Bucharest Palm Sunday Procession 2022: Photo Gallery

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
18.04.2022

Hundreds of priests and thousands of faithful participated in the Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest on Saturday, 16 April 2022, on the eve of the great feast of the Lord’s entry into Jerusalem. The procession resumed after two years of interruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu

10 holy healers celebrated in May

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
08.05.2024

We continue the monthly presentation of heavenly physicians while commemorating the Lord’s Resurrection. Ten saintly persons who exhibited humility while bearing their cross and triumphed over human frailties have been selected as saints to whom…

Dioceses

Romanians and Serbians jointly proclaim Christ’s Resurrection in Vršac: It is undoubtfully a celebration of the Light

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
08.05.2024

Orthodox Romanians and Serbs observed Holy Saturday night by traditionally proclaiming the Resurrection of the Lord in the heart of Vršac, where the administrative centres of the Diocese of Dacia Felix and the Diocese of…

Homilies

Patriarch Daniel at Pascha Vigil: Three great truths about the Lord’s Resurrection

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
07.05.2024

At the Resurrection Vigil on Holy Saturday, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel addressed the thousands of believers on the Hill of the Patriarchate, highlighting three great truths related to the Resurrection of Christ. Three great truths…

Patriarch of Romania, Patriarhul României

Patriarch Daniel: The Holy Fire is offered to those who believe in Christ and love him

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
04.05.2024

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed the Holy Fire from Jerusalem on Holy Saturday evening at the Patriarchal Cathedral. He explained that it is a gift from God: “Through this Holy Fire, we have the sign…

Dioceses

Bessarabia Metropolitan meets with Moldova’s President Maia Sandu

Published by Aurelian Iftimiu
04.05.2024

On Good Friday, His Eminence Metropolitan Petru of Bessarabia met with Her Excellency Maia Sandu, President of the Republic of Moldova. Metropolitan Petru discussed the objectives, pastoral duties, and social engagements of the Romanian Orthodox…