Romanian Patriarchate

Archbishop Anastasios of Albania: “No one has the right to use the oil of religion, to strengthen the fire of armed conflicts!”

The address of His Beatitude Anastasios, Archbishop of Tirana and of All Albania, at the International Conference Religious and Cultural Pluralism and Peaceful Coexistence in the Middle-East, which took place in Athens, from 18 to 20 October 2015: The conscious acceptance of religious and cultural pluralism and the peaceful coexistence of various communities can come…

Oct 22, 2015basilica.ro

Holy Brâncoveanu Martyrs commemorated in Istanbul

In Istanbul, Turkey took place on Sunday, 18 October 2015, the commemoration of the Holy Brâncoveanu Martyrs. As informed by Fr Marcel Sergiu Vlad, the event was hosted by the Romanian Orthodox Parish in Istanbul at St Martyr Paraskevi Church in Hasköy, which is a foundation of Ruler Prince St Constantine Brâncoveanu, and began with…

Oct 20, 2015basilica.ro

A young family converts to Orthodoxy in Uppsala, Sweden

At the end of last week, on 17 and 18 October 2015, His Grace Macarie, Romanian Orthodox Bishop of Northern Europe, was in the mid of the faithful of the Romanian Orthodox Parish in the Swedish city of Uppsala, as the official website of the eparchy informs (episcopiascandinavia.se) On Saturday, 17 October 2015, His Grace…

Oct 18, 2015basilica.ro

Pilgrimage on the feast of St Pious Demetrius the New, Protector of Bucharest, from 23 to 28 October 2015

The pilgrimage organized each year by the Romanian Patriarchate and the Archbishopric of Bucharest on the feast of St Pious Demetrius the New, Protector of Bucharest (celebrated on October 27th), will be carried out from 23 to 28 October 2015, according to the following program: On Friday, 23 October 2015, at 12.00 p.m., the procession…

Oct 16, 2015basilica.ro

The relics of the Three Holy Hierarchs will be brought to Bucharest on the feast of St Pious Demetrius the New – 2015

On the occasion of the pilgrimage organized this year (23-28 October 2015) on the feast of St Pious Demetrius the New, Protector of Bucharest, the reliquary containing fragments of the relics of the Three Holy Hierarchs: St Basil the Great, St Gregory the Theologian and St John Chrysostom, which is sheltered in St Paul Monastery…

Oct 16, 2015basilica.ro

European Conference on migration in Timişoara

The Ecumenical Association of Churches in Romania (AIDRom) in partnership with the Metropolis of Banat organized last Friday, 16 October 2015, the European Conference Christian Churches in Romania responding to the migration phenomena. The event took place in the Festivity Hall of the Eparchial Centre in Timișoara and brought together representatives of several cults and…

Oct 16, 2015basilica.ro

The Feast of St Pious Paraskeva the New in Iaşi

Thousands of faithful from all parts of Romania, as well as the citizens of Iaşi, participated on Wednesday, 14 October 2015, in the Divine Liturgy celebrated on the feast of St Pious Paraskeva the New of Iaşi. In this event national and local officials also took part, as informed by Ioana Stoian, marketing specialist –…

Oct 14, 2015basilica.ro

Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest

The Orthodox Church commemorates on 14 October 2015 the feast of St Pious Paraskeva the New of Iaşi. On this great feast, the Divine Liturgy was officiated at the Patriarchal Cathedral in Bucharest by His Grace Varlaam Ploieșteanul (of Ploiești), Assistant Bishop to the Romanian Patriarch, surrounded by an assembly of priests and deacons, and…

Oct 14, 2015basilica.ro

The Feast of St Pious Paraskeva

The day of October 14th represents for the city of Iași, and also for the entire Romanian Orthodoxy, a feast of spiritual joy, of living and confessing faith, and a witness of the love of the Romanian People for the Saints and the Church of God. This year, the pilgrims arriving to bow before the…

Oct 8, 2015basilica.ro

Communique of CROCEU on the refugee crisis in Europe

The Committee of the Representatives of the Orthodox Churches at European Union (CROCEU), reuniting the representatives of the Patriarchates of Constantinople, Moscow, Romania and Bulgaria, and of the Orthodox Churches of Cyprus and Greece to the European Institutions (Brussels), issued on 23 September 2015 an official Communiqué regarding the refugee crisis in Europe. The text…

Oct 2, 2015basilica.ro

Pious saints Joseph and Kyriakos of Bisericani

Venerable Joseph from Bisericani was born in a village in Neamţ region, in the 15th century. He wished to join the monastic life since he was young, so that he joined the community of Bistriţa Monastery. He was tonsured in monasticism there and learned the spiritual life, fasting and permanent prayer from the old fathers.…

Oct 1, 2015basilica.ro