Order of St John of Jerusalem of
Rhodes and of Malta
On 21 December, Father Marco of the Order of Discalced Carmelites Monastery in Ciofliceni and Maestro Emanuel surprised the Embassy of the Order of Malta to Romania with a last minute performance of 15 talented teenagers, singing traditional Christmas carols (Colindas) at the Ambassador’s Residence.
On 18 December, the Embassy of the Order of Malta to Romania attended a gala celebration for the forthcoming Hanukkah festival at the National Opera in Bucharest, organised by Tova Ben Nun-Cherbis, President and Founder of Laude-Reut Educational Complex.
At the 5 December 2024 meeting of the Sovereign Council of the Order of Malta in Rome, three new members were formally admitted to the Romanian Association of the Order, where James Michael Wilson and László Csatlós have both entered as Knights, and Kinga Péter as Dame.
On 11 December 2024, a Holy Mass was held at St. Joseph Cathedral in Bucharest to solemnly celebrate the 25th anniversary of the episcopal ordinance of Archbishop Aurel Percă, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bucharest.
Her Majesty Margareta of Romania, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, and her husband HRH Prince Radu, hosted the traditional reception of the Diplomatic Corp followed a vin d'honneur at the Royal Palace in Bucharest on 10 December 2024.
On 1 December, the country marked the annual celebration of Romanian National Day (Ziua Națională a României). Also know as Unification Day or Great Union Day (Ziua Marii Uniri), this annual public holiday is celebrated every year to mark the unification of Transylvania, Bassarabia, and Bukovina, with the Romanian Kingdom in 1918.
On Tuesday 26 November, the Polish Ambassador to Romania, HE Paweł Soloch, organised a welcome concert and reception for the new Apostolic Nuncio and Dean of the Diplomatic Corps in Romania, HE Archbishop Giampiero Gloder, and the new Czech Ambassador to Romania, HE Martin Košatka.
On Tuesday 19 November, the Association of the Order of Malta in Romania (AROM) held Mass for the Feast of All Saints of the Order of Malta at Saint Joseph's Cathedral in Bucharest.
Each of the eight points of the Order’s white cross symbolise one of the eight Beatitudes according to the Gospel of Matthew, as well as one of the eight foundational virtues of the Order: loyalty, piety, honesty, courage, honour and glory, contempt for death, solidarity towards the poor and the sick, and respect for the Church.