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The hierarch read the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete

We have fallen ill through sin, let us heal through repentance. But repentance without fasting is powerless. Then, improve yourself before God, through fasting (St. Basil the Great). In the first week of the Great Lent, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir traditionally reads out the Great Canon of St. Andrew of Crete at the Nativity of More…


8:50, Monday, 27 February, 2017 | Continuarea


Sunday of Cheesefare: Expulsion of Adam from Paradise

As we begin the Great Fast, the Church reminds us of Adam’s expulsion from Paradise. God commanded Adam to fast (Gen. 2:16), but he did not obey. Because of their disobedience, Adam and Eve were cast out of Eden and lost the life of blessedness, knowledge of God, and communion with Him, for which they More…


10:17, Sunday, 26 February, 2017 | Continuarea


The service of the Vespers with the Rite of Forgiveness at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Chisinau

Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee;  Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. (Matthew 5, 23-24). Metropolitan Vladimir officiated the Vespers service and the Rite More…


10:08, Sunday, 26 February, 2017 | Continuarea


The Sunday of Forgiveness at the Nativity of the Lord Metropolitan Cathedral

All those of you who take up the ascetics of fasting and prayer, all those who want to gather rich harvest through your repentance, listen to the word of God, listen to God’s commandment – and abandon, forgive your neighbours’ mistakes (St. Ignaty Brianchaninov). On the Sunday of Forgiveness (of Expulsion of Adam from Paradise), More…


9:35, Sunday, 26 February, 2017 | Continuarea


Decisions of the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Moldova

Friday, 24 February 2017, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir presided the second session of the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, continuing the work of the previous session held on 17 February. Present at the session were all archpastors of the Orthodox Church of Moldova: H.E. Archbishop Sava of Tiraspol and Dubasari, H.G. Bishop Anatolie More…


4:19, Friday, 24 February, 2017 | Continuarea


Church distinctions awarded to a group of Marine and Army Veterans in sign of gratitude

Thursday, 23 February, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir received a group of Marine and Army Veterans – ctitors of the Orthodox Church of Moldova. A group of Marine and Army Veterans visited the Metropolitan Residence today, to meet Metropolitan Vladimir with whom they have a long-lasting warm relation dating back to the times when young Nicolae More…


1:38, Thursday, 23 February, 2017 | Continuarea


On the Sunday of the Last Judgment, His Eminence Vladimir celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Metropolitan Cathedral

“For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.” (2 Corinthians 5, 10) On the Sunday of the Last Judgment, Metropolitan Vladimir celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Nativity of More…


10:02, Monday, 20 February, 2017 | Continuarea


Metropolitan Vladimir congratulated President Igor Dodon on his birthday

The President of the Republic of Moldova, Mr. Igor Dodon, turns 42 today. On this special occasion, the hierarch of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, H.E. Metropolitan Vladimir, accompanied by H.G. Bishop Ioan of Soroca, Metropolitan Vicar, and Archpriest Vadim Cheibas, Metropolitan Secretary, congratulated the servant of God, Igor, wishing him long live and blessing More…


11:12, Saturday, 18 February, 2017 | Continuarea


Session of the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Moldova was held on 17th February 2017

Friday 17th February 2017, the first session in this year of the Synod of the Orthodox Church of Moldova was held at the metropolitan residence under the lead of His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir. All hierarchs of the Orthodox Church of Moldova (OCM) participated at the session: H.E. Archbishop Sava of Tiraspol and Dubasari, H.G. Bishop More…


10:21, Saturday, 18 February, 2017 | Continuarea


The Feast of the Meeting of the Lord celebrated at the Metropolitan Cathedral

The Orthodox Church celebrates the Feast of the Meeting of the Lord on February 2 (15 in the civil calendar). It is one of the 12 Great Feasts celebrated by the Orthodox Church worldwide. Documentary accounts of wide celebration of this holiday in the early Christian Church go back to as early as the 4th More…


6:39, Wednesday, 15 February, 2017 | Continuarea


The Meeting of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the Temple

On February 2 (15 in the civil calendar) the Church commemorates an important event in the earthly life of our Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 2:22-40). Forty days after His birth the God-Infant was taken to the Jerusalem Temple, the center of the nation’s religious life. According to the Law of Moses (Lev. 12:2-8), a woman More…


1:31, Tuesday, 14 February, 2017 | Continuarea


The Second Sunday of the Triodion Period: Sunday of The Prodigal Son

The Sunday of the Prodigal Son is the second Sunday of a three-week period prior to the commencement of Great Lent. On the previous Sunday, the services of the Church began to include hymns from the Triodion, a liturgical book that contains the services from the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, the tenth More…


10:16, Monday, 13 February, 2017 | Continuarea


Divine Liturgy on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son, at the Nativity of the Lord Metropolitan Cathedral

On the Sunday of the Prodigal Son that coincided this year with the Feast of Three Holy Hierarchs Basil the Great, Gregory the Theologian, and John Chysostom, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Nativity of the Lord Metropolitan Cathedral in Chisinau, assisted by a numerous sinaxis of priests and deacons. The More…


10:10, Monday, 13 February, 2017 | Continuarea


Archpastoral Liturgy on the Feast of the Holy Three Hierarchs, in the Meeting of the Lord Church at Moldova State University

Very special prayerful atmosphere was at the Divine Service celebrated in the Meeting of the Lord Church at Moldova State University on the Sunday of the Prodigal Son that coincided this year with the Feast of the Three Holy Hierarchs Basil the Great, John Chrysostom, and Gregory the Theologian. This Sunday gave the start of More…


2:39, Sunday, 12 February, 2017 | Continuarea


Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee in the Metropolitan Nativity of the Lord Cathedral, Chisinau

Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. (Luke 16, 15) On the Sunday of the Publican and the Pharisee, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Metropolitan Nativity of the Lord More…


7:40, Monday, 6 February, 2017 | Continuarea


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