Ștefana Totorcea

Christian social service providers need support in joining the EU green transition

Christian Churches and NGOs from EU met last week in Berlin for the 3rd Strategy Conference on Sustainability. The participants called for the support of the German and European authorities for an administrative and legislative framework to prevent the price of social services from rising after the entry into force of the new EU environmental…

May 18, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Fragment of St Jacob of Putna’s relics to be gifted to Romanian monastery in US: Abbot of Putna blessed the reliquary

Archimandrite Melchisedec Velnic, the abbot of Putna Monastery in Romania, blessed on Tuesday a reliquary with a fragment from the relics of Holy Hierarch Jacob of Putna (+1778) who was canonized in 2017. A delegation made of the abbot and other four members of the monastic community then departed for America, where the relics will be…

May 17, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Warsaw saw the consecration of “Hagia Sophia”, its first Orthodox church built in the last hundred years

The first Orthodox place of worship built in Warsaw in the last hundred years was consecrated on Sunday. The “Hagia Sophia” Church is a replica of the basilica of the same name built by Byzantine Emperor Justinian in Constantinople and has been dedicated to the victims of the Communist regime: those deported, imprisoned and killed…

May 16, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

HE Saba, new Antiochian Metropolitan of North America: Ortodox Christians called to give witness to the beauty of Christ

His Eminence Saba Isper was enthroned on Saturday as the Antiochian Metropolitan of North America. In his enthronement speech, he spoke of the mission of Orthodox Christians in today’s society: to give witness to the beauty of Christ in a world which is thirsty for the Word of Life. The ceremony was held at “St…

May 15, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: May 8 – 14, 2023

Please find below images rendering the joy of the pilgrims and the beauty of Orthodox religious services: it is our weekly photo feature for May 8-14, 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 our weekly selection…

May 15, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

70th anniversary of restored Bulgarian Patriarchate: Gratitude towards ancestors who kept the true faith

His Beatitude Patriarch Neophitos of Bulgaria and the Holy Synod of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church sent a message for on May 10, 2023, which marks the 70th anniversary of the restoration of the Bulgarian Patriarchate (1953). The message expresses gratitude to the forefathers for “remaining firm in the Orthodox faith”. The Holy Synod states that…

May 11, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: May 1 – 7, 2023

Orthodox life in the first week of May seen through the lens of the camera: please see below our weekly photo feature for May 1 – 7, 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 our weekly…

May 9, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Patriarch Daniel’s message for the Coronation of King Charles III: “A true friend of the Romanian people”

His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, sent a message on Saturday for the Coronation of King Charles III, whom His Beatitude calls “a true friend of the Romanian people”. Full text: Bucharest, 6 May 2023 His Majesty King CHARLES III Your Majesty, On the occasion of the solemn moment of Your Majesty’s…

May 8, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

From 2027, Bucharest residents will be able to take the metro to the airport

The M6 metro line, from Bucharest’s Northern Railway Station to “Henri Coandă” Airport in Otopeni, Ilfov county, will be inaugurated in 2027, Metrorex director general Mariana Miclăuș announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made after Metrorex signed the contract with a Turkish-Romanian consortium for the design and construction of Section II of the Magistral, the…

May 3, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: April 24 – 30, 2023

Please find below the faces of faithful of all ages, places of pilgrimage and moments of Orthodox life: it is our Week-in-Pictures photo feature for April 24 – 30, 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…

May 3, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Proposed for canonization: Romanian elder Petroniu Tănase’s remains exhumed on Mt Athos

The remains of Romanian Athonite elder Petroniu Tănase were ceremoniously exhumed on Thursday, April 27, 12 years after the elder’s passing away into the Lord. Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploieşti presided over the service held at Holy Mount Athos’s Romanian Prodromu Skete. The Romanian Metropolis of Muntenia and Dobrogea proposes the Athonite elder for…

Apr 30, 2023Ștefana Totorcea