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Tallinn: Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I presents the challenges of ecumenical dialogue in today’s Europe

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I addressed the General Assembly of the Council of European Churches in Tallinn, Estonia on Sunday. His Holiness listed some of the challenges facing the ecumenical movement in today’s Europe. “The ecumenical movement thrived in a very different Europe than that which we know and live in today. In spite of the rhetoric…

Jun 18, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Basilica News Agency Director urges Internet users to share “The Good to Know’

In an interview for Turnul Sfatului (Council Tour), the director of the Basilica News Agency, patriarchal adviser Aurelian Iftimiu urged everyone to share “The Good to Know” online. The interview was occasioned by the 15th anniversary since the launch of Basilica News Agency’s website. “Initially thought of as a point of convergence for the other…

Jun 17, 2023basilica.ro

Representatives of more than one hundred Christian churches in Europe meet in Estonia

The General Assembly of the Conference of European Churches (CEC), an organisation made up of 114 Orthodox, Protestant, Anglican and Old Catholic churches on the continent, opened in Tallinn, Estonia, on Wednesday. The theme of this year’s edition – the 16th one – is “Under God’s blessing – shaping the future”. The hosts are the…

Jun 15, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Romania will mark Living Human Treasure National Day on November 30 beginning this year

The President of Romania, Klaus Werner Iohannis, recently promulgated a law establishing November 30 as the National Day of the Living Human Treasure. The initiator, MP Florin-Claudiu Roman, chose this date because it is the feast of St. Andrew the First-called, the patron saint of Romania. The law aimed to “increase the degree of recognition…

May 27, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Romanian priest and physiotherapist: “When I massage them, I kneel next to each one and pray”

Priest Cătălin Mureș, who serves at the Holy Great Martyr Menas Church in Suceava, is a physiotherapist in his spare time. At his ordination to the priesthood, he prayed to God to be able to heal sick people. “Then, in 1992, I was thinking of helping them through prayer, thinking that I would pray for…

May 5, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

From 2027, Bucharest residents will be able to take the metro to the airport

The M6 metro line, from Bucharest’s Northern Railway Station to “Henri Coandă” Airport in Otopeni, Ilfov county, will be inaugurated in 2027, Metrorex director general Mariana Miclăuș announced on Tuesday. The announcement was made after Metrorex signed the contract with a Turkish-Romanian consortium for the design and construction of Section II of the Magistral, the…

May 3, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

100-year-old priest and WWII veteran made an honorary citizen of Romanian town

Recent centenarian Father Nicolae Diaconescu was declared an honorary citizen of Bengești-Ciocadia, where he served as a priest. Victor Geogia, the Mayor of Bengești-Ciocadia commune, Octavian Moraru, the president of the National Association of War Veterans – “Tudor Vladimirescu” Branch, Gorj county, and Colonel Gheorghe Andronescu went to Fr Nicolae’s home to confer him the…

Apr 6, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

The Month for Life 2023: Public policies proposed by the March for Life movement in Romania and Moldova

The March for Life Romania and the Republic of Moldova has transmitted a post-event press release summarising the 2023 Month for Life activities. The release also reiterates the public policies for mothers and children proposed by the pro-life movement in the two countries which share the same language, traditions and history.  Concrete measures proposed to…

Mar 31, 2023Ștefana Totorcea

Romania’s central bank issues coins marking Centennial of Greater Romania Constitution

The National Bank of Romania (BNR) has issued gold and silver coins to mark the Centennial of the Constitution of Greater Romania, which was adopted in 1923 by King Ferdinand I. The obverse of the gold coin features the dome of the palace of the Assembly of Deputies in Bucharest during the interwar period, now…

Mar 28, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Bishop Iustin attends March for Life in Baia Mare: Who will defend the unborn babies, if not the Church?

“Who will defend the unborn babies from the crimes that are committed with every abortion and who will fight for the right to life of every unborn child, if not the Christian Church in which Christ is an Infant – Christ in the family – Christ the Teacher – Christ the Healer – Christ suffering…

Mar 22, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu

Lawmakers vote to declare oina the national sport of Romania

As the decision-making body, the Chamber of Deputies voted in favour of a bill designating oina as Romania’s national sport. The measure also designates May 9 as National Day of Oina, according to Romania Insider. Oina is a team sport similar to baseball but a more simple version of it. A traditional sport in the country,…

Mar 22, 2023Aurelian Iftimiu