While Romania instated state of emergency on Monday to contain the coronavirus epidemic, Metropolitan Teofan of Moldavia and Bukovina sent a video encouraging message urging for prayer and calm which gathered more than 600,000 views…
Snapshots of Orthodox spiritual life seen through the lens of amateur and professional photographers on March 9-15, 2020. Commemorative events, anniversaries and ordinations were among last week’s events. Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews Follow us…
Father Bogdan Bucur, from St. Anthony Orthodox parish in Butler, Pennsylvania (the Antiochian Archdiocese), was appointed professor of Patristics at St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Theological Seminary (SVOTS) in New York. He graduated the Faculty of Orthodox…
The Sunday of Orthodoxy is a feast celebrating the holy icons. On this Sunday, throughout the Orthodox world, these representations of saintly persons are at the centre of religious services and processions. In Constantinople, on…
The Orthodox World seen through the lens of photographers on March 2-8, 2020. Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews We would gladly include one of your photos depicting Orthodox life in our weekly selection. All you…
While at the “Henri Coandă” International Airport in Otopeni, Eduard von Habsburg, Archduke of Austria and Hungarian Ambassador to the Holy See, retreated to the airport chapel and posted a short message about it on…
Fr Prof. Ioan Sauca has been appointed acting World Council of Churches (WCC) general secretary beginning 1 April. Sauca, who currently serves as deputy general secretary for the WCC programme on Ecumenical Formation and Bossey…
The Patriarchate of Antioch and All the East published Patriarch John X’s message to the faithful at the beginning of Holy and Great Lent 2020. His Beatitude highlighted fasting as a self-transformative journey which can…