The Metropolis of Bessarabia urged believers to remain calm and to strictly follow the recommendations transmitted by the health authorities to avoid infections with the new coronavirus (Covid-19). In a press release, the Orthodox Metropolis…
The first part of the Great Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete was officiated in all Orthodox churches on Monday evening, March 2, 2020, marking the beginning of Great Lent. At the patriarchal cathedral in…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrates on 4 March 2020 his 30th anniversary of episcopal consecration. Patriarch Daniel, the sixth leader of the Romanian Orthodox Church, was born on 22 July 1951, in Dobreşti village, Bara commune,…
“No one can enter into fasting, as a spiritual struggle for the cleansing of sins and the lightening of the soul, without forgiveness,” His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania explained in his homily at the…
His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, addressed a message of congratulation to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at his 80th Birthday. His Holiness Bartholomew Archbishop of Constantinople – New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch Your Holiness,…
On Saturday, February 29, 2020, His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople celebrates his 80th birthday. Born Demetrios Archondonis on 29 February 1940 on the island of Imvros (today, Gökçeada, Turkey), His All-Holiness Bartholomew was…
The Press office of the Romanian Patriarchate published a communiqué on February 27, 2020, in the context of excessive media coverage of the epidemic caused by Coronavirus (Covid – 19) and following requests from some…
According to a recent statement from the Metropolitan of Moldova and Bukovina of the Romanian Orthodox Church, there are plans to build a memorial to one of the greatest Orthodox elders of the 20th century…
Despite the financial crisis, the Albanian Orthodox Church spares no expense in restoring its churches that have been in ruins since the persecution of the faith under the communist government last century. According to a…
Orthodox lifestyle, luminous portraits and pictures taken at religious events throughout Romania comprise this week’s selection of photos. Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in…
The Ecumenical Patriarchate has published Patriarch Bartholomew’s Catechetical Homily at the opening of Holy and Great Lent (2020). + BARTHOLOMEW BY GOD’S MERCY ARCHBISHOP OF CONSTANTINOPLE – NEW ROME AND ECUMENICAL PATRIARCH TO THE PLENITUDE…
On February 26, 2020, a meeting of Primates and representatives of Local Orthodox Churches was held in Amman, Jordan, with the primary view of unity and reconciliation within Holy Orthodoxy. The participants noted their understanding…
Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens and All Greece met this morning the members of the Federation of Greek Chanters’ Associations (OMSIE). The reason for the meeting was UNESCO’s decision to include Byzantine chant in the Representative List…
The implementation of a project to bring to view the path of the Holy Family, which stretches from Rafah to New Farama, historically known as Pelousi, has begun in Egypt. According to the Egyptian government’s…
His Beatitude Chrysostomos II, Archbishop of Nova Justiniana and All Cyprus, celebrates on 26 February 2020 his 42nd episcopal consecration anniversary. He was born in Tala village, Paphos. At the age of 10 he lost…
A new Romanian bishop was ordained on Sunday, February 23, 2020, at the Orthodox Cathedral in Cluj and installed as an auxiliary bishop to the Archdiocese of Vad, Feleac and Cluj in the presence of…
The Romanian Orthodox Metropolis of the Americas, with the blessing of His Eminence Archbishop and Metropolitan Nicolae and His Grace Bishop Ioan Casian, announces the 11th edition of the Religion Olympics. Religion Olympics is a…
Princeton makes historic photos of St. Catherine’s collection accessible on the internet. The monastery of St. Catherine at the foot of Mount Sinai is the oldest continuously inhabited Christian monastery in the world. And it…