Romanian Patriarchate

The week in pictures: March 3 – 10, 2019

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

Mar 11, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

The week in pictures: February 25 – March 3, 2019

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

Mar 4, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Patriarch Daniel opens ‘The Portrait of the Romanian Village’ Photo Exhibition in Bucharest

The opening ceremony of the first photography exhibition organized by the Basilica News Agency took place on Wednesday at the Patriarchate’s Palace in Bucharest as part of the Agency’s initiative to promote the beauty of villages in Romania. The 50-photo exhibition, titled ‘The Portrait of the Romanian Village’, is a project carried out by the…

Feb 28, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

First 2019 Holy Synod working session kicks off with Ukraine situation on the agenda

The hierarchs of the Romanian Orthodox Church came together for the first working session of the Holy Synod on Thursday, after asking for God’s help and inspiration during a Te Deum service officiated at St George chapel of the Patriarchal Residence by Bishop Andrei of Covasna and Harghita. Gathered under the chairmanship of His Beatitude…

Feb 21, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

National Church Council evaluates 2018 activity of the Romanian Orthodox Church

The members of the National Church Council met Tuesday, February 19, 2019, for the annual working session at the Patriarchal Residence in Bucharest. The meeting was chaired by His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel. The NCC members reviewed the most important activities carried out last year by the Romanian Orthodox Church and set project proposals for 2019.…

Feb 19, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

‘The Portrait of the Romanian Village’ photo exhibition to open at Palace of Patriarchate, Bucharest

Photographs of inhabitants of rural Romania are set to go on display in Bucharest as a new exhibition, titled The Portrait of the Romanian Village to highlight this year’s specific theme given by the Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, opens this month. The pictures, some of which haven’t been printed or exhibited before,…

Feb 18, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

‘The Good to Know’ online magazine is now available for download

The first issue of ‘The Good to Know’ online magazine of the Basilica News Agency is now available for download. This project initially started in 2017 was named ‘The Basilica monthly review,’ and was published at the beginning of every month until its rebranding this year. What you are about to look through is the…

Feb 14, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

It’s not too early to start thinking about Great Lent!

This year, Great Lent begins on March 11. Because we are caught up in the agitation of everyday life, we often do not reflect on this Lenten season. Only a few days before Lent we realize that we have not the slightest plan to improve our spiritual life for Easter. In a society defined by…

Feb 12, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The week in pictures: February, 4-10, 2019

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

Feb 11, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Bishop Varlaam urges Theology Students to use study time for ennobling mind and soul

The Patriarchal Auxiliary Bishop Varlaam of Ploiești on Wednesday urged theology students to use their study time in order to ‘ennoble their mind and soul.’ His Grace Bishop Varlaam presided over the Divine Liturgy at St Catherine University Chapel in Bucharest on the feast day of the Three Holy Hierarchs, who are considered spiritual patrons…

Jan 31, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The week in pictures: January 21 – 27, 2019

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

Jan 29, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene