His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel on Monday opened a conference on the ‘Socio-economic rural space. National identity and unity’ at the Patriarch Teoctist Aula of the Palace of the Patriarchate in Bucharest. His Beatitude focused his…
The Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești on Tuesday urged the believers present at the National Cathedral’s Chapel to read the works of Saint John Chrysostom. His Grace Bishop Varlaam celebrated the Divine Liturgy on…
His Eminence Metropolitan Silouan of the British Isles and Ireland has established a new men’s cenobitic brotherhood within the Antiochian Patriarchate. The Brotherhood of the Glorious Apostles Peter and Paul has been blessed to inhabit…
On the forefeast of Saint John Chrysostom, November 12, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel inaugurated the Consilium House of the National Cathedral’s Chapel. Following the blessing service, His Beatitude referred to the way the new building…
The reliquary containing a particle of the holy relics of Saint John Chrysostom were carried in procession around the National Cathedral’s Chapel on Monday evening, Nov. 12, during the All-night Vigil in honour of the…
On Friday, November 9, the Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiesti and the Assistant Bishop to the Bucharest Archdiocese, Timotei of Prahova, concelebrated at the Divine Liturgy held at Radu Voda Monastery in Bucharest marking…
On Thursday, November 8, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel attended the Divine Liturgy celebrated at St Elijah Church in Bucharest’s Rahova neighbourhood where he spoke about the role played by the holy angels in the…
On Wednesday, November 7, 2018, His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel signed the Golden Book of Romania’s 1918 Great Union Centennial, entreating God ‘to grant us the same love of our country and people as the Great…
A new day dawned yesterday in Larissa, where at the city’s main square clergy and faithful welcomed their new bishop, Metropolitan Ieronymos of Larissa and Tyrnavos, reports Orthodoxia.info. The new hierarch arrived at 11am and was…
A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.
We released this year’s tenth issue of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The October 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…
The Holy Synod of Bishops of the Serbian Orthodox Church began its works on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, at the Synodal Hall of the Patriarchal Palace in Belgrade. The Serbian hierarchs gathered to examine the…
The Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Italy has announced that His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will pay a visit to Venice at the end of next week. Seven days before his arrival to Romania, Patriarch Bartholomew…
The Greek Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos on Monday approved a grant of €1.240.000 for 22 monastic settlements on the Holy Mount Athos following a request submitted by the Sacred Community, Protothema reports. Regarding the financial…
During his visit to Ghana, His Beatitude Patriarch Theodoros of Alexandria and All Africa on Sunday met with His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales. The meeting lasted about 30 minutes and was considered ‘very…
The Orthodox Church in America (OCA) has recently published a document entitled “Social Media Guidelines for Clergy and Lay Leaders”. The document was approved by the Holy Synod of Bishops at their working session on…
On Saturday, November 3, 2018, His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew and His Excellency President Petro Poroshenko of Ukraine reaffirmed their desire to enhance the cooperation between the Ecumenical Patriarchate and the Ukrainian Nation—within the framework…
The Greek Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Markos Bolaris, on Monday, met with His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos of Cyprus at his residence in Nicosia. According to the website of the Church of Cyprus, the two…