, Hagimus

Monastery of nuns Patron Feast: Holy Myrrh-bearers Martha and Maria Nun superior: nun Martha (Cuşnir) Location: approx. 75 km south-east off Chisinau Address: MD-4319, Village Hagimus, Causeni raion Phone: +373 243 42 327 Mobile: + 373 698 01 245   The Monastery of Hagimus, dedicated to Holy Myrrh-bearing women Martha and Maria, sisters of righteous More…


1:42, Thursday, 11 September, 2014 | Continuarea


The Beheading of the Holy Glorious Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist John

The Beheading of the Prophet, Forerunner of the Lord, John the Baptist: The Evangelists Matthew (Mt.14:1-12) and Mark (Mark 6:14-29) provide accounts about the martyric end of John the Baptist in the year 32 after the Birth of Christ. Following the Baptism of the Lord, St John the Baptist was locked up in prison by More…


12:22, Thursday, 11 September, 2014 | Continuarea


Gay prides strike spiritual values – the Orthodox Church of Moldova

Chisinau, 5th September 2014 The Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Moldova condemned gay prides and the “Equality law”, adopted by the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova in May 2012, informs Interfax Religion. “With the infamous complicity of the Government, active promoters of homosexuality are strengthening their positions and are implementing broad media campaigns for the promotion More…


3:08, Tuesday, 9 September, 2014 | Continuarea


St Cuthbert of Lindisfarne: The English St. Seraphim of Sarov

‘I know that though they despised me during my life, yet after my death they will see that my teachings are not to be cast aside so lightly’. St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne, known as ‘the Wonderworker of Britain’, was a seventh-century English hermit and bishop and St. Seraphim of Sarov, preacher More…


3:37, Friday, 5 September, 2014 | Continuarea


Metropolitan Hilarion: No Winners in a World War

However, the voice of the Church today sounds like “one crying out in the wilderness” (John 1:23). Some may even ask, “Why does the Church keep silent, why do we not hear it?” The Church is not silent! But unfortunately, the Church’s voice is being drowned out among the cacophony of other voices calling not More…


1:12, Thursday, 4 September, 2014 | Continuarea


His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir participated in the inauguration of the monument of Holy Prince Stephan the Great in Criuleni

After the Divine Liturgy on the 12th Sunday after Pentecost, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir traveled to Criuleni, to participate in the ceremony of inauguration of the monument of Moldovan Prince Saint Stephan the Great. The ceremony commemorated 510 years after the repose of Saint Stephan the Great. Present at this prominent event were President of More…


10:11, Tuesday, 2 September, 2014 | Continuarea


“We Want Perfection Without Having First Trod the Road of the Commandments”

When we hear Christ mentioning these Commandments — where are we? Who of us can say that he was faithful to every word of this short list that indicate that without which we cannot live? Where do we stand? Now behold, one came and said to Him, “Good Teacher, what good thing shall I do More…


4:16, Monday, 1 September, 2014 | Continuarea


Rock star turned Greek priest fights ebola in Sierra Leone

Former existential atheist and Australian rock star Themi Adams (Adamopoulos) today is a Greek Orthodox priest, spearheading the Orthodox Church’s apostolic mission in Ebola-hit Sierra Leone in Africa. Although Father Themi could flee the country to avoid a possible infection by the virus, like other NGO employees already did, the Greek-Australian decided to stay… How More…


1:12, Monday, 1 September, 2014 | Continuarea


Ministry of Education makes concession – earlier decision cancelled

Minister of Education Maia Sandu cancelled earlier ministerial disposition that recommended the exclusion of “religious rituals” at the beginning of school year. An earlier ministerial decision signed on 26th August was replaced with a new one, aiming at the exclusion of any form of reference to the presence of religious elements on the Knowledge Day. In the More…


10:06, Monday, 1 September, 2014 | Continuarea