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The Orthodox Icon, the Light of Orthodoxy

Saturday and Sunday the religious – cultural manifestation entitled “The Icon – Window to God” which marks the celebration of the Orthodoxy Sunday was held at the Icon church of Bucharest. This year the faithful who attended the feast had the opportunity to venerate the icon of the Mother of God with the Infant brought…

Mar 25, 2013basilica.ro

23 years of the Patriarch of Romania as hierarch

The Sunday of the victory of Orthodoxy over all heresies was celebrated with much devotion by many faithful who came to the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest to attend the Divine Liturgy. On the first Sunday of the Lent when the victory of Orthodoxy over all heresies is celebrated, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian…

Mar 25, 2013basilica.ro

Orthodoxy Sunday at the Patriarchal Cathedral

On the 1st Sunday of the Lent, also named the Orthodoxy Sunday, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the Divine Liturgy in the Patriarchal Cathedral of Bucharest, assisted by a group of priests and deacons. Today the Divine Liturgy of Saint Basil the Great was celebrated in all the Orthodox churches.…

Mar 24, 2013basilica.ro

Message adressed to Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine

His Beatitude THEOPHILOS III, Patriarch of Jerusalem and All Palestine Your Beatitude, Beloved brother in Christ and concelebrant, On the occasion of Your Beatitude’s name day, we convey you our best wishes of good health and help from God in the work you unfold for the welfare of the Christian Orthodox faithful entrusted to Your…

Mar 22, 2013basilica.ro

Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete at the Patriarchal Cathedral

According to the religious order of our Church, during the four days of the first week of the Lent the Canon of Saint Andrew of Crete was celebrated within the Great Compline service. During the first day of the Lent, the Great Canon service was celebrated by the Patriarch of Romania, His Beatitude Daniel, then…

Mar 22, 2013basilica.ro

22 March 1921 – Art historian and scientific researcher CORNELIA PILLAT was born in Bucharest

22 March 1921 – Art historian and scientific researcher CORNELIA PILLAT was born in Bucharest. After the secondary school studies at “Queen Maria” Secondary School, she attended the courses of the Faculty of Art History and of the Faculty of Philology of Bucharest. She studied documents at the Institute of Art History (1955 – 1958),…

Mar 22, 2013basilica.ro

20 March 1874 – ATANASIE LEPOVAN, professor, conductor, composer, religious singer, was born in Sânnicolaul Mare, county of Timiș

20 March 1874 – ATANASIE LEPOVAN, professor, conductor, composer, religious singer, was born in Sânnicolaul Mare, county of Timiș. Gymnasium studies at Sântana and high studies at “Preparanderia” (pedagogical school) of Arad (1888 – 1892). Teacher in the communes of Toracul Mic (1892 – 1894), Comloșul Bănățean (1894 – 1896) and Sânnicolaul Mare (1910 –…

Mar 20, 2013basilica.ro

19 March 1827 – The religious painter and pedagogue MIȘU POPP was born in Brașov

19 March 1827 – The religious painter and pedagogue MIȘU POPP was born in Brașov. Studies at Brașov and Târgu Secuiesc, then at the Academy of Arts in Vienna. In 1849, he settled in Bucharest, where he painted several churches together with Constantin Lecca and Barbu Stănescu (“Old Court”, “Saint George the New”, “Răzvan Vodă”,…

Mar 19, 2013basilica.ro

19 March 1992 – Priest Jechiu Igor passed away in Galați city

19 March 1992 – Priest JECHIU IGOR passed away in Galați city (born on 19 October 1918, in Mârzești, county of Orhei). He studied at the Theological Seminary of Chișinău (1931 – 1939) and at the Faculty of Theology of Cernăuți (1939 – 1943); courses for a doctor’s degree at the same Faculty (1947 –…

Mar 19, 2013basilica.ro

The Great Canon at the Patriarchal Cathedral

Today, 18 March 2013, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church celebrated the service of the canon of Saint Andrew of Crete in the Patriarchal Cathedral. The canon service began at 16.00 hours, in the Cathedral, with hundreds of faithful attending. Because we are during the Lent period, the Primate of our Church…

Mar 18, 2013basilica.ro

17 March 2008 – Bishop Mihălțan Ioan passed away

17 March 2008 – Bishop MIHĂLȚAN IOAN passed away. Secondary studies at the Secondary School of “Saint Basil the Great” in Blaj (1939 – 1947); higher studies at the University Theological Institute of Sibiu (1947 – 1951): courses for a doctor’s degree – with special stress on Dogmatic Theology, Symbolics and Missionary Guidance – at…

Mar 17, 2013basilica.ro