Sunsets, feasts and spiritual retreats are just a few topics illustrated in photos taken from 13 to 19 May 2024 and included in our Week-in-Pictures photo feature. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this…
Basilica.ro invited Jean-Claude Larchet to a dialogue on diseases of the body, mind and spirit. The theologian also spoke about the ideologies that undermine today’s society, explaining how Christianity teaches us to assume the limitations…
Please see below our Bright Week 2024 photo feature presenting last week’s snapshots of Orthodox life. Last week’s most-liked Instagram post: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Basilica.ro (@basilica.ro) Do…
The Synod of the Metropolis of Oltenia held a session on Bright Tuesday, May 7, during which it proposed a new monastic saint for canonization. Meeting at Lainici Monastery in Gorj County, the hierarchs discussed…
Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem sent an Easter message on Wednesday proclaiming the Resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and calling for an end to all hostilities in the region – “primarily to Gaza, the…
Friday is World Press Freedom Day, marked annually on 3 May. It was established by the UN in 1993. The day’s purpose is to remind governments to live up to their promise to provide freedom…
On Thursday, Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church sent an irenic Easter letter to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and the Primates of the Autocephalous Orthodox Churches. Full text: Bucharest, Holy Easter 2024 Your Holiness/Your…
International Labour Day, marked annually on May 1, was established by dozens of nations in memory of the struggle of America’s industrial workers for the eight-hour workday. In the 19th century in the US, it…
Romanian Orthodox Metropolitan Nicolae and Father Mihail Balan, parish priest of the Romanian community in Las Vegas, have recently been awarded formal recognition by the Nevada state and the officials of Las Vegas city. One…
Romanian Orthodox Bishop Ioan Casian of Canada participated in the annual dialogue of the Orthodox and Catholic bishops from Canada. The Canadian Conference of Orthodox Bishops was represented by the Greek Archbishop Sotirios of Canada,…