The National Cathedral in Bucharest will be consecrated on Sunday, October 26, 2025, by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople and His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of the Romanian Orthodox Church. Marking the Romanian…
The iconographic ensemble of the Great Dome in Romania’s National Cathedral now features a mosaic representation of Psalm 18 of King David at its base: “The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament…
The National Cathedral in Romania has been gifted a significant relic: a fragment of the right leg fibula of Saint Andrew the Apostle. The donation was made by His Grace Siluan, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of…
In the context of the sixth anniversary of the consecration of the National Cathedral altar, Father Nicolae Crîngașu, a patriarchal adviser and coordinator of the construction project, provided an update on construction progress during an…
Florin Andreescu, one of Romania’s top photographers and a documentary filmmaker, captured rare images of the “Blue Supermoon” rising above the National Cathedral on Monday evening. “Every month, the appearance of a full moon attracts…
On Monday, artists began the installation of the Christ Pantocrator icon on the walls of the central tower of the National Cathedral in Bucharest. The image was assembled using 2,400 kilogrammes of mosaic fragments over…
A few days after taking his monastic vows, Monk Nicolae Iftimiu, Director of the Basilica News Agency, was ordained a hierodeacon. Auxiliary Patriarchal Bishop Paisie of Sinaia officiated the ordination on Saturday, Dec. 16, at…
Filling the ocean one drop at a time: Children from an after-school painting group in Hârtop, Suceava county, took an important decision on International Children’s Day. They decided to sell their paintings to the highest…
The painting team of Romania’s National Cathedral has completed 6,300 square meters of mosaic interior painting and is currently working on the South Apse interior wall. Applying the icon fragments on the walls and the…
Patriarch Daniel expressed his hope to consecrate the mosaic iconography of the National Cathedral will be consecrated. “We hope that in 2025 the Good Lord and His saints will help us to consecrate the new…