“Let us humbly accept all trials and follow the example of the hesychast saints, making God’s will our will, and this is only possible through prayer,” said on Monday His Grace Bishop Sophronie of Oradea.…
Every year on September 22nd, cities across the globe celebrate World Car Free Day which can also be known as ‘clean-air day’. The day encourages motorists to give up their cars for a day to…
Three major holidays are observed worldwide on September 21st: International Day of Peace, World Day of Gratitude and World Alzheimer’s Day. International Day of Peace Each year the International Day of Peace is observed around…
His Grace Bishop Ieronim of Dacia Felix met with His Grace Bishop Nikanor of Banat (Serbian Patriarchate). The two hierarchs expressed their willingness to deepen fraternal cooperation and announced that they remain permanently open to…
The reliquary keeping the Holy Cincture of the Mother of God will be taken from Kato Xenia Monastery in Greece to France next week. A delegation from Greece will first bring the Holy Cincture to…
On Tuesday, September 13, 2022, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel welcomed at the patriarchal residence the Advisor for Religious Affairs to the President of the State of Palestine, Mr Mahmoud Al Habbash. Mr Mahmoud Al Habbash…
On Tuesday, Bucharest marked 563 years since its first documentary attestation. On this occasion, several cultural events are organised under the title ‘Bucharest’s Days’. Bucharest’s first documentary attestation dates back to the 15th century (on…
This autumn, the United States of America will welcome the relics of Saint Nicholas the Wonderworker and of the Holy Prince Constantine Brâncoveanu for a two-week trip starting on September 26. From Chicago to Hayward…
The princeps edition of the Bucharest Bible printed in 1688 under the patronage of prince Serban Cantacuzino can be seen in the exhibition “From Tepes to Brancusi – 5 centuries of history and culture in…
The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, the Day of the Firefighters and other Christian Orthodox events were captured through the photo lens between September 12 and 18, 2022: please see our latest…
Orthodox Romanians from the Canadian province of Quebec celebrated the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at the Diocesan Cathedral in Saint-Hubert. The liturgical event started on the eve of the feast with the service of…
In 1994, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, commemorating the date of the signing, in 1987, of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that…
Please see below the beauty of Orthodox faith captured in photos taken between September 5 – 11, 2022. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Basilica.ro…
The Patriarch of Romania sent a message on Monday for the National Conference of the Support Centres for Pregnant Women. The 6th edition of the biannual event is held in Bucharest, Romania, between September 12-13,…
Patriarch Daniel sent condolences to His Majesty CHARLES III on Thursday, over death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Bucharest, 8 September 2022 His Majesty CHARLES III, King of the United Kingdom and of the…
The Romanian and German ministries of education signed last month a protocol permitting the participation of Romanian children in free optional lessons of Romanian. Romanian language lessons for children are in high demand among the…
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the passing to the eternity of the most beloved son of Transylvania, “The Prince of the Mountains” (in Romanian, “Crăişorul munţilor”), Avram Iancu, Romfilatelia introduced into circulation on Tuesday,…
His Eminence Petru, Metropolitan of Bessarabia, consecrated on August 30, the new church of the Larga Nouă community in the Republic of Moldova. The worship place is dedicated to the feast of the “Translation of…