Romanian Patriarchate

The Week in Pictures: April 1 – 7, 2019

Please find a selection of the best photos from last week in the Orthodox world.

Apr 8, 2019Raluca-Emanuela Ene

Thousands expected to take part in Palm Sunday Procession in Bucharest

Thousands of believers are expected to take part in the traditional Palm Sunday Procession across the streets of Bucharest that will take place on the eve of the Feast of the Entry of the Lord into Jerusalem, April 20, 2019. It has become an annual tradition for Romanian hierarchs, clergy, monastics and believers to carry…

Apr 6, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

The Week in Pictures: March 18 – 24, 2019

Please find a selection of the best photos from last week in the Orthodox world.

Mar 27, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

‘The Good to Know’ online magazine: March 2019

The March 2019 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 second…

Mar 19, 2019Sorin Ioniţe

‘I post as many pictures as possible, therefore I am’: Holy Synod warns against idolatry on social media

The Holy Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church cautioned that in the ‘era of videocracy’ social networks give birth to idolatrous, narcissistic tendencies, they weaken human communion, and the human person is not valued at true value as icon or image of God. In their pastoral letter for the Sunday of Orthodoxy, the Romanian hierarchs…

Mar 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

MEP Traian Ungureanu meets with religion journalists from Romania

Traian Ungureanu, MEP for Romania, met with a group of twenty religion journalists from Romania at the European Parliament in Brussels on Friday, March 8, 2019. Mr. Ungureanu spoke about the efforts made by Romania’s representatives to defend the country’s interests in the European institutions. Traian Ungureanu pointed to the importance of understanding the benefits…

Mar 14, 2019Aurelian Iftimiu

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