Romanian Patriarchate

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew will lay the foundation stone of St Sophia Cathedral in Warsaw

According to a press release published on the official website of the Orthodox Church of Poland, His Holiness Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, will preside the ceremony of laying the foundation stone of St Sophia, the Wisdom of God Cathedral in Warsaw, on 05 December 2015. The laying of the foundation stone will mark the…

Dec 3, 2015basilica.ro

Press Release From The First Day Of Deliberations Of The Holy Synod Of The Patriarchate Of Alexandria

The Holy Synod of the Patriarchate of Alexandria convened today, 24th November 2015, under the Presidency of His Beatitude Theodoros II Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria in the Session Hall of the Holy Synod, according to patriarchateofalexandria.com. Prior to the Session, a Divine Liturgy was conducted in the Patriarchal Chapel of Ss Theodores followed immediately…

Dec 3, 2015basilica.ro

Saint Hierarch Andrei Şaguna, Metropolitan of Transylvania

Saint Hierarch Andrei was born to parents obedient to God, whose ancestors were “Wallachians” or “Aromanians”, living in the Balkans, who took refuge, in the 18th century, to a few Christian countries of the Austrian Empire, because of the Turkish occupation. When Anastasios, the future hierarch of Transylvania, was born, Şaguna family was in the…

Nov 30, 2015basilica.ro

Patriarchal Cross to university senior lecturer dr. Adrian Lemeni

Thursday, 26 November 2015, His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, awarded the Patriarchal Cross for lay people, with gramata, and the title of Honorary Patriarchal Counsellor to university senior lecturer dr. Adrian Lemeni, for his entire activity unfolded within the state and the patriarchal administration. As State Secretary for Religious Affairs, Mr Adrian Lemeni contributed…

Nov 26, 2015basilica.ro

Dedication Day of the Church of „Saint Great Martyr Catherine” of Bucharest

Wednesday, 25 November 2015, many faithful attended the celebration of the dedication day of the church of “Saint Great Martyr Catherine” – chapel of the Faculty of Orthodox Church in Bucharest. They had the opportunity to pray at the relics of Saint Great Martyr Catherine taken out of the church and laid under a baldachin…

Nov 25, 2015basilica.ro

The St John Chrysostom Order awarded to a great philanthropist, Fr Nicolae Tănase

Rev. Fr. Nicolae Tănase, parish priest in Valea Plopului (Valley of the Poplar) village, Prahova County, was awarded by His Beatitude Daniel, Patriarch of Romania, the St John Chrysostom Order, on Tuesday, 24 November 2015. Fr Nicolae also received the rank of oikonomos-stavrophore. His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel congratulated Fr Nicolae for his entire activity: “We…

Nov 24, 2015basilica.ro

The Metropolitan of Banat inaugurated a social canteen in Iosefin district of Timișoara

The blessing and the inauguration of the social canteen for the faithful with low material possibilities, for eldery persons, for the ill and solitary were performed on Saturday, 14 November 2015, in the presence of His Eminence Metropolitan Ioan of Banat at the Romanian Orthodox Parish “Iosefin” in Timişoara, as the official web site of…

Nov 17, 2015basilica.ro

Help for patients with cancer

The first Oncological Center in Romania which aims at helping patients with cancer is being built in the Bishopric of Caransebeş, near Nera Monastery within Sasca Montană town, by St. Irina Foundation from Bucharest, coordinated by prof. univ. dr. Pavel Chirilă, as Deacon Pavel Canea and Darius Herea inform. The clinic is mostly financed with…

Nov 16, 2015basilica.ro

Fatherly visit at the hospital in Bergen, Norway

His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe, together with His Grace Iustin Sigheteanul (of Sighet), Assistant Hierarch to the Romanian Orthodox Bishopric of Maramureş and Sătmar, conducted on Saturday, 14 November 2015, a fatherly visit to the young man Marius Frăţoaică, hospitalized in the University Hospital of the Norwegian city of Bergen, who…

Nov 15, 2015basilica.ro

The Executive Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches

His Eminence Metropolitan Nifon, Patriarchal Exarch, participates in Geneva, with the blessing of His Beatitude Patriarch Daniel, at the Executive Committee meeting of the World Council of Churches. This international church body adopted a Statement in connection with the terrorist act from Paris. This is the text of the Statement: Statement on Terrorist Attacks in…

Nov 14, 2015basilica.ro

The Archdiocese of Sibiu has inaugurated a Centre for Neuro-motor Rehabilitation

The Archdiocese of Sibiu has recently founded a modern Centre for Neuro-motor Rehabilitation and Psychological Counselling. The institution provides free services for the persons with limited financial possibilities. The Centre dedicated to St Nektarios of Aegina was inaugurated by His Eminence Laurenţiu, Metropolitan of Transylvania, on Monday, 09 November 2015. The ambulatory Centre for Neuro-motor…

Nov 10, 2015basilica.ro