Romanian Patriarchate

Three Months Memorial Service for the Victims of the Fire Occurred at the Collective Club

Saturday, 30 January 2016, a group of priests celebrated, with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, the memorial service for commemorating three months since the fire which broke out on 30 October 2015, at Collective Club of Bucharest. More than 60 persons lost their lives during the fire, most of them young.

Jan 30, 2016basilica.ro

Press Release regarding the Synaxis of the Primates of the Orthodox Churches – Chambésy, 21-28 January, 2016

COMMUNIQUÉ(below you can also find the Greek, French and Russian translation of the text) At the invitation of His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, the Synaxis of Primates of the Orthodox Autocephalous Churches took place at the Orthodox Center of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Chambésy, Geneva, from 21st to 28th January, 2016. The following Primates attended:…

Jan 26, 2016basilica.ro

A Spiritual Joy for Romanians: The Patriarchate of Jerusalem Will Officially Recognize the Sainthood of Venerable John Jacob of Neamţ

The Patriarchate of Jerusalem will formally recognize Sunday, 31 January 2016, the sainthood of the Romanian Venerable Father John Jacob of Neamţ, or the Hozevite, as the Representative of the Romanian Patriarchate to the Holy Land, V. Rev. Archimandrite Teofil Anăstăsoaie, informs. At this event, the Romanian Patriarchate will be represented by a delegation led…

Jan 26, 2016basilica.ro

Saints Salome and Perozhavra – biographers of Saint Nino of Georgia

Saints Salome of Ujarma and Perozhavra of Sivnia were the helpers and closest companions of St. Nino, Enlightener of Georgia. St. Nino herself had converted them to the Christian Faith. Salome was the wife of Revi, the son of King Mirian, and Perozhavra was married to the ruler of the Kartli region. Both women were…

Jan 15, 2016basilica.ro

National poet Mihai Eminescu commemorated at the Patriarchal Cathedral

The Romanian national poet Mihai Eminescu was commemorated on Friday, 15 January 2016, all across the country, on the 166th anniversary. In the Patriarchal Cathedral, the memorial service was officiated by His Grace Varlaam of Ploiesti, Assistant Bishop to the Patriarch, surrounded by an assembly of priests and deacons, in the presence of hundreds of…

Jan 15, 2016basilica.ro

Communiqué of the Ecumenical Patriarchate regarding the restoration of unity in the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia

The Holy and Sacred Synod further continued its deliberations today, January 14, 2016, chaired by His All-Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. During this session, it was unanimously decided that, for the sake of restoring unity, Metropolitan Rastislav of Presov be recognized as Primate of the Orthodox Autocephalous Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, on the…

Jan 15, 2016basilica.ro

Reconciliation in the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia

Discussions took place at the Phanar, on Tuesday and Wednesday, 12-13 January 2016, between the two sides of the Orthodox Church of the Czech Lands and Slovakia, which until yesterday had been in dissension following the resignation of the emeritus Metropolitan Krystof. His Eminence Metropolitan John of Pergamon (Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople) chaired the talks.…

Jan 13, 2016basilica.ro

Consultative session of the Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch regarding the future Pan-Orthodox Synod

The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Antioch, during its consultative session held on Monday, 11 January 2016, in Balamand, discussed on the works of the Pan-Orthodox Synod that is to take place later this year. His Beatitude John X, Patriarch of Antioch and all East, chaired the meeting, to which bishops of Syria, Lebanon…

Jan 13, 2016basilica.ro

Saint Pious Antipas of Calapodeşti (10 January, † 1882)

Pious Antipas was born in 1816, in Calapodeşti village, today Bacău county. His father, Gheorghe Constantin Luchian, was a deacon at the village church and his mother, Ecaterina Manase, became a nun later on, by the name of Elisabeth. The two spouses had no children for quite a long time, but, at last, their prayers…

Jan 10, 2016basilica.ro

Canonization of St John the “Barefooted” in Kiev

The canonization of the Righteous John Bosoy (the Barefooted) took place at the Nativity of the Mother of God – Desyatinnaya Monastery in Kiev, on 29 December 2015. On this occasion, His Beatitude Onuphry, Metropolitan of Kiev and all Ukraine (Patriarchate of Moscow) officiated the Divine Liturgy. In the event also participated Metropolitan Anthony of…

Jan 4, 2016basilica.ro

The Feast of St Nicodemus the Sanctified of Tismana

Pious Nicodemus was of Macedo-Romanian origin. He was born in Prilep, in the South of Serbia, about 1320, being related to the ruler prince of Wallachia Nicolae Alexandru Basarab (1352-1364) and to Saint knyaz Lazarus of Serbia (1371-1389). He learned to read the Holy Scriptures ever since he was a child and loved to serve…

Dec 31, 2015basilica.ro