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Pilgrims flock to Bucharest streets for annual procession with relics of Romanian Saints

Three Romanian Saints are waiting for pilgrims on the Patriarchate’s Hill in Bucharest. The holy relics of St Demetrios the New, St Dionysius Erhan and St Philothea were placed in the baldachin next to the Patriarchal Cathedral following the annual procession ‘The Way of the Saints’ that drew pilgrims on the streets of Bucharest on…

Oct 25, 2019basilica.ro

How many Orthodox bishops are in the world?

There are 941 canonical Orthodox bishops in the world, The Society for Orthodox Christian History in the Americas reports. The figures were published by Matthew Namee who wrote that compared to the time of the First Ecumenical Council, there were a reported 1,800 bishops in the world — about 1,000 in the East and 800…

Aug 26, 2019basilica.ro

Great and Holy Tuesday (Matins). Martyr Valerius

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday – these three days, which the Church calls Great and Holy have within the liturgical development of the Holy Week a very definite purpose.   They place all its celebrations in the perspective of End ; they remind us of the eschatological meaning of Pascha. So often Holy Week is considered one…

Apr 23, 2019basilica.ro

SAINT HIERARCH ANDREI ŞAGUNA, METROPOLITAN OF TRANSYLVANIA

Saint Hierarch Andrei was born to parents obedient to God, whose ancestors were “Wallachians” or “Aromanians”, living in the Balkans, who took refuge, in the 18th century, to a few Christian countries of the Austrian Empire, because of the Turkish occupation. When Anastasios, the future hierarch of Transylvania, was born, Şaguna family was in the…

Nov 30, 2016basilica.ro

HB Patriarch Daniel of Romania received the Doctor Honoris Causa degree of the Dimitrie Cantemir University

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, received last Tuesday, 22 March 2016, the Doctor Honoris Causa degree of the Dimitrie Cantemir University in Bucharest. The event took place in the Ceremony Hall of the University, in the presence of University Senate members, the departments’ coordinators, as well as of numerous guests. Patriarchal visit to the Chapel…

Mar 29, 2016basilica.ro

Patriarchal and Synodal Encyclical on the convocation of the Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox Church

Your Beatitude and Most Holy Daniel, Archbishop of Bucharest, Metropolitan of Wallachia and Patriarch of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Romania, dearly beloved and cherished brother and concelebrant in Christ God, we embrace Your venerable Beatitude fraternally in the Lord and greet you most joyfully. It is with profound fraternal love as well as sentiments…

Mar 24, 2016basilica.ro

Romanian Patriarch Daniel prays for the victims of the Brussel terrorist attacks

The Patriarch of Romania prayed on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, in the chapel of the Christian University Dimitrie Cantemir in Bucharest, for the victims of the terrorist attacks in the capital of Belgium. Before the granting of the title of Doctor Honoris Causa on behalf of the Christian University Dimitrie Cantemir in Bucharest, His Beatitude…

Mar 22, 2016basilica.ro

A Message of Compassion and Solidarity with the Belgian People

We have learned with sorrow and worry about the terrorist attack that took place in Brussels Tuesday morning, 22 March 2016, after which at least 34 persons have been killed and 136 injured. In these difficult moments for the Belgian people, we pray for the rest of the souls of the deceased, for the consolation…

Mar 22, 2016basilica.ro

Sunday of Orthodoxy celebrated at the Phanar

His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew presided at the Divine Liturgy officiated at the Cathedral of St George in Phanar, on the Sunday of Orthodoxy, 20 March 2016. Together with His Holiness also concelebrated the following Metropolitans: John of Pergamon, Isaiah of Denver, Alexios of Atlanta, Iakovos of Princes Islands, Joseph of Proikonissos, Meliton of Philadelphia,…

Mar 21, 2016basilica.ro

The Patriarch of Romania: “The icon shows the truth and the beauty of Orthodoxy”

“Orthodoxy means witnessing God’s love, who became Human so that He could deify us, humans”, are the words of His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, adressed to the faithful on the Sunday of Orthodoxy. Patriarch Daniel officiated the Divine Liturgy, on the first Sunday of Lent, also called the Sunday of Orthodoxy,…

Mar 20, 2016basilica.ro

Basilica Travel Agency at the International tourism fair Intourmarket 2016, Moscow

The Basilica Travel Agency of the Romanian Patriarchate participated during 18 – 22 March 2016 at the 11th edition of the International tourism fair Intourmarket 2016 in Moscow, Russia, the St. Apostle Paul Pilgrimage Center of the Romanian Patriarchate informs. Promoting the specificity of our country in Russia and Europe represents the goal of the…

Mar 18, 2016basilica.ro