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The Week in Pictures: September 11 – 17, 2023

From Syria to Estonia, see below the Orthodox world captured in captivating images by professional and amateur photographers. It’s our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for the week of September 11-17, 2023. 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…

Sep 18, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

St. Paraskeva’s garments donated to Bulgarian city which kept her relics for 150+ years: Gratitude for Romania’s gift

A set of St. Paraskeva’s garments, donated by the Metropolitan Cathedral of Iași, Romania, reached on Sunday the Cathedral of Veliko Tarnovo, the city where the saint’s relics were once kept for more than 150 years. His Eminence Metropolitan Grigorie of Veliko Tarnovo of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church welcomed the Romanian delegation with national honours.…

Sep 13, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: September 4 – 10, 2023

Please find below a summary in pictures of the beginning of autumn in the Orthodox world. This is our Week in Pictures photo feature. 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…

Sep 12, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

ITO 2023 Conferences: Dr Radu Tincu combats 5 false claims about drug use

Dr. Radu Tincu, a primary physician in Intensive Care and Toxicology, spoke at the 2023 International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) Conferences held in Timișoara, Romania, about the growing scourge of drug use among young people. On this occasion, he challenged five false claims about drug use. “I’ve wondered if drug addiction is just a…

Sep 6, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

HE Joachim of Bursa, message for the young ITO 2023 participants: „You are the torchbearers of our faith”

Metropolitan Joachim of Bursa transmitted a message for the closing of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) 2023, held in Timișoara, Romania, between August 31 and September 3. His Eminence participated in the event personally, as the representative of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and in the end left a message for the young participants, saying:…

Sep 6, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: August 28 – September 3, 2023

The week before, the most awaited event for young Orthodox people took place; the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) 2023, held in Timișoara, where more than 3,500 young people from Romania and other countries gathered. Please see below our “Week in Pictures” feature for the week of August 28 – September 3, 2023. Last…

Sep 4, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Guard the light! Torch of 2023 Int’l Meeting of Orthodox Youth handed to Bucharest Archdiocese, host of the next edition

Youth representatives from the Archdiocese of Bucharest, which will host the next edition of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) in 2025, symbolically received the 2023 edition torch on Sunday from the young people of the Archdiocese of Timișoara, this year’s host of the event. The ceremony took place after the Divine Liturgy celebrated…

Sep 4, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

“God exists!” Int’l Meeting of Orthodox Youth 2023 pays tribute to the 1989 heroes who prayed under bullets in Timișoara

Participants in the 2023 International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) held in Timișoara, Romania, walked the Friendship Procession on Saturday. The procession ended in the city’s Opera Square with a tribute to the heroes of December 1989, who drove out atheist communism by praying under bullets in the very same place. The Friendship Procession was…

Sep 4, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Metropolitan Ioan asks Orthodox youth to form a human chain around those who risk being trafficked or using drugs

“Dear young people, please form a human chain around the ones you see at risk of being trafficked or at risk of drug use. Please, surround them like birds protect their young when kidnappers come to their nest!” said Metropolitan Ioan of Banat on Saturday, at the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO) 2023 Conferences,…

Sep 4, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Metr. Joachim of Bursa: International Meeting of Orthodox Youth proves the unifying power of Orthodoxy

At the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO), “we are being given an excellent opportunity to realize the ecumenical dimension of Orthodoxy and its unifying power, but, on the other, for each of us to evaluate the richness of his/her own tradition,” said Metropolitan Joachim of Bursa on Friday in front of the 3,500 participants…

Sep 1, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel at the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth 2023: The Church is called to convey to young people Christ’s love

Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church was present on Thursday at the inaugural session of the International Meeting of Orthodox Youth (ITO), held in Timișoara, Romania, between August 31 and September 3, 2023. His Beatitude spoke of the theme of the event, which is man’s friendship with God, and of the mission of the…

Sep 1, 2023Ștefana Totorcea