On Monday, January 19, 2026, His Eminence Vladimir, Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova, held a meeting with the delegation of the Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO), led by Mr. Maximos Charakopoulos, Member of the Hellenic Parliament and Secretary General of the IAO.
On Sunday, January 18, 2026, on the Eve of the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir officiated the Divine Liturgy at the Metropolitan Cathedral “Nativity of the Lord” in the municipality of Chișinău, joined in prayer by Archpriest Vadim Cheibaș, Secretary of the Metropolis and Ecclesiarch of the Cathedral, together with the clergy and the faithful of the holy church.
Like the Magi who once brought gifts to the Infant Jesus, with the blessing of His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir, the clergy and volunteers of the Orthodox Church of Moldova offered gifts to hundreds of socially vulnerable children and families throughout the country, within the framework of the philanthropic campaign “At Christmas, You Become Better!”, 7th edition. The campaign is organized and coordinated this year as well by the Synodal Department for Social Activity and Charity, with the aim of bringing hope, comfort, and joy into the hearts of its beneficiaries. In this context, social and philanthropic activities were carried out in several parishes across the country, on the occasion of the Feast of the Nativity of the Lord and that of Saint Basil the Great.
“Blessed is he who considers the poor and the needy; the Lord will deliver him in the day of trouble.”
(Psalm 40:1)
“Blessed is he who considers the poor and the needy;
the Lord will deliver him in the day of trouble.”
(Psalm 40:1)
On Thursday, 15 January, on the feast day of the Venerable Saint Seraphim of Sarov, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir, Primate of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, made an archpastoral visit to the Church of the Venerable Saint Seraphim of Sarov, located on Ceucari Street, in the Poșta Veche neighborhood, Rîșcani District of the capital.
On Saturday, 15 January 2026, on the feast day of the Venerable Saint Seraphim of Sarov, His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir celebrated the Divine Liturgy on the occasion of the patronal feast of the chapel located within the Residential Center for Elderly Persons and Persons with Disabilities in Chișinău.
His Eminence Metropolitan Vladimir held a courtesy meeting on Tuesday, January 13, with Mr. Nick Pietrowicz, Chargé d’Affaires of the United States of America in the Republic of Moldova, at the Metropolitan Palace in Chișinău.
The youth volunteer group “Venerable Confessor Sofian of Antim”, operating within the Synodal Department for Social Activity and Charity of the Orthodox Church of Moldova, organized on Monday, January 12, 2026, in Chișinău, an evening of traditional Christmas carols, held in the presence of His Eminence Vladimir, Metropolitan of Chișinău and All Moldova.
