On Thursday, 5 November 2026, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir received a courtesy visit from Her Excellency Ms. Fern Horine, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to the Republic of Moldova, at the Metropolitan Palace in Chișinău.
During the Divine Liturgy celebrated on Wednesday, 4 November 2026, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Chișinău, on the feast day of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir read the Patriarchal Decree no. 01/132, by which His Grace Siluan, Bishop of Orhei and Vicar of the Metropolis, was elevated to the rank of Archbishop. He also presented him with the kamilavka adorned with a cross, the insignia of his new hierarchical dignity.
His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, celebrated the Holy and Divine Liturgy on Tuesday, 3 November 2026, at the Church of the Holy Great Martyr George in the town of Ocnița.
Concelebrating with the Primate were His Eminence Sava, Archbishop of Tiraspol and Dubăsari; His Eminence Anatolie, Archbishop of Cahul and Comrat; His Eminence Petru, Archbishop of Ungheni and Nisporeni; His Eminence Marchel, Archbishop of Bălți and Fălești; His Eminence Nicodim, Archbishop of Edineț and Briceni; and His Eminence Ioan, Archbishop of Soroca and Drochia; the Vicars of the Metropolis: His Grace Siluan, Bishop of Orhei, and His Grace Filaret, Bishop of Căpriana; His Grace Nicolae, Bishop of Ceadîr-Lunga, Vicar of the Diocese of Cahul and Comrat; and His Grace Patrocl, Bishop of Dondușeni, Vicar of the Diocese of Edineț and Briceni; Archpriest Vadim Cheibaș, Mitred Archpriest and Secretary of the Metropolis; Archpriest Adrian Cotelea, Mitred Archpriest, Secretary of the Diocese of Edineț and Briceni and parish priest of the host church; deans, abbots, and a large gathering of priests and deacons.
In recognition of their long service and of the positions they have held over the years in the diocesan administration, during the Little Entrance, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir granted Archpriest Adrian Cotelea, diocesan secretary, and Archpriest Alexandru Usatîi, dean of Ocnița, the right to wear a second cross with precious stones.
After the Divine Liturgy, a Te Deum of thanksgiving and for health was offered to the Lord. Then Metropolitan Vladimir bestowed on His Grace Patrocl the Order of “St. Paisius Velichkovsky,” First Class, and an engolpion, congratulating him on his 50th birthday and wishing him many years of sacrificial service to the Holy Church and her faithful.
In his address, His Grace Patrocl thanked the Primate, the hierarchs present, the serving priests, and all the faithful for the beautiful service and the words of congratulation, assuring them of his desire to serve with dedication in the Lord’s vineyard.
P.S. His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir will celebrate the Liturgy tomorrow, 4 November, on the feast of the Icon of the Mother of God of Kazan, at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Chișinău, beginning at 07:45.
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His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, officiated the Holy and Divine Liturgy on Sunday, October 25, at the parish of the Holy Great Martyr Demetrius in the village of Coropceni, Telenești district.
On Tuesday, July 7, the feast of the Nativity of the Holy Prophet, Forerunner, and Baptist of the Lord, John, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Church of Saint Nicholas the Hierarch in Costești village, Ialoveni District. Concelebrating with His Eminence were priest Vadim Cheibaș, Metropolitan Secretary; priest Anatolie Stefanov, Dean of Ialoveni; priest Vasile Ciobanu, parish priest of the host church; Archimandrite Andrei (Cotruța), spiritual father of Hagimus Monastery; together with a host of priests and deacons.
Today, July 5, on the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost (the Sunday of the Healing of the Two Demoniacs of the Region of the Gadarenes), His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Nativity of the Lord in Chișinău, together with a host of priests and deacons.
On Wednesday, July 1, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir received at the Metropolitan Palace a group of children participating in the summer camp organized by the Parish of Saint Hierarch Spiridon of Trimythous, located within the grounds of the Emergency Medicine Institute in Chișinău. The children were accompanied by Presbytera Magdalena Bortă.
With the blessing of His Eminence Vladimir, Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova, Rector of the Orthodox Theological Academy of Moldova, on Monday, June 29, 2026, His Eminence Ioan, Archbishop of Soroca and Drochia, presided over the examination committee for the defense of bachelor’s theses at the higher theological educational institution, the Orthodox Theological Academy of Moldova.
Your Excellency,
On this day, as you celebrate the milestone of your birth, we offer our warmest and most profound congratulations, accompanied by our prayers to the Almighty God, the Author of Life and the Giver of all good things.
On the Fourth Sunday after Pentecost (the Sunday of the Healing of the Centurion’s Servant), His Eminence Vladimir, Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Nativity of the Lord in the capital city of Chișinău.
Faith is the essential condition for attaining salvation; it is the means through which we receive divine grace, granted to us through Christ, so that we may cooperate with it. Faith is itself a gift from God, in the sense that it would not be possible if one did not experience the calling and attraction of the grace of Christ, which awakens and sustains it.
Having before us the example of the centurion’s faith, who prayed for the healing of his servant, let us confess our Savior Jesus Christ as God, the Provider and Sustainer of our lives, and let us proclaim aloud the goodness that God continually bestows upon us at every moment of our lives.
During the Divine Liturgy, many of the faithful present received Holy Communion, praising and blessing God.
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