On Saturday evening, October 26, 2019, Archbishop Casian of Lower Danube officiated the All-night Vigil in honour of St Demetrios the New, at the outdoor altar of the Patriarchal Cathedral.
Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Mircea Florescu
Romania’s Senate marks 162 years since its establishment on Tuesday, June 17. The institution’s first president was Metropolitan Nifon Rusailă of Hungro-Wallachia, who later became Romania’s first Primate Metropolitan. The upper chamber of Parliament was…
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Basilica.ro, the official news agency of the Romanian Patriarchate, marks its 18th anniversary on Tuesday since publishing its first news report online, an event that marked the beginning of its editorial activity. The Basilica News…