Patriarch Daniel urges parents, professors and priests to support students intensely at the end of a difficult school year
The Patriarch of Romania sent a message before the national examination and baccalaureate. Patriarch Daniel first addressed the young people to whom he stressed the importance of these exams for their development. He also urged…
Romanian Patriarchate’s journalists gather in prayer to the Most Holy Trinity on Pentecost Monday (VIDEO)
The Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate marked its patronal feast on Pentecost Monday, on June 21, 2021, when the Church celebrates the feast of the Most Holy Trinity. On this occasion, His Grace…
Romanian Patriarchate’s Basilica Media Centre marks its patronal feast on Pentecost Monday
All five institutions that are part of the Basilica Media Centre of the Romanian Patriarchate were placed under the protection of the Holy Trinity, having as a model and help the Divine Persons who “offer…
June 20: World Refugee Day
On 4 December 2000, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in Resolution 55/76 decided that, from 2000, June 20, would be celebrated as World Refugee Day. In this resolution, the General Assembly noted that 2001…
Romfilatelia: Bicentenary of Tudor Vladimirescu’s Revolution
Romfilatelia introduces into circulation, on Tuesday, June 22nd this year, the postage stamps issue entitled “Tudor Vladimirescu’s Revolution, 200 Years”, dedicated to a historical moment and an exceptional personality: the Revolution of 1821 and its leader, Tudor Vladimirescu.…
Râmnic Archdiocese’s Department of Mission among Roma People celebrated its sixth anniversary
Râmnic Archdiocese’s Department of Mission among Roma People celebrated its sixth anniversary on June 9, 2021. It was established by Archbishop Varsanufie, first as a catechetical office, in 2015. In April 2019 it became an…
1990 Mineriad victims commemorated in Bucharest
Father Gheorghe Dilirici, the coordinator of the priests serving in the state cemeteries in Bucharest, officiated a memorial service to commemorate the victims of the Mineriads on Sunday, June 13, 2021. Dozens of people, relatives…
“Football is an Orthodox game”. Dozens of Romanian parishes establish football teams
Many times, priests keep young people close to the church through various extra ecclesiastical activities. Football is one of them. Dozens of parishes, especially in rural areas, have set up football teams, often coached even…
Romania’s first Righteous Among the Nations, who saved 20,000 Jews during Holocaust, commemorated in Suceava
Priests from Colacu village, Fundu Moldovei commune, Suceava county, officiated on June 4 a memorial service for the rest of the soul of lawyer Traian Popovici, a former mayor of Chernivtsi and the first Romanian…
Basilica.ro goes live on radio: “The Good to Know is a mobilizing good”
On its 13th anniversary, Basilica.ro was heard live on the radio on Wednesday. The director of the Basilica News Agency, Aurelian-Nicolae Iftimiu, was the guest of Father Teodor Gradinaciuc at his show ‘City Life’ on…
Patriarch of Romania explains the bright cloud on which Christ ascended
“Although ascended to Heaven, Christ is present in the Church by the grace of the Holy Spirit,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania said during his homily on the feast of the Ascension, June 10,…
St Parascheva for 380 years in Iasi. “How poor Moldavia and the country, Iaşi and the Cathedral would have been, without her presence here”
“Lord, how poor Moldavia and the country, Iaşi and the Cathedral would have been, without the presence here of the holy relics of Saint Parascheva,” Metropolitan Teofan said on Sunday, June 13, 2021, at the…
The Week in Pictures: June 7 – 13, 2021
The Lord’s Ascension, the commemoration of national heroes and the consecration of worship places were among last week’s highlights. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by…
Five year anniversary of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church
Five years ago, on June 16, began the writing of ‘a new chapter in the history of the Church’ as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew called the meeting of the Local Orthodox Churches that took place on…
For 13 years, the Basilica News Agency: Profile
In a world assailed by information, Patriarch Daniel saw the presence of the Orthodox Church in the Romanian media landscape as a primary necessity. Less than a month after his enthronement, on October 27, 2007,…
