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The Week in Pictures: January 17 – 23, 2022

On any given day, Orthodox feasts bring joy and spiritual fulfilment to the faithful. Please discover the joy of Orthodox life in the photos captured between January 17 and 23, when the Lord’s Epiphany was celebrated according to the unrevised calendar. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo:   View this post on Instagram   A post…

Jan 25, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: January 3 – 9, 2022

Theophany according to the revised calendar and the Lord’s Nativity according to the unrevised calendar have brought joy to Orthodox Christians these days. Please find below our Week in Pictures selection for January 3 – 9. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency…

Jan 11, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

PHOTOS: The Theophany of the Lord at the Patriarchal Cathedral 2022

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel officiated the great blessing of the waters on the porch of the patriarchal residence in Bucharest on the feast of the Theophany of the Lord, January 6, 2022. Before the blessing service, the festal Divine Liturgy was celebrated by the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Varlaam of Ploiești at the Patriarchal Cathedral. Photography…

Jan 7, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: December 27, 2021 – January 2, 2022

Please find below our photo selection for the first week of the New Year. Part of the Orthodox world is preparing for Christmas according to the unrevised calendar. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in…

Jan 3, 2022Ștefana Totorcea

Photo gallery: Feast of Saint Seraphim of Sarov celebrated in Bucharest

Saint Seraphim of Sarov, one of the most beloved saints of Orthodoxy, was honoured on Sunday, January 2, 2022, at St. Nicholas – Tabacu Church in Bucharest with a Divine Liturgy celebrated by the parish priest Eugeniu Rogoti. In 2017, the place of worship received the reliquary with a fragment of Saint Seraphim’s relics, brought…

Jan 3, 2022Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica Photos: Year 2021 in 100 photos

Please find below our selection of the best 100 photos made by the Basilica News Agency photographers in the year 2021. See more below: Photo credit: Basilica.ro

Dec 30, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: December 20 – 26, 2021

This week saw the commemoration of the heroes of the anti-Communist Revolution of December 1989, Christmas carolers and the great feast of the Lord’s Nativity. Please see below the last weekly selection of photos for the year 2021. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo: View this post on Instagram A post shared by Basilica News Agency…

Dec 28, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

The Week in Pictures: December 13 – 19, 2021

Christmas carolers, faithful at worship and other glimpses of religious life seen through the photo lens between December 13 and 19, 2021. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in our weekly selection of photos? We…

Dec 20, 2021Ștefana Totorcea

In pictures: Romanian artists prayerfully remembered at Radu Vodă Monastery

His Grace Assistant Bishop Timotei of Prahova officiated the memorial service for the Romanian actors who reposed in the Lord, at Radu Vodă Monastery in Bucharest, on the feast day of Saint Philemon, Patron Saint of actors, December 14, 2021. Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro / Raluca Ene Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaPhotos

Dec 15, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

A virtual iconostasis: 12 iconographic representations related to the Lord’s Nativity

As the feast of the Nativity of the Lord draws near, we publish a selection of twelve icons depicting the moments that precede and follow this important event in the history of the salvation of the human race. “The Orthodox icon is also a call to prayer. The icon is not placed in the church…

Dec 14, 2021Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: December 6 – 12, 2021

The week between December 6 and 12 was blessed by three saints: Holy Hierarchs Nicholas and Spyridon and Holy Martyr Philothea. Please see below how they were celebrated. Last week’s most-liked Instagram photo:   View this post on Instagram   A post shared by Basilica News Agency (@basilica.ro) Do you want to be featured in…

Dec 14, 2021Ștefana Totorcea