Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: September 2–8, 2024

Please find below a new selection of photos taken in the Orthodox world between September 2 and 8, 2024, a period culminating with the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to…

Sep 9, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Nicolae sends condolences to local Romanian community after the mass shooting in Georgia, US

Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicolae of the Americas sent a message of condolences on Thursday after Wednesday’s shooting attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. One of the victims is a Romanian-born math teacher and member of the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Dacula, Georgia. “It was with great sadness that we learned about the attack…

Sep 9, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Romanian Patriarchate supports the plea of Romanians in Chernivtsi to reopen the Bukovina Metropolitans’ Chapel

The Romanian Patriarchate, noting with regret and sadness that services in the Romanian language can no longer be held in Chernivtsi’s Chapel of the Bukovina Metropolitans, who spoke and officiated religious services in Romanian, stands in solidarity with the Orthodox Romanians of Chernivtsi, who call for the reopening of the historic chapel for religious services…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Bp Timotei of Prahova spoke in Cyprus of the history and importance of Romanian monasticism

His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova spoke on Tuesday evening to the faithful at the “Holy Archangel Michael” Church in Limassol, Cyprus. The Romanian hierarch presented the history of monasticism and its importance for the life of the Church and society, with a special emphasis on Romanian monasticism. “The life of monastics helps the…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova visits Romanian Embassy in Nicosia

His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova met on Tuesday with His Excellency Dan Mihalache, Ambassador of Romania to Cyprus. The Assistant Bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest was accompanied by the members of the Romanian delegation that brought Hieromartyr Cyprian’s relics to Cyprus. The President of the Alliance of Romanians in the Republic of…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Bp Timotei of Prahova met with Archbishop George of Cyprus

The Romanian delegation accompanying St Cyprian’s relics to Cyprus, led by Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, was received by His Beatitude Archbishop George of Cyprus, on Tuesday. His Grace Bishop Timotei of Prahova conveyed Patriarch Daniel’s blessing and spoke about the importance of the Church of Cyprus and its role…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Delegation of Romanian Patriarchate visits Jerusalem Patriarchate Exarchate in Nicosia

A delegation of the Romanian Patriarchate accompanying the Hieromartyr Cyprian’s relics on a pilgrimage to Cyprus visited the official Representation of the Jerusalem Patriarchate in Nicosia on Monday. The Romania delegation, led by His Grace Timotei of Prahova, Assistant Bishop of the Archdiocese of Bucharest, was received by Metropolitan Timothy of Vostra, Exarch of the…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Bp Timotei of Prahova proposes a question for the New Church Year: Do we really welcome God’s word?

“The question of this day of the beginning of the Church Year is: Do we welcome God’s word or do we behave like those in Nazareth, who did not rejoice when they heard it?” said His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova on Sunday. The assistant bishop to the Archdiocese of Bucharest began the Church…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol welcomes St Cyprian’s relics brought on a pilgrimage from Romania to Cyprus

His Eminence Metropolitan Athanasios of Limassol welcomed on Saturday, August 31, 2024, the Romanian delegation accompanying a fragment of the Hieromartyr Cyprian’s holy relics, brought to Limassol, Cyprus, from Bucharest’s Zlătari Church. The official reception took place at the “Holy Archangel Michael” Church. It included a Doxology officiated in the presence of His Excellency Dan…

Sep 4, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: August 26 – September 1, 2024

Please find below our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for the week of August 26 – September 1, 2024, the last week of summer. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos? We would gladly…

Sep 2, 2024Ștefana Totorcea

The 35th Day of Prayer for the Protection of the Environment

Sunday marks the 35th anniversary of establishing the Day of Prayer for the Environment in the Orthodox Church. It was set at the beginning of the Church Year at the initiative of Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I of Constantinople. Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitrios I invited the whole Christian world to give thanks for the creation and ask…

Sep 1, 2024Ștefana Totorcea