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Bishop Ieronymos enthroned as metropolitan of Larissa

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 greeted by the bishops who had travelled to the Thessalian city for his enthronement, as well as by the civil…

Nov 14, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

October 2018 Basilica.ro Review available for download

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 News Agency website during the previous month. Feel free to download, read and distribute the Good to Know! Foto credit: Basilica.ro

Nov 9, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Annual Plenary of the International Commission for Anglican–Orthodox Theological Dialogue: Communiqué

International Commission for Anglican–Orthodox Theological Dialogue Communiqué’s, Cyprus, 13–20 October 2018: In the name of the Triune God, and with the blessing and guidance of our Churches, the International Commission for Anglican–Orthodox Theological Dialogue met in Larnaca, Cyprus from 13 to 20 October 2018 to continue consideration of ecology and end of life issues. The meeting was…

Oct 25, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Assistant bishop Teofil of Iberia officiates Te Deum before the working session of the Holy Synod

Thursday, October 25, 2018, the working session of the Holy Synod of the Romaian Orthodox Church was opened with a a Te Deum service officiated by His Grace Teofil of Iberia, Assistant bishop to the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Spain and Portugal. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel and ierarchs of the Holy Sinod took part at the religious service. The…

Oct 25, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Abbot Gregory of Athonite Dochariou Monastery reposes in the Lord

The abbot of Dochariou Monastery, one of the 20 ruling monasteries on holy Mt. Athos, Archimandrite Gregory (Zumis), reposed in the Lord late last night, October 22, 2018, at the age of 76. The elder humbly endured the torments of a serious, incurable disease in the last years of his life. The burial will take…

Oct 23, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Romanian Orthodox Parish in Tokyo organizes drawing competition for children

Saint George Romanian Orthodox Parish in Tokyo has announced a drawing competition for children entitled ‘100 years in colours and in the soul’ to mark the 1918 Great Union Centennial. Children are invited to showcase their talent and creativity through drawing and painting. Their works have to be related to the Great Union of Romania…

Oct 10, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

September 2018 Basilica.ro Review available for download

We released this year’s ninth issue of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The September 2018 edition is now available in colour pdf format for downloading and local distribution. Basilica.ro Review available for download Each monthly edition will feature select articles that had been published on the Basilica News Agency website during the previous month. Feel free to download, read and distribute…

Oct 9, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

His Beatitude Daniel celebrates 11th anniversary of the enthronement as Romanian Patriarch

His Beatitude Daniel celebrates on Sunday, 30 September 2018, the 11th anniversary of the enthronement as Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church (30 September 2007). His Beatitude firmly and bravely assumed his mission as spiritual guide of all the believers of the Romanian Orthodox Church on the path that leads to the Kingdom of Heaven. From…

Sep 30, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Tourism Day is celebrated on September 27th across the world

World Tourism Day, celebrated on September 27th, is a opportunity to raise awareness on tourism’s actual and potential contribution to sustainable development. The importance of digital technologies in tourism, providing opportunities for innovation and preparing the sector for the future of work, is at the centre of World Tourism Day 2018, to be celebrated in Budapest,…

Sep 27, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

Poland’s sole Orthodox hermitage celebrates 500 years of its holy site

The Skete of Sts. Anthony and Theodosius of the Kiev Caves in Ordynki, near the town of Narev, the only Orthodox hermitage in Poland, celebrated 500 years of the holy site on which it is built. On Saturday, the feast of Sts. Anthony and Theodosius, the Divine Liturgy was celebrated at the skete with pilgrims…

Sep 21, 2018Sorin Ioniţe

August 2018 Basilica.ro Review available for download

We released this year’s eighth issue of the Basilica.ro monthly review. The August 2018 edition is now available in colour pdf format for downloading and local distribution. Basilica.ro Review available for download Each monthly edition will feature select articles that had been published on the Basilica News Agency website during the previous month. Feel free to download, read and distribute…

Sep 12, 2018Sorin Ioniţe