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Photo Gallery – The National Cathedral, four months before consecration

Four months before its consecration, the works at the National Cathedral are being carried out at a fast pace. The consecration of the cathedral is part of a national project dedicated to the Centennial of the 1918 Great Union and it will be officiated by His Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, on Sunday, November 25, 2018.…

Jul 25, 2018Mircea Florescu

Photo Gallery: Patriarch Daniel’s 67th birthday celebrated at Techirghiol

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel celebrated Sunday, July 22, his 67th birthday by presiding over the Divine Liturgy at the Stavropegic Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos in Techirghiol, Constanța County. Foto credit: Mircea Florescu / Basilica.ro

Jul 24, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

The week in pictures: July 16-22, 2018

A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.

Jul 23, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

National Aviation Day marked in Bucharest on the feast of St Elijah, the patron saint of pilots

Religious and military ceremonies were held Friday, July 20, 2018, at the Monument of the Heroes of the Air, marking the National Aviation Day and the feast of St Elijah, the patron saint of aviation. Foto Credit: Raluca Ene / Basilica.ro

Jul 20, 2018Raluca-Emanuela Ene

The week in pictures: July 9-15, 2018

A selection of the best pictures from last week’s events in the Orthodox world.

Jul 16, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

Procession of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God

At the National Cathedral’s Chapel in Bucharest took palce on Wednesday the procession of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God. This year’s celebrations were opened Wednesday, July 11, by a Byzantine music concert held by the Tronos choir of the Romanian Patriarchate. Photography courtesy of Raluca Ene / Basilica.ro

Jul 16, 2018Florin Nicolaie

Feast of the Prodromitissa Icon of the Mother of God 2018 – Patronal feast of the National Cathedral’s Chapel

Photo Credit: Raluca Ene / Basilica.ro

Jul 13, 2018Iulian Dumitraşcu

In pictures: Patriarch Daniel visits National Cathedral construction site

His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel of Romania visited Friday, May 4, 2018, the construction site of the Romanian Peoples’ Salvation Cathedral aka Romania’s National Cathedral. Patriarch Daniel was presented the progress made at the National Cathedral nearly half a year before the consecration ceremony that will take place this November in the presence of His Holiness…

May 8, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: 2018 Paschal Midnight Office at the Romanian Patriarchate

Thousands attended the Paschal midnight service officiated April 8, 2018, by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel in Bucharest. Photography courtesy of Robert Nicolae / Basilica.ro

Apr 10, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: Great and Holy Thursday celebrated at Bucharest’s Patriarchal Cathedral

On the Great and Holy Thursday, April 5, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church, celebrated the Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest. Concelebrants for the liturgy included his auxiliary bishops Varlaam of Ploiesti and Ieronim of Sinaia. Photography courtesy of Robert Nicolae/Basilica.ro

Apr 6, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu

In pictures: 2018 Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest

Thousands of believers, hundreds of priests, deacons, and monastics attended March 31 the traditional Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel gave a speech about the significance of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem and stressed that we are all on a pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Heaven. Photography courtesy of Robert…

Apr 2, 2018Aurelian Iftimiu