Aurelian Iftimiu

Radiophonic Colours in 1001 voices – a project dedicated to blind or visually impaired children in Romania

Radiophonic Colours in 1001 voices is a unique project dedicated to blind or visually impaired children in Romania, carried out by the Trinitas Radio Station of the Romanian Patriarchate. The social and cultural project entitled Radiophonic Colours in 1001 voices will be launched Tuesday, 5 April 2016, in the Great Hall of the Romanian Athenaeum,…

Mar 30, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

The first church dedicated to Physician Martyr Evgeny Botkin, consecrated in Moscow

His Grace Panteleimon, Bishop of Orekhovo-Zouevo (Russian Orthodox Church), consecrated on Friday, 25 March 2016, the church of the Clinical Hospital no. 57 in Moscow, pravmir.ru informs. This is the first church consecrated in Russia in the honour of St Martyr Evgeny Botkin, physician (general practitioner) of the imperial family of Martyr Nicholas II Romanov. “The holy…

Mar 29, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Colouring book about the Holy Week, published in Arad

A new colouring book for children was published on Friday, 18 March 2016, in Arad. The cultural, artistic, social and educational project was carried out by the Archdiocese of Arad, in collaboration with the Cultural Centre of Arad County, and the County Council of Arad, eparchial vicar, Archimandrite Teofan Mada, said. As support for the…

Mar 28, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Our new Website has been launched!

Around the Feast of the Annunciation 2016, we are excited to inform you that the news regarding the social, cultural and liturgical activities of the Romanian Orthodox Church, and not only, will be presented from now on in a new look. With modern graphics and an updated presentation, the new website basilica.ro is much easier…

Mar 27, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu

Roma minority from slavery to freedom and hope

The message of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the occasion of the 160th anniversary of the Emancipation of the Roma in the Romanian Principalities, an event organized by the Department for Social Inclusion and Human Rights of the Romanian Government, at the National Art Museum of Romania, February 19, 2016:…

Feb 19, 2016Aurelian Iftimiu