Romanian Patriarchate

European Day of Languages: Romanian Saints who were polyglots

In the context of the European Day of Languages, we tried to find the polyglots among the list of Romanian Saints. Here’s what we have found: Ruler Prince Saint Neagoe Basarab (September 26) spoke Romanian (mother tongue), Slavonic, Greek, Latin, Turkish, German, and Hungarian. Before becoming the ruler prince of Wallachia, he worked as postelnic,…

Sep 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: September 16 – 22, 2019

Our collection of photos from the Orthodox world covering a variety of topics from church feasts, youth ministry programs, official meetings and many more. Read more: Basilica.ro marks 1st anniversary of weekly news in pictures project Follow us on Twitter: @BasilicaNews

Sep 26, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: September 9-15, 2019

A collection of pictures in news, culture and spirituality taken around the Orthodox world.

Sep 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica.ro Exhibition on Romanian Village to be launched in Sweden this October

The Basilica.ro photo exhibition titled ‘The Portrait of the Romanian Village’ will be opened at the Romanian Cultural Institute in Stockholm this October. The event is organised by the Basilica News Agency, in cooperation with the Romanian Orthodox Diocese of Northern Europe and the Romanian Cultural Institute in Stockholm. The exhibition will be inaugurated by…

Sep 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian Patriarchate sets date for sainthood ceremony for Bishop Dionysius Erhan

Bishop Dionysius Erhan, one of the most outstanding church personalities from Bessarabia in the first half of the 20th century, will be proclaimed a Saint by Patriarch Daniel and other Romanian hierarchs in a canonization ceremony in Bucharest in October on the feast of St Demetrius the New. The canonization ceremony was set for October…

Sep 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Basilica.ro marks 1st anniversary of weekly news in pictures project

For more than a year, the Basilica.ro photographers have been refreshing your newsfeed at the beginning of each week with a selection of pictures from all over the Orthodox world. The project began in July 2018 and aimed to present the most interesting photographs in the Orthodox world covering a variety of topics, from church…

Sep 16, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Archangel Gabriel mosaic icon installed on walls of Bucharest National Cathedral (PHOTOS)

One of the two Archangels flanking Romania’s largest mosaic depiction of the More Spacious than the Heavens Icon of the Mother of God was successfully installed on the half-dome that stands above the altar of the National Cathedral in Bucharest. The members of the Church Painting Committee of the Romanian Patriarchate spent their Friday analysing…

Sep 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: September 2-8, 2019

Church celebrations, cultural events, spiritual life and many more in a weekly selection of photos.

Sep 13, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: August 26 – September 1, 2019

The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to folk events and spiritual life.

Sep 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

Prayers offered at Bucharest Patriarchal Cathedral for beginning of Ecclesiastical New Year

Marking the beginning of the Ecclesiastical New Year on Sunday, the patriarchal auxiliary bishop Ieronim of Sinaia officiated a Doxology at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest invoking God’s help and blessings upon the entire Church. The Te Deum service was attended by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, who wished everyone ‘many years with good health, salvation,…

Sep 2, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: August 19-25, 2019

The news in pictures. A selection of photographs from around the Orthodox world, covering a variety of topics from church celebrations to folk events and spiritual life.  

Aug 30, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu