Union Day – Romania’s National Holiday

Today Romanians celebrate 90 years of national unity. All nations have a national holiday – the American “Independence Day” is no longer a secret for the world. Romanians celebrate their Union Day as a National Holiday. December 1st, 1918 – the National Assembly of all Romanians in Transylvania, Banat and the Hungarian Country convened in [...]

From Religious Celebration to Marine Feast

15 August is commemorating the death of Virgin Mary, Mother of Christ in the Orthodox Church, and it’s the Assumption of Virgin Mary in the Catholic theology. It’s not a public holiday in Romania, not in the sense that all offices close and people celebrate with their families, but it is, nevertheless, an important mark [...]

Blessed By the Light

Happy Easter! Christ is risen! I am taking a short moment tonight to wish you all Happy Easter and a blessed year – blessed by the Holy Light of the One Who defied Death tonight. In the morning say a little prayer of joy… God, make me myrtle and burn me on your altars! Drink [...]