If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to the RSS feed or to sign up for email alerts. We hope you enjoy your virtual journey through beautiful Romania!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 [...]

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 a sip of [...]

It’s the Thursday before Easter, also known as the Great Thursday or the Thursday of Sufferings (known in English as the Maundy Thursday, Holy Thursday or even Sheer Thursday) when the orthodox-Christians from Romania celebrate four events: the washing of the Disciples’ feet, the Holy Eucharist and the Last Supper, Christ praying in the Garden [...]

One of the most beautiful Easter traditions is the “Florii” - the Palm Sunday (Duminica Floriilor) – which is the Sunday before Easter (Sunday the 20th April this year). The holiday has roots before Christianity, in the pagan rituals of Floralia (dedicated to goddess Flora, the goddess of flowers).
The Roman festival of Floralia is dated [...]

While Valentine’s Day is mostly related to people (a saint and those he helped) and their actions in the name of love, the Romanian holiday dedicated to love, Dragobete, is strongly connected to nature. Celebrated on February 24th, it is linked to that special time of year when birds build their nests and mate. As [...]