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The Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAE) reacted on Sunday evening to the messages posted online by the president of Hungary, Katalin Novak, regarding Transylvania. During the day, she posted on Facebook a video with the anthem of the…

The President of Hungary, Katalin Novak, will participate, on Saturday, in the Catholic Pentecost pilgrimage from Şumuleu Ciuc, considered the largest of its kind in Central and Eastern Europe. The information was confirmed, on Wednesday,…

As Constanta city is under quarantine due to Covid-19 since November 20 and religious services are allowed only outside churches, except for the ones attended only by the churchmen, and pilgrimages are banned for people outside the city,…

Some people who came last night and today at the relics of St. Parascheva at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iasi have clashed with the gendarmes for not allowing them to enter the church and pray. Pilgrims complained they had come for…

Romanian PM Ludovic Orban has announced on Monday that the St. Dumitru Pilgrimage in Bucharest will not be held this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, voicing hope that the Church representatives will understand the situation. "I am a…

After Tășuleasa Social had launched Via Transilvanica in Mures and Harghita counties in July, adding another 285 kilometers to the previous 4 counties in the project, September has brought another earmarked and documented trail, this time…

Romania is not a model country in terms of protection of minority rights and the Hungarian issue is far from being resolved, UDMR chairman Kelemen Hunor said on Thursday after the release of the Council of Europe's Consultative Committee…

The largest Orthodox pilgrimage in Romania has started in Iasi, eastern Romania on Tuesday morning, with 6,000 waiting in line to touch Saint Parascheva’ s relics. So far, 1,500 managed to reach the tabernacle. Celebrated on October 14,…

Christian believers are celebrating Saint Andrew on Monday, November 30. In 1994, Saint Andrew was named the patron saint of Dobruja, in 1997 the patron saint of Romania, while in 2012, November 30 became a public holiday. The name…

The pilgrimage lasted for six days and was, as usually, a reason for joy and serenity for prayful people. Saint Paraskeva relics have been reintroduced on Wednesday evening inside the Metropolitan Cathedral in Iasi, in the six days of…