On Saturday, December 8, His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew visited the DMZ area of Cheorwon-gun, Gangwon-do, South Korea, Orthodox Metropolis of Korea reports. He shared in the pain that the division of the peninsula…
South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in asked for the support of the Orthodox Church for his government’s efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula and establish peace, along with its efforts to protect its natural environment, Yonhap…
We released Basilica.ro November 2018 monthly review. The November 2018 edition is now available in colour pdf format for downloading and local distribution. Each monthly edition will feature select articles that had been published on the Basilica News Agency website…
A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.
“Today, fake news is no longer a phenomenon but a true communication strategy in the hands of a few people or groups which try to use the ‘fourth power’ for purposes often hostile”, said the…
An agreement called “The Charter for the Protection of the Byzantine Heritage Monuments” was unanimously ratified this weekend after a three-day meeting held in the city of Thessaloniki, Greek Reporter reports. Representatives from twenty-one countries agreed on a framework…
On Sunday, Metropolitan Laurențiu of Transylvania performed the consecration service of the first church dedicated to St. Porphyrios in Romania. The church belongs to Bod Colonie Parish in Brașov and the main patronal feast of…
On Wednesday, December 5, 2018, the feast day of St. Nicholas, His All Holiness, Patriarch of Constantinople and New Rome, visited St. Nicholas Parish in Seoul, Orthodox Metropolis of Korea informs. Together with the clergy…
His Beatitude Patriarch Alexei II, of blessed memory, the 15th primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, was solemnly commemorated yesterday on the 10th anniversary of his repose. A litia for the repose of his predecessor’s…
According to the official communiqué of the Holy and Sacred Synod of the Ecumenical Throne on November 29, 2018: “The Holy and Sacred Synod, in unanimously accepting the proposal of the Autonomous Church of Finland under the…
The board of directors of the Cambridge Institute for Orthodox Christian Studies (IOCS) has sent a letter to His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel congratulating him on the “historic occasion of the consecration of the new National Cathedral…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel honoured the 8 winners of the ‘100 Years in 1000 words’ writing competition marking the Centennial of Romania’s 1918 Great Union on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. The event held under the…
International Volunteer Day (IVD) mandated by the UN General Assembly, is held each year on 5 December, UN informs. It is viewed as a unique chance for volunteers and organizations to celebrate their efforts, to share…
The assistant Bishop Arsenie of Joensuu was elected Metropolitan of Kuopio and Karelia at the previous session of the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Finland. The meeting took place during November, 26-29, 2018,…
Pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 312/2004 on the Statute of the National Bank of Romania, as of 1 December 2018, the National Bank of Romania will put into circulation, for numismatic purposes, a commemorative…
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I stated on December 4 that the Church will continue to pray for peace between the two Koreas. During the meeting with reporters in Seoul, the patriarch said the Church prays for…
A new book, ‘The Diocesan Cathedrals of the Metropolinate of Wallachia and Dobrudja,’ was recently published in English by the Basilica Publishing House of the Romanian Patriarchate providing an insight into the history of the…
His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania received Tuesday, December 4, 2018, Her Excellency the resigning Ambassador of Israel to Romania Mrs Tamar Samash at his Patriarchal Residence. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel congratulated the Ambassador for…